Aker booked

[Bornadog]

offered a reprimand


What a bloody joke.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Aker booked

AFL = Joke

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aker booked

What for?

[comrade]

Re: Aker booked

Thug.

But honestly, what a joke.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Aker booked

Incidental and accidental high contact in the rain and slippery conditions which did not result in any injury - For which the free kick was sufficient.

[Bornadog]

Re: Aker booked

What for?

High contact to the head in the last quarter. Running towards a Nth player in our forward line, when the Nth player bent over to pickup the ball, Aker couldn't stop his momentum, or dodge the player and bumped him in the head. No damage, no hurt nothing, juts a plain old free kick and he gets reported.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aker booked

High contact to the head in the last quarter. Running towards a Nth player in our forward line, when the Nth player bent over to pickup the ball, Aker couldn't stop his momentum, or dodge the player and bumped him in the head. No damage, no hurt nothing, juts a plain old free kick and he gets reported.

Ah thanks guys, i do recall that now. They were fumbling due to our pressure, kick went backwards to about 15m out and Aker didn't stop in time. Agree Free kick should have been sufficient.

[azabob]

Re: Aker booked

I thought no more than a free kick. But I do remember thinking that was lazy by Aker.

[Happy Days]

Re: Aker booked

It is a joke, but we dont want to make an Everest of a mountain made of a molehill.

Just cop the repremand. Its his last year, and I wouldn't back Aker in to do something silly.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aker booked

That's ridiculous. It's all in response to bloody whoever the bloody commentator was going on about it for half a minute. It was a nothing incident in wet weather footy.

There was another free kick given for holding, when both players were just sliding along on the wet turf and the ump said 'held on after he got rid of the ball'. Bloody hell, how was anyone supposed to stop 'holding on' while sliding on wet turf? It showed a complete and utter lack of feel for the game and the conditions.

Funniest thing was, two minutes later, the same ump slipped on the grass and went for a tumble.

[ledge]

Re: Aker booked

what about when johnno took a mark and got punched in head from the front!

[Mantis]

Re: Aker booked

In watching the replay it wasn't really evident to if Aker made contact with the head or the players upper torso/ shoulder. The contact was minimal and a free kick was punishment enough.

Really Aker should have stood off the player on the ground and forced him to knock the ball clear or try and ping him if he held onto the ball.

[mighty_west]

Re: Aker booked

Agree with all of the above, stiff to get a reprimand, although Aker was a little clumsy, and he looked guilty by his reaction, made sure the player was ok.

[Bornadog]

Re: Aker booked

He had accepted the reprimand and now has points hanging over his head.