Agree, when Mumford slam tackled a Geelong player he got his just desserts, and when Hall slogged Staker I was happy to see the end of him. If IIRC he then eye gouged a Crows player. How he could possibly have whinged about how he was treated by our club is beyond me. Play it hard but play it fair.Originally Posted by barry
Yes he did, and I wish he hadn't put us through that. I also wish he hadn't punched Brent Staker. A brilliant career will be forever tainted by that. In fact the club ultimately got rid of him for that kind of behaviour, and I wish he hadn't put them in that position. Tough and hard is how Bob Skilton and Paul Kelly and Brett Kirk played. That is the gold standard. Thuggery is just that. It is not sport.
Whatever they did or said to The Bont certainly put him off his game. I suspect in 2020 other clubs will be following the GWS lead. He didn't get to where the footy was at too often. I don't see GWS as a dirty side. They were just hard at it and exposed The Dogs soft underbelly.
I also think it's a bit rough that non-vic players have to travel to Melbourne during finals week for thes MRO hearings.
Come to Sydney you poor sheltered things. Does the AFL have a no-travel policy for its administrators?
Big Bad blotted his copy book but he wasn't cowardly. Very courageous player.
Funny. I like how $7,500 is described as a "massive fine". Tobes makes that during the warm up....
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Nadal is unbelievable! I thought he was gone in that 5th set.
How exciting that you went to the French open. I've been going to the Australian open since 1992.
Toby Greene & the tribunal are disgraceful
Greene has had 16 tribunal appearances for a paltry 6 matches in suspensions & $18850 in fines (a drop in the proverbial bucket of his salary over that time).
David Rhys-Jones was reported 25 times and suspended for a total of 22 matches.
So statistically averaged, Toby is suspended just over a third of the times he’s reported. On average Rhys-Jones missed a match almost every time.
Worse still, Greene committed multiple offences on the weekend for essentially one report. And all he got was a fine - for multiple offences.
“Ultimately, his remorse – and a favourable medical report from the Bulldogs that revealed Bontempelli suffered no injury as a result of the incident – saved Greene from a suspension, with the talented forward instead handed a significant fine as a penalty for his actions.” - afl.com.au
His “remorse”?! The guy pleaded guilty. Again. How remorseful can you be when you repeatedly offend?! If Al Capone had expressed remorse, would he have been slapped with a fine? And a “favourable medical report”?! What about his significantly unfavourable record?!
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BBBH (& Plugger for that matter) reacted to repeated and unrelenting aggravation from opposition and un-supportive umpiring decisions. Toby is the antagonist. No comparison
The AFL must really want GWS to win the Premiership or they'd appeal.
Fined 1% of his annual salary, weak. Have a read of Greene's rap sheet, every single season and multiple offences per season more than once. Ugly off field as well. Must drive GWS administration nuts.
Just a very rich grub of a person, overshadows his great football ability.
Bont wasn't hurt, so hard to mount a case for a suspension, which seems to be the way these days that the punishment matches the victim.
But really, why was bont allowed to play anyway. That's the real issue with the tribunal.
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