The tribunal deemed that it was, as explained by Laura Kane, whether you or I like it or not.
The only thing that was getting Redman off that charge was if they somehow argued that it didn’t actually happen, which as we know is never successful. Because you can’t argue a downgrade of classification on an off the ball striking charge to the head.
Didn’t know you were an afl plant.
You could’ve just left it at that… 
You talk in a lot of absolutes about something wherr we don’t know how the cte riddled tribunal will decide.
Maybe Redman has some sweet Aus GP tickets and wanted the weekend off?
Excellent plan, just one minor flaw, old mate won’t be on the field. Parker is out injured.
Even better. Drag him out of the stands.
Guys, I still can’t believe he said we won’t have any success for 8 years and only then will we maybe have success.
The Hewitt one was graded incorrectly.
That’s why the media went hard on it during the week.
It is questionable as to whether it was off the ball or during play. It wasn’t at a ball up but it looks like players ‘jossling for positioning’.
It was a certainty that they were grade the next one after it correctly.
Redman’s one is off the ball and has nothing to do with any ‘footy act’ or anything.
And it is also a certainty that they will soften this through the season as players change their habits.
Just like last year with the tackle interpretation. They went hard through the early part of the early, then softened later on.
Same with rule changes. Really picky in the first 5 to 10 rounds. Then soften.
I will now spend the remainder of this season lamenting the lack of “Essendon Edge”, whatever that means.
“Essendon Edge” code name for
I actually laughed at how the team was trying to start a fight with Sicily. It just looked so forced. Brad Scott is wanting our players to play an unnatural game to them as we simply don’t have the players with that edge.
The 2 players with that edge other than Redman would be Laverde and maybe Caddy, but they didn’t play.
It looked like we were trying to start a line in the sand moment against a team that we are already beating most times because they are still average. If you want to show that edge, do it against Geelong, Bulldogs, Port, Pies etc, not the team that finished 3rd last last year.
Nice dribble. Just doing your usual trolling for the laughs.
Brad Scott said Draper is chomping at the bit and then I saw an article quoting the same, I thought it was champing at the bit?
It’s not dribble. We have recruited a bunch of soft natured players and now expecting them to play with edge.
It is the original however chomping at the bit is also acceptable. according to the Webster dictionary.
Loving Brad trying to bring back the ‘Essendon Edge’
I didn’t see it that way at all.
It happened right in front of me, Sicily was very mouthy. Few of the guys stood up for their teammate. And as soon as McGrath got dumped and he stuck a leg out then it really kicked off
I don’t get why Brad would come out and say that. Umpires are gonna ■■■■ us over now.
Not necessarily, hawthorn were pretty vocal about playing unsociable football and it didn’t seem to affect umpire decisions against them