Is GWS the real deal for this year ?
I haven’t thought so to date this season but they made the bulldogs look pretty aweful
Is GWS the real deal for this year ?
I haven’t thought so to date this season but they made the bulldogs look pretty aweful
Yes, I noticed this bit, in the AFL site article on the subject:
When asked if he would continue playing on the edge, following the 17th charge of his career, Greene smiled and said: "I don't know, we'll wait and see what happens."
To me, that doesn't seem like a huge amount of remorse.
As they said on AFL 360, the fine way exceeds the charge, and GWS should appeal.
No mention whatsoever of eye gauging, so obviously a few got sucked into the media beat up... Including me.
Great to see former Swans amongst the vote pollers at the Magarey Medal count tonight (Jordan Foot, Abe Davis, Lewis Johnston - all finished in the top 8 vote getters).
Last edited by goswannies; 10th September 2019 at 12:14 AM.
With conspiracy theories regularly being thrown around about AFL bias against the Swans, umpiring bias against the Swans, AFL bias for the Dogs and then the Tigers, I find it just as easy to believe that it’s in GW$’s (& thus the AFL’s - so that their underperforming, manufactured little golden child) best interest to have one of their best players playing in the finals. The vaguely ambiguous charge of “serious misconduct” (whatever that means) that was supposed to encompass multiple indiscretions must have been difficult to define and adjudicate.
His “massive” $7500 fine for “serious misconduct” pales to Brad Scott’s $50K fine for claiming the umpires had been biased in 2016 (imagine if the AFL could fine supporters for that, RWO would be a cash cow!); Jaidyn Stephenson was banned for 22 matches — with 12 suspended — and fined $20K for a $36 bet; in 2011 players were threatened with $5K fines each, for threatening to cover a logos on their jumpers. In light of the magnitude of those previous fines for comparatively trivial matters, the AFL should appeal to have Green’s fine for such serious (and physical) misconduct considerably increased.
I’d say that Green was lucky that he wasn’t charged separately for each of his dirty indiscretions. Some might not have stuck. Others might have given him weeks. The ambiguity of the charge meant that there was little precedent for a match ban sanction, potentially making a fine (and a ridiculously tame one at that) easier to apply without compromising GW$’s lineup.
My sense of the situation is that if this happened in round 10 then Greene would have missed a round at least
Because it’s finals all players not matter what team they are from tend to get a green light
AFL: Toby Greene sent to Tribunal for alleged eye goug on Marcus Bontempelli, GWS Giants
Look at the photo further down the article
Silly reasoning. They are mutually exclusive incidents.
That’s like saying that hypothetically if Glen Archer had king hit Andrew Dunkley in the 1996 grand final, they absolve Archer of his indiscretion because Dunks should have missed the Grand Final.
Last edited by 0918330512; 10th September 2019 at 08:42 AM.
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