MRP Round 18

[jazzadogs]

Re: MRP Round 18

Wrapped up both his arms and then threw him into the turf. Cross had nothing but his shoulder and head to hit the ground with to break the fall. Its exactly like a similar one earlier in the year, but this time Wilkes was lucky and got away with it.

If you're referring to the tackle on Carrazzo, no-one was suspended for that either...

[EasternWest]

Re: MRP Round 18

Wrapped up both his arms and then threw him into the turf. Cross had nothing but his shoulder and head to hit the ground with to break the fall. Its exactly like a similar one earlier in the year, but this time Wilkes was lucky and got away with it.

Isn't the aim of a good tackle to wrap up both their arms?

Cross was unlucky that their forward momentum combined with the tight tackle gave him no chance to protect himself. But IMO there was no second movement from Wilkes to drive him down.

It was a combination of hard tackle and bad luck. Much as I'd love to pot a Saints player, there just wasn't much wrong with it.

[LostDoggy]

Re: MRP Round 18

Fisher dropped Gilbee behind the play, then Lindsay got up and whacked him back. How one gets looked at and the other dismissed is beyond me.

[Bornadog]

Re: MRP Round 18

Fisher dropped Gilbee behind the play, then Lindsay got up and whacked him back. How one gets looked at and the other dismissed is beyond me.

Especially will all the cameras around the ground. If it was Judd, or Ablett or some other star that got dropped behind play the media frenzy would have been out of control.

[KT31]

Re: MRP Round 18

Isn't the aim of a good tackle to wrap up both their arms?

Cross was unlucky that their forward momentum combined with the tight tackle gave him no chance to protect himself. But IMO there was no second movement from Wilkes to drive him down.

It was a combination of hard tackle and bad luck. Much as I'd love to pot a Saints player, there just wasn't much wrong with it.

^^^^
Agree, its a physical game and sometimes players just get hurt.

[azabob]

Re: MRP Round 18

Brian Lake retweeted the following - wonder if he will get a please explain?

@GoDoggiesFFS: @AFL @westernbulldogs No Saints players charged from weekend.. @BrianLake36 done for wrestling but not Milne? Get your hand off it #ffs

[Remi Moses]

Re: MRP Round 18

What about the little Toe Rag kicking the ball hard and low for that last goal.
What a classless individual he is. Personally got no issue with the Wilkes tackle.

[G-Mo77]

Re: MRP Round 18

Brian Lake retweeted the following - wonder if he will get a please explain?

@GoDoggiesFFS: @AFL @westernbulldogs No Saints players charged from weekend.. @BrianLake36 done for wrestling but not Milne? Get your hand off it #ffs

He didn't tweet it though.

[azabob]

Re: MRP Round 18

He didn't tweet it though.

No he didn't but he re-tweeted it from his twitter account, which to me, means he agrees with it.

[mighty_west]

Re: MRP Round 18

How Milne got away with his round arm swing to collect Robert Murphy on the face is absolutely pathetic, Murph was floored by it and quickly remonstrated with the rat.

[always right]

Re: MRP Round 18

The Wilkes tackle was perfect......fair, hard and he even rolled Cross at the end. Absolutely correct decision by MRP.

Same for Milne's incidents though I find it more frustrating that no free kicks were paid when in previous games we saw Judd penalized for something similar on Priddis and Murphy on Betts recently.