Mooney's punch

[Darren Thomson]

Whenever I get annoyed with Mooney I just think back to him blubbering like a baby on the SCG in '05 after the siren...

That is one image I'll carry with me for a very long time.

I'll drink to that

[Lohengrin]

He likes to go completely against the grain to show how objective he can be.

No, I'm not trying to be objective. We all know that Barry was given harsh treatment by the umpires, and in the end by the tribunal and media. But do we need to have a comparison of every incident to what would happen if it was Hall? We've had a dozen posts like that about different incidents in the past few days and pretty much all can guess the same answer.

As for the schadenfreude comment, I reckon that if opposition supporters were laughing at say Goodes crying after the 2006 GF or at Hall when he retired, we would call them scum. Swans supporters should know more than any other how maligned certain players can be. We all like Barry Hall not just because he's a Swan, but he seems like a genuinely nice guy off the field, and we take exception at unjustified criticism of him. To 'hate' players on the field during the game is pretty normal, but to take continued great pleasure in their genuine discomfort seems a bit much.

[Lohengrin]

I'm pretty sure you made your point with your first post.

Haha, obviously not as they were different points!

[Armchair Coach]

Whenever I get annoyed with Mooney I just think back to him blubbering like a baby on the SCG in '05 after the siren...

His nickname should be Kleenex or Sorbent.

[grose40]

I thought he looked like a crazy hippie who was having an LCD flashback for most of the game.

Apparently spent a lot of time grooming himself for the 40th anniversary of Woodstock!

[RogueSwan]

Mooney is nuts. Nice bloke off the field by all accounts, spiteful bugger over the white line.

I think you are thinking of Fev. Supposed to be great with the kids at clinics,



... as long as there is a toilet nearby.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

He likes to go completely against the grain to show how objective he can be.

[Industrial Fan]

Nothing like schadenfreude to fill empty spaces...

I'm pretty sure you made your point with your first post.

[Lohengrin]

Nothing like schadenfreude to fill empty spaces...

[Dave]

Whenever I get annoyed with Mooney I just think back to him blubbering like a baby on the SCG in '05 after the siren...

That is one image I'll carry with me for a very long time.

[johnno]

It truely is amazing to see just how much this guy gets away with. I remember watching the Geelong vs essendon game earlier this year, he took a mark on the wing and on his follow through, decided to stick out the elbow and collect an Essendon's player jaw(cant remember who), this bombers player just stands there and holds his jaw after being hit and the umpire pings him for a 50 metre penalty(essendon player) for not moving out of the area after Mooney had taken a mark. I was just sitting there in front of the telly gobsmacked.

[Lohengrin]

If Charlie Manson had been Hall he would have been executed, not some soft jail sentence...

[Wardy]

have a look at some of the shenanigans in the Collingwood Richmond game - the way Lockyer took out King was a doozy - if it was Hall - he would have been hung out to dry by the media, club and the tribunal. But I guess its different rules for different people.

[hot potato]

Mooney has been receiving counselling, so he will probably clock someone else b4 the Grannie and be out for the Big One.

HP

[BSA5]

This is unbelievable (from the HUN - King banned, 20 players fined | Herald Sun )

Contact between Geelong?s Cameron Mooney and the Sydney Swans? Ryan O?Keefe from the third quarter of Saturday night?s match was assessed. The impact was below that required to constitute a reportable offence.

Go figure. With his record too.

So Barry Hall, with no contact, was reported (and quite rightly). But Mooney, who actually did make contact, apparently didn't make enough contact. I accept that Hall should have gotten a week for the Wakelin incident, it was stupid, and the intent was there. But to then turn around and say a minimum level of contact is required is absolute bull@@@@.