Polo cops one week suspension

[Tigermonk]

BTW Popelord

l only stopped playing a few years ago & stopped coaching last year so l think l'm very up to date on modern football
l'm even thinking of coming out of retirement cause l miss having a kick  + l'm still involved in football

[Owl]

Monk when your ready to join us all in the modern era, let us know. That may have been accepted back in the 70's but not now.

Every player cops a week for that and has been for 4 years (Unless your Goodes lol).

Its stupid and shows no discipline.

you obviously dont watch football properly. Them type of punches are given out before the ball even gets bounced.  Many times during the game YES in today modern football. Only the Richmond players are often sited & suspended or dont you know that. Maybe l will get Geoff to write it down on a peice of paper for you,  cause he absolutely hates Richmond.

l watch every game every week & see blantant punches in front of the umpires & we even talked about it in one of the threads recently.   Most agreed, so l watch my football  but l dont know what your watching.
Take your eyes off the TV & get down to the games more often & you might see more out of screen action.  press your red button follow Cousins or Jackson all game 

I agree with you bout the sly hits and niggles, and we seem to have to wear them without the umpires giving much of a crap most of the time too.  It is part of footy, but, if your the sort of player that wants to indulge, then you should be a bit more discrete about it than Polo was or your going to cop suspensions.  What really peees me off is when players get pinged for defending themselves after being hit.  I have seen umpires see exactly what has happened and instead of punishing the initiator, punish the retaliator.  Total BS

[Hellenic Tiger]

For a guy who is looking to firstly play consistent footy and cement his spot in the side and secondly is walking the tightrope of possibly being delisted it was an act of lunacy to do what he did and get suspended. No excuses. Did himself no favours and if he was getting beaten by his opponent whacking him and preventing himself from making amends next week aint the answer either. Stupid act.

[HD]

Monk when your ready to join us all in the modern era, let us know. That may have been accepted back in the 70's but not now.

Every player cops a week for that and has been for 4 years (Unless your Goodes lol).

Its stupid and shows no discipline.

you obviously dont watch football properly. Them type of punches are given out before the ball even gets bounced.  Many times during the game YES in today modern football. Only the Richmond players are often sited & suspended or dont you know that. Maybe l will get Geoff to write it down on a peice of paper for you,  cause he absolutely hates Richmond.

l watch every game every week & see blantant punches in front of the umpires & we even talked about it in one of the threads recently.   Most agreed, so l watch my football  but l dont know what your watching.
Take your eyes off the TV & get down to the games more often & you might see more out of screen action.  press your red button follow Cousins or Jackson all game 

It's not a question of whether it goes on, of course it goes on and anyone paying attention to the game sees that (probably why umpires don't see it that often - they don't pay attention) - the issue is Polo is in dire straits and needs to really show something this season or risk being delisted. Punching your opponent after you stuff up in plain view of everyone, including the umpires, and getting yourself suspended for a week is precisely how NOT to safeguard your spot on the list post-2010.

It's plain stupidity, something the RFC doesn't need any extra helpings of when trying to rebuild.

[tigersalive]

Monk when your ready to join us all in the modern era, let us know. That may have been accepted back in the 70's but not now.

Every player cops a week for that and has been for 4 years (Unless your Goodes lol).

Its stupid and shows no discipline.

you obviously dont watch football properly. Them type of punches are given out before the ball even gets bounced.  Many times during the game YES in today modern football. Only the Richmond players are often sited & suspended or dont you know that. Maybe l will get Geoff to write it down on a peice of paper for you,  cause he absolutely hates Richmond.

l watch every game every week & see blantant punches in front of the umpires & we even talked about it in one of the threads recently.   Most agreed, so l watch my football  but l dont know what your watching.

Agree, Monk, though tummy taps happen all game, difference was this time Polo was a) "unlucky" enough to get him right in the solar plexus that set the Crow right to the turf and b) be caught on camera.

It was stupid by Polo and he deserved the week but those type of punches happen all game long.