Well they do say once is an accident (although it wasn’t really), twice is a coincidence but three times is a pattern.
If Voss got 3 you’d expect Nash to get a few more.
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Exactly. With bullshite that players get rubbed out for, that surely has to be at least 5 weeks.
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6 weeks for mine.
Reckon it had a fair bit of premeditation too. Miers had been playing well and creating lots up to then.
And yes, the red card debate rages on.
They should trial it immediately till end of season at least. Before a GF is decided on a thug act like that one.
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Its a least 4, as a bare minimum
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I’d say the starting point of a suspension should be 4. That was worse than what Voss did to Vlastuin IMO. Obviously Miers was subbed out due to concussion, and the AFL are very sensitive to anything that leads to head injuries.
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Just checked out the replay. That was brutal. Has to be 4.
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I’m not a Chris Scott fan but I did like his “I’m not allowed to comment on Nash but if you ask I’ll nod my head if I agree” comment. It’s about time a coach had the guts to call thug acts out instead of just saying “I didn’t see the incident”.
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There certainly was no holding back by either Scrimshaw or Nash - both homed in on a vulnerable jaw and left nothing behind.
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Any nodding he does is pretty hypocritical.
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Should be more than 2MP who got 4 weeks.
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Should be more but I think it will be the same.
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red card is issue too as incompetent umps could red card Wright for a football action going for mark.
It would be so sparsely used that every time it was, it’d just cause a major controversy.
Won’t ever be brought in to the AFL.
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Why not…
Rugby has it, football i.e. round ball use it all the time throughout the world and even applied for tackles that are sometimes accidental. We have the ARC and would only refer one where its an injury resulting in a permanent sub required. And the red still leaves the offending team with 22 ffs.
Shouldve been brought in years ago.
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I like this idea, I wouldn’t trust on field umpires making correct calls in the heat of the moment.
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Yep as Mathews suggested, with the concussion rule, the team that loses the player gets penalised whilst the thug can run around and do what they like. hardly fair in a modern game
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Neville Bruns likes this.
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ironic really, Matthews would of played half his games
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