MRP Round 15

[Bornadog]

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Main ones effecting us, - Taylor Dog Adams - two weeks , so won't play against us. Can't be reduced by early plea.

Joel Sook Selwood - Two match suspension but early plea becomes one match sanction?

[Ozza]

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Main ones effecting us, - Taylor Dog Adams - two weeks , so won't play against us.

Joel Sook Selwood - One match suspension but early plea becomes one match sanction?

2, reduced to 1 for Selwood. Works for us.

[Axe Man]

Re: MRP Round 15

Details here

Main ones effecting us, - Taylor Dog Adams - two weeks , so won't play against us.

Joel Sook Selwood - One match suspension but early plea becomes one match sanction?

It's a 2 match suspension, down to 1 week with an early plea for Selwood:

Joel Selwood, Geelong, has been charged with charged with engaging in rough conduct against Sam Wright, North Melbourne, during the second quarter of the Round 15 match between Geelong and North Melbourne, played at Etihad Stadium on Saturday July 11, 2015.

In summary, he can accept a one-match sanction with an early plea.

Based on the video evidence available and a medical report from the North Melbourne Football Club, it was the view of the panel the incident should be classified as intentional conduct with medium impact to the body. The offence was classified as a two-match sanction. The player has no applicable bad record. An early plea can reduce the penalty to a one-match sanction.

[G-Mo77]

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Yeah works for us.

If something that Selwood did was/is intentional 1-2 week seems like a pretty weak suspension. He should take it and run.

2 weeks for kneeing someone in the head while he's on the ground? He had about 2 - 3 goes at it before he finally laid it. Intent was to hurt so why is he getting the same as someone like Vickery who's intent was to block an opposition?

[Bornadog]

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2, reduced to 1 for Selwood. Works for us.

It's a 2 match suspension, down to 1 week with an early plea for Selwood:

Thanks mis-read it. Even better.

[Bornadog]

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2 weeks for kneeing someone in the head while he's on the ground? He had about 2 - 3 goes at it before he finally laid it. Intent was to hurt so why is he getting the same as someone like Vickery who's intent was to block an opposition?

I don't understand it either. If you are in general play and careless, fine you get a penalty, but if you are intentionally whacking someone, then surely the AFL has to be tougher than they are. I would have thought, at minimum Adams gets 4 to 5 weeks.

[Remi Moses]

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Not surprising when you hear people on the tribunal like Daniel Harford.
Honestly he'd let Ivan Milat off if he played football.

[LostDoggy]

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Not surprising when you hear people on the tribunal like Daniel Harford.
Honestly he'd let Ivan Milat off if he played football.

Champagne Comedy

Love it

[Twodogs]

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Not surprising when you hear people on the tribunal like Daniel Harford.
Honestly he'd let Ivan Milat off if he played football.

Didn't know he was on the tribunal
That's interesting, He says some pretty boneheaded stuff on his show but you don't have to mean everything you say on the radio I guess.

[westdog54]

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How Adams wasn't sent straight to the tribunal is beyond me.

[bulldogtragic]

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How Adams wasn't sent straight to the tribunal is beyond me.

Yep. They should bank the two weeks and laugh their heads off.

[LostDoggy]

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Yeah works for us.

If something that Selwood did was/is intentional 1-2 week seems like a pretty weak suspension. He should take it and run.

2 weeks for kneeing someone in the head while he's on the ground? He had about 2 - 3 goes at it before he finally laid it. Intent was to hurt so why is he getting the same as someone like Vickery who's intent was to block an opposition?

It's the MRP. There is no why.

[Sedat]

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Selwood out for our game this week. Adams out for our game the following week. Job done as far as I'm concerned.

[SonofScray]

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What Selwood did and what Adams did are far, far worse than any of the tackles that resulted in players getting KO'd. I reckon you're pretty lucky to get away with 1-2 weeks when you deliberately set out to injure someone and act outside the skills of the game to intentionally attempt to injure someone.

[LostDoggy]

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The match review panel spend too much time listening to media and talkback from ex-players who'll maintain that even Lethal was just another footballer who was “tough”. They try too hard to please everybody. Considering players have rights of appeal to the tribunal, they really should lean more to the harsh side of penalties in cases like these.

I sometimes wonder whether the AFL has given them guidance that in cases that make the game look bad, like Selwood's, like Adams', to adopt a light stance so their club won't appeal and keep the footage on the front page for the entire week.

Whatever the case, it's certainly far more to do with brand management than a fair system.