Xavier Clarke Inury

kalsaint · Post: # 546345Post **kalsaint** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 4:36pm

Clarke has been stretchered off the ground. Not only was this missed for too long Geelong had an opportunity to score a goal bedcause the game wasn't stopped.

Lets face it, the original justification years back for 3 umpires was to stop this sort of thing.

Harry Clarke (Geelong) now needs to face 7 weeks penalty (a la Baker) as they didnt see that incident either. Lets see how consistent the process is this time.

Off course we all know the answer to this. It wont be consistent. The club should follow this one through if this becomes the case.

brown-coat · Post: # 546347Post **brown-coat** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 4:38pm

The commentators say it was completely fair.

They were blaming Clarkes lack of awareness. Just like it was Kosis fault when he was destroyed by Giansarcusa.

Gamble has been reported for striking Dal Santo.

Wollongong_saint · Sat 12 Apr 2008 4:39pm

He'll be gone. And so will Gamble for striking Dal. But that doesn't help us in this game!!! What do people think about yellow cards a la soccer?

I saw X training in the rooms on TV at half time......there is hope.

kalsaint · Post: # 546353Post **kalsaint** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 4:43pm

brown-coat wrote:The commentators say it was completely fair.

They were blaming Clarkes lack of awareness. Just like it was Kosis fault when he was destroyed by Giansarcusa.

Gamble has been reported for striking Dal Santo.

Then the rules have changed. When Hocking charged Harvey years ago, the rules were changed to ensure that the hit players was to be within 5 metres of the ball. This didn't happen.

However, he is a Geelong player so he may be OK.

How many frees as missed on Geelong players when they are tackled? They are allowed to do a Judd complete nearly 360degrees before getting rid of the ball. Is this favouratism? Looks like it to me.

Darren · Post: # 546360Post **Darren** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 5:02pm

That was NOT fair. Clarke had not seen the Geelong player and he just ran into him. Should be suspended or this whole game is an f**king joke.

devildude · Post: # 546405Post **devildude** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 5:44pm

Clarke is an absolute marshmallow. How long until he is exposed as an absolute wuss bag. There's nothing wrong with clarke he is an absolute drama queen. God forbid the day he actually gets hit properly. He may die! Toughen up x or play soccer!

S.A Saint · Post: # 546418Post **S.A Saint** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 5:56pm

do you want to have a smaller avator?????

terry smith rules · Sat 12 Apr 2008 5:56pm

devildude wrote:Clarke is an absolute marshmallow. How long until he is exposed as an absolute wuss bag. There's nothing wrong with clarke he is an absolute drama queen. God forbid the day he actually gets hit properly. He may die! Toughen up x or play soccer!

troll go away

esaint66 · Post: # 546626Post **esaint66** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:31pm

You saw that the geelong player was looking straight at him with an evil sort of grin and x was just watching the play like you usually do.

There was ample vision of the contact (on both occasions,x and dal.) so gamble and the other bloke should get what they deserve.

LENNY LEADS THE WAY · Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:34pm

the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Sobraz · Post: # 546635Post **Sobraz** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:36pm

terry smith rules wrote:
devildude wrote:Clarke is an absolute marshmallow. How long until he is exposed as an absolute wuss bag. There's nothing wrong with clarke he is an absolute drama queen. God forbid the day he actually gets hit properly. He may die! Toughen up x or play soccer!
troll go away

In this instance the troll is correct... Consistancy is his problem, and is crap more often than not..

Solar · Post: # 546642Post **Solar** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:40pm

I'm confused, so you can take out a player 20 metres of the ball and it's not a free kick. Insteed the idiot that is number 21 watched on like the yellow magot he is and they waited 5 whole minutes before stopping the play. This meant we were down to 17 players during that whole period of play.

esaint66 · Post: # 546645Post **esaint66** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:41pm

LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Ok well i just saw the incident again and if hes not rubbed out then i'll be pretty upset.

Whats more upsetting is the fact that ross thought that it was fair.

The_Dud · Post: # 546648Post **The_Dud** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:43pm

saint edward wrote:
LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Ok well i just saw the incident again and if hes not rubbed out then i'll be pretty upset.

Whats more upsetting is the fact that ross thought that it was fair.

what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

esaint66 · Post: # 546664Post **esaint66** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:48pm

The_Dud wrote:
saint edward wrote:
LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Ok well i just saw the incident again and if hes not rubbed out then i'll be pretty upset.

Whats more upsetting is the fact that ross thought that it was fair.
what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

Exactly, and none of the fans around us thought it warrented a report.

Solar · Post: # 546672Post **Solar** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:52pm

saint edward wrote:
The_Dud wrote:
saint edward wrote:
LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Ok well i just saw the incident again and if hes not rubbed out then i'll be pretty upset.

Whats more upsetting is the fact that ross thought that it was fair.
what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

Exactly, and none of the fans around us thought it warrented a report.

Where were you sitting because the social club area I was in was going nuts at umpire number 21 for a good 5 minutes.

perfectionist · Sat 12 Apr 2008 7:57pm

Because it wasn't behind play, a lot of people saw it. The most important person who saw it was the umpire who was looking straight at it less than 10 metres away. Like most of us, he could not believe that X did not see the guy. True, he was trotting along making no effort to tackle the Cat player with the ball, so I suppose he thought no one would be so imposing as to actually bump him. He seemed to hurt his shoulder. His physical weakness relative to the Cat players was, alas, evident amongst number of our players. It would be rude to name them, so I will:
Dal Santo
Gram
Gilbert
Roo
Fiona
Monty
Jones (although he tries and is still growing)
Hudghton
Milne
...well that's about half the team.

As a previous poster said, when Hamill went, that was that as far as legal physical presence is concerned. It is ironic that Hamill's career was ended with a clash of knees against Geelong as he was trying to impose himself on the game. He always tried to do too much because he had to do too much.

And while I'm at it, we won't get anywhere while Hudghton remains our best bet at full back. He can't kick, handpass , tackle or run. He does have dumb courage, I'll give him that!

And on next week? Take Stanton out and we will win - simple as that. If he has thirty possessions, they'll win.

esaint66 · Post: # 546691Post **esaint66** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 8:02pm

Solar wrote:
saint edward wrote:
The_Dud wrote:
saint edward wrote:
LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Ok well i just saw the incident again and if hes not rubbed out then i'll be pretty upset.

Whats more upsetting is the fact that ross thought that it was fair.
what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

Exactly, and none of the fans around us thought it warrented a report.
Where were you sitting because the social club area I was in was going nuts at umpire number 21 for a good 5 minutes.

The number 21 umpire was Simon Merideth and i to was going ape s**t at him for a while and i was sitting round by the geelong cheer squad so i was totally on my won (including saints supporters)

St. Luke · Post: # 546697Post **St. Luke** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 8:06pm

I saw it and it looked to me as if Clarke ran into him without looking, the player thought he was running to bump him and popped a slight shoulder into him. Nothing in it except Clarkes head hitting the ground hard and knocking him out. I'd be surprised if anything came of it??

Solar · Post: # 546698Post **Solar** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 8:07pm

saint edward wrote:
Solar wrote:
saint edward wrote:
The_Dud wrote:
saint edward wrote:
LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Ok well i just saw the incident again and if hes not rubbed out then i'll be pretty upset.

Whats more upsetting is the fact that ross thought that it was fair.
what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

Exactly, and none of the fans around us thought it warrented a report.
Where were you sitting because the social club area I was in was going nuts at umpire number 21 for a good 5 minutes.

The number 21 umpire was Simon Merideth and i to was going ape s**t at him for a while and i was sitting round by the geelong cheer squad so i was totally on my won (including saints supporters)

do not mention their name, that only encourages their egos!

Trust me, this prick copped it from the fans at the other end of the ground.

Ghost Like · Post: # 546712Post **Ghost Like** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 8:11pm

The_Dud wrote:
saint edward wrote:
LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:the cat player was ruckmen Trent West

Ok well i just saw the incident again and if hes not rubbed out then i'll be pretty upset.

Whats more upsetting is the fact that ross thought that it was fair.
what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

That there epitomised what was wrong with the Saints after quarter time...heartless and passionless...what we needed was Fraser to go all John Bourke on West and Umpire 21. The big G goes us nothing else so would have been perfect for the role.

Umpire 21, who I'll now call Jack Black because he does not deserve anyone to actually know who he is, refused to make a decision all day, it was like he was scared or on work experience. I think the only reason he had a whistle was to check that he was still breathing, one of the worst I've seen, pathetic!

SainterX · Post: # 546798Post **SainterX** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 8:56pm

what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

How could they when the umpires didn't even stop play. All our players would have been heading down the other end to flood.

chook23 · Post: # 547073Post **chook23** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 11:32pm

Solar wrote:I'm confused, so you can take out a player 20 metres of the ball and it's not a free kick. Insteed the idiot that is number 21 watched on like the yellow magot he is and they waited 5 whole minutes before stopping the play. This meant we were down to 17 players during that whole period of play.

borderline 5 metres away from diposer.....

looked a fair bump.........contact to high chest......head jolted back...
may have hit ground as well

Clarke just no awareness.

Won't buy land off you solar!!

stinger · Post: # 547092Post **stinger** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 11:45pm

devildude wrote:Clarke is an absolute marshmallow. How long until he is exposed as an absolute wuss bag. There's nothing wrong with clarke he is an absolute drama queen. God forbid the day he actually gets hit properly. He may die! Toughen up x or play soccer!

flower off troll......

esaint66 · Post: # 547096Post **esaint66** » Sat 12 Apr 2008 11:52pm

SainterX wrote:
what was even MORE upsetting is that none of our players did ANYTHING aboout it

How could they when the umpires didn't even stop play. All our players would have been heading down the other end to flood.

Exactly thats what is really dissapointing
1. the umpires didnt stop play.
2. our players flood.