swan thug.

[takeaway]

Shoulda been a free kick for high contact

Not worth a week - accidental hit to the beak

Agree

[Scollop]

Plenty of people saying 'nothing in it'

I thought dinosaurs were extinct, but the saintsational fan forum is proof they still exist.

[Ajantis]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

[Banger9798]

Isaac Heeney’s suspension has been upheld. He will miss this week’s game against North Melbourne and is ineligible for the 2024 Brownlow Medal.

The tribunal is cruel. Did they even think of the conspiracy theorists when upholding it ?

I've had to swallow my indignation!

Surprised he didn't get off

[The_Dud]

Yep, a lot of egg on the face of those conspiracy theorists who went the pre-emptive sook!

[CURLY]

Had to be a free kick plain and simple odd the umpire watching decided not to award Webster a free.

[Devilhead]

Seems to me that the AFL is setting Heeney up as the scapegoat in order to scrap the Brownlow Fairest rule.

Heeney gets the most amount of votes in Brownlow but due to a lineball suspect 1 week suspension he is ineligible to win .... Media go crazy and kick off demanding AFL to change the rule ...... due to popular demand the AFL change the rule

[Brunswicksainter]

Seems to me that the AFL is setting Heeney up as the scapegoat in order to scrap the Brownlow Fairest rule.

Heeney gets the most amount of votes in Brownlow but due to a lineball suspect 1 week suspension he is ineligible to win .... Media go crazy and kick off demanding AFL to change the rule ...... due to popular demand the AFL change the rule

The afl should definitely change the rule though. Match suspensions have increased 5 fold this years, will be farcical in future years if they keep it like this.

[saynta]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

I think WellardSaint was spot on.

[SinCitySainter]

I think this is the correct result, you can't keep claiming that the head is sacrosanct and then allow hits to the noggin.
Not a huge amount in it and it certainly wasn't malicious, but get the head get a holiday is a sensible approach for the AFL.

I also think that he suffered from the backlash associated with the multiple Butters incidents. The press was asking after the last time he was offered a fine, "What does a Brownlow chance have to do to get suspended?"
They would have no argument to scrap the fairest rule as the media would be saying why get rid of it as you refuse to suspend anyone who is in line for the Brownlow anyway.

[The Fireman]

Accidentally or not, he threw his arm back knowing he was going to make contact of some kind …contact to the head player down with bloody nose has to be penalised the tribunal finally gave themselves a tick

[SaintWiki]

He got pinged in round one but with AFL bias he's bound to win round two (appeal). It's all a con.

[Ajantis]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

I think WellardSaint was spot on.

I think You and WellardSaint should stay clear of the Internet/Forums and leave it for younger people who know what Particular Words mean.

[saynta]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

I think WellardSaint was spot on.

I think You and WellardSaint should stay clear of the Internet/Forums and leave it for younger people who know what Particular Words mean.

And I think you should finish primary school before conversing with adults on this forum. As far as I am concerned you know sweet eff all, particularly about football and illegal actions, troll.

[saynta]

I see that the swine are appealing the Tribunal decision, in the hope, forlorn or not, of getting their thug off scott free.

Lets hope that the AFL has got the balls to throw out this silly appeal.

[bobmurray]

I see that the swine are appealing the Tribunal decision, in the hope, forlorn or not, of getting their thug off scott free.

Lets hope that the AFL has got the balls to throw out this silly appeal.

I wonder if Heeney and Co. play the good bloke card at the "appeal" hearing.

I think historically, the Appeals Tribunal rolls over more than my dog.

[bigcarl]

Appeal will be interesting. Maybe it's that time of the season for special rules for special players?

[Yorkeys]

What if Heeney had snotted Dangerfield, Daicos or Cripps. Swans are banking on the victim being a lesser light from a small club and that causing sub concious lessening of the crime. He did it, he should cop the week. Piss poor by him and the Swans.

[SaintPav]

Media doing all they can to get him off.

Stay tuned.

[Ajantis]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

I think WellardSaint was spot on.

I think You and WellardSaint should stay clear of the Internet/Forums and leave it for younger people who know what Particular Words mean.

And I think you should finish primary school before conversing with adults on this forum. As far as I am concerned you know sweet eff all, particularly about football and illegal actions, troll.

Ok Boomer go back to your Home and wrap yourself under a warm banket. Enough said.

[WellardSaint]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

I think WellardSaint was spot on.

I think You and WellardSaint should stay clear of the Internet/Forums and leave it for younger people who know what Particular Words mean.

And I think you should finish primary school before conversing with adults on this forum. As far as I am concerned you know sweet eff all, particularly about football and illegal actions, troll.

Ok Boomer go back to your Home and wrap yourself under a warm banket. Enough said.

You don't post much, but when you do, it's like Grandpa Simpson shouting at the moon.
You seriously need help for some type of inferiority complex or other mental issue.
I laugh at your ramblings sometimes, other times I feel sorry for you

[saynta]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

I think WellardSaint was spot on.

I think You and WellardSaint should stay clear of the Internet/Forums and leave it for younger people who know what Particular Words mean.

And I think you should finish primary school before conversing with adults on this forum. As far as I am concerned you know sweet eff all, particularly about football and illegal actions, troll.

Ok Boomer go back to your Home and wrap yourself under a warm banket. Enough said.

Wrong again champ. I am not a boomer.And you are uneducated, on many levels. And what the eff is a banket. If you ever finish primary school, you may at least learn how to spell.

[saynta]

Thats funny - Heeney a thug ! hahahahahah
I would rather see Heeney get the medal then cripps !
Nothing in it, should not even been offered 1 week - what a joke.

Are you a troll
Never seen you post on here before

Is Troll you buzz word for the day. Keyboard insulters for the win

I think WellardSaint was spot on.

I think You and WellardSaint should stay clear of the Internet/Forums and leave it for younger people who know what Particular Words mean.

And I think you should finish primary school before conversing with adults on this forum. As far as I am concerned you know sweet eff all, particularly about football and illegal actions, troll.

Ok Boomer go back to your Home and wrap yourself under a warm banket. Enough said.

You don't post much, but when you do, it's like Grandpa Simpson shouting at the moon.
You seriously need help for some type of inferiority complex or other mental issue.
I laugh at your ramblings sometimes, other times I feel sorry for you

I went back through this clown's posts. Nothing positive. Made sad reading and he/she/it is not even a member.

[WellardSaint]

One post from a year ago confirmed that they weren't a member- a post after a loss.

[avid]

I'm just looking at multiple repeats of the incident.

It is very hard to see what could have possibly caused the injury -- a vague loose swipe from the side of an open palm?
Heeney was clearly just turning back to push Webster away for a little more separation, and collected his nose down at waist level. Clearly an accident, worthy of a free kick if somebody saw it.

If it were any St Kilda player being charged on that we would all be outraged. Legitimately.
If we believe in the ideal of fair umpiring we should be advocating for a downgrade too.

And a change in the Brownlow eligibility rules.
The original purpose of the disqualification was to ensure no one who engaged in unsportsmanlike conduct could win it.
The suspension rules now make unintentional contact resulting in injury an automatic suspension. Though this type of accidental contact does need to be discouraged, even sanctioned, it is simply not unsportsmanlike.