Wonder why are players are confused about aggression

[Dan Warna]

here is you answer...

St Kilda 13.16 (94) drew with Fremantle 14.10 (94)
Reports - L.Hayes (attempted striking),
Baker, Steven ST KILDA HA 2006 17 ATTEMPTED STRIKING Y 2 29-07-2006

how stupid is this? st kilda players reported for not hitting people ><

no wonder our players are confused about on field aggression.

throw in the fact baker got reported for letting farmer run into him because he didn't show enough duty of care or some such nonsense

[brown-coat]

Well since the AFL has given the all clear to flattening people 20 m from the ball, lets test it out.

I expect no less than 5 concussed Essendon players by half time.

After all it's in the rules. Just hip and shoulder them in the skull and, get them stretchered off and our players will have no case to answer.

woohoo!

[Dan Warna]

Well since the AFL has given the all clear to flattening people 20 m from the ball, lets test it out.

I expect no less than 5 concussed Essendon players by half time.

After all it's in the rules. Just hip and shoulder them in the skull and, get them stretchered off and our players will have no case to answer.

woohoo!

that only applies when applied TO st kilda players remember.

as for retaliation the 'des headcase rule' is only applicable to des headcase.

Sheedy was right.

if cross = baker, and xavier = anyone := electrocution for baker.

edit:

I would expect, given the results over the years, especially the AFL coming down hard on 'retaliation' that I would expect st kilda players to 'NOT FLY THE FLAG' yep, thats what the AFL has told us.

Anyone who got reported for retaliating (as happend a couple of years ago) would get an absolute pastinig on this forum for being 'undisciplined'.

the AFL has told us, you are fair game, don't expect protection, and don't do it to others.

Sheedy knew it, GT knew it, and apparently RL knows it too.

[Bernard Shakey]

X was not concussed last week.

[Behind Play]

Have a read of Voss' article.
It stands out like dogs balls.

[Superboot]

Well, having seen the video of Hall against the Eagles, I can see where the attempted striking thing might come in to play.

In the first instance, Hall actually tried to punch the Eagles player, but missed.

He then tried to elbow the other guy in the head, but missed again.

The final blow was the third attempt, but he only actually got sprung for that one. The entire incident looked bad and could be regarded as a series of actions which could bring the game into disrepute, as they say.

[Dan Warna]

was he charged for the attempted strike?

[bozza1980]

was he charged for the attempted strike?

Fair call.

Attempted striking is the biggest wank of report in the game. In the report it has references to force and where contact was made?? There was no contact!!

As Yoda might say, do or do not, you don't try!!

If I'm correct on the Baker one, he actually made contact to Staffords chest, had he been found guilty of striking Staffords chest he would have been free to play, but they found him guilty of attempting to strike with the contact deemed high!!

[Dan Warna]

was he charged for the attempted strike?

Fair call.

Attempted striking is the biggest wank of report in the game. In the report it has references to force and where contact was made?? There was no contact!!

As Yoda might say, do or do not, you don't try!!

If I'm correct on the Baker one, he actually made contact to Staffords chest, had he been found guilty of striking Staffords chest he would have been free to play, but they found him guilty of attempting to strike with the contact deemed high!!

tbh I can't remember the specifics, I just remember seeing the footage thinking WTF is this shyte?

as for stafford, one of the biggest dog asswhipes who ever played football.

i know folks have mixed opinions regarding blake from admiring him to loathing him, but most concur he probably sits between 18 to 30 on our list.

It was published in the press a couple of years ago he plays every game with back pain from the stafford incident.

one has to wonder given his height, athleticism and the form he showed as a kid, what sort of player would he have been had not stafford dropped his knees purposely into blakes back after blake was giving stafford a bath around the ground...

Stafford is gone now, but IMO again compare his suspension with bakers as to intent and outcome.

[plugger66]

was he charged for the attempted strike?

Fair call.

Attempted striking is the biggest wank of report in the game. In the report it has references to force and where contact was made?? There was no contact!!

As Yoda might say, do or do not, you don't try!!

If I'm correct on the Baker one, he actually made contact to Staffords chest, had he been found guilty of striking Staffords chest he would have been free to play, but they found him guilty of attempting to strike with the contact deemed high!!

tbh I can't remember the specifics, I just remember seeing the footage thinking WTF is this shyte?

as for stafford, one of the biggest dog asswhipes who ever played football.

i know folks have mixed opinions regarding blake from admiring him to loathing him, but most concur he probably sits between 18 to 30 on our list.

It was published in the press a couple of years ago he plays every game with back pain from the stafford incident.

one has to wonder given his height, athleticism and the form he showed as a kid, what sort of player would he have been had not stafford dropped his knees purposely into blakes back after blake was giving stafford a bath around the ground...

Stafford is gone now, but IMO again compare his suspension with bakers as to intent and outcome.

Get over it Dan. Blake is 100% but if keep saying it you may think it is true.

[Dan Warna]

Get over it Dan. Blake is 100% but if keep saying it you may think it is true.

<shrug> I don't know haven't read anything about his back injury since, I just remember taht article at the time regarding getting painkillers during the game.

that said, stafford intentionally dropped his knees on blakes back.

[evertonfc]

I'm a bit over the 'cry St Kilda' theories.

Jason Blake refused to spoil against Tom Hawkins last week, probably because it wasn't his man.

Nick Dal Santo missed on the run from 45.

Luke Ball didn't make the distance from 40.

Sam Gilbert was brushed off the ball time and again.

It's our own fault. Nobody elses.

[The_Dud]

here's a question

why didn't Kerr get done for attempting to take Palmer's head off in the derby with his elbow? It was just luck that he missed by a whisker

doesn't make sense to me.....

[Dan Warna]

i concur we have our own problems, however only a fool would not be able to detect the chronic incosistencies from the tribunal.

[MikeSheahan]

Easy solution here. New head of the tribunal should be Byron Pickett, for pure consistency.

[my les foote]

Jason Blake refused to spoil against Tom Hawkins last week, probably because it wasn't his man.

Refused to spoil!

Please enlighten us.