One week max, maybe a fine.Originally Posted by Hotpotato
Nothing. It's Buddy.
It was a silly thing to do and should be fined
1 week. You can't go around throwing elbows
2 weeks - who knows with the MRO?
Heeney is hot
One week max, maybe a fine.
How can it be "intentional" if the player struck was behind him? Reckless maybe. It will be a fine, or maybe a week at most, depending on the severity of the impact.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
Hope he gets off. Only he knows if it was intentional. Dermutt was carrying on with all this malarkey about how Bud knew
exactly where the Freo guys head was, like Bud has a PHD in spatial awareness or something. Now is not the time to go all "honourable"
and say he "deserves" a week. We are winning, are trying like hell to get a top four spot, and need him in the team. It's like Barry
Hall in the 2005 prelim, to keep winning we need a free pass every now and again. Remember the Dogs get a number of free
passes every game.
Last edited by KTigers; 26th July 2021 at 03:38 PM.
To be fair, isn't that how he has become such a champ. I would think that most top level (ball) sports people would have better spacial awareness than the average RWOer. Maybe not PhD level, advanced diploma maybe?
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PHDs, Advanced Diplomas... they are for regular people. Bud is operating on a different plane of existence to the rest of us....To be fair, isn't that how he has become such a champ. I would think that most top level (ball) sports people would have better spacial awareness than the average RWOer. Maybe not PhD level, advanced diploma maybe?
The ball switch from one hand to the other kind of gives it away
'Delicious' is a fun word to say
Seemed like a much smarter take on it than Dermie. Too many elbows to his thick head there.
TBH, maybe a week off would not be a terrible outcome.
We will see if the committee takes that into consideration when grading the incident. It will either be a significant fine or a week off. If he's out, one of the Macs can take his place.
"Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final
As I said earlier - and I have watched it again - the ball switch is reasonable caution as he prepares to hit the ground.
Does anyone else remember the elbow Chris Judd swung into Matthew Pavlich? Couldn’t allow the Brownlow favourite, and eventual 2010 winner, to be rubbed out though. The AFL is not known for consistency, or fairness.
Having said that, Buddy should get a week, and a “rest” won’t hurt him as we approach the finals.
Agree. He deserves a week for the flying elbow and a week's rest will do him no harm and give Mcdonald
or McClean a needed hit out.
And one week it is
One match sanction for Franklin
'Delicious' is a fun word to say
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