Sniper Stewart given 4 weeks [update]

[Damo]

4 would be more than fair off recent history
It’s a 3-4 week job

The mass hysteria is over the top
If he gets 4, it’s plenty .. don’t see how 4 is pee weak MT

3 on the other hand would be weak

[one-eyed]

30 mins gone in the deliberation. Still waiting.

[Knighter]

30 mins gone in the deliberation. Still waiting.

4 is week as pee also.  It should be a minimum of 6

[one-eyed]

FOUR WEEKS FOR STEWART
And it's four weeks for Tom Stewart.
Tribunal chair Jeff Gleeson said:
"The bump was late. He (Prestia) was wide open, exposed and vulnerable.
"Stewart had sufficient time to see Prestia had not taken possession.
"He ran past the ball and made a conscious, albeit split-second, decision to bump Presita at speed.
"The degree of carelessness was high.
"He breached his duty of care by some margin."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/789194/follow-it-live-stewart-facing-the-tribunal-now

[Knighter]

"The degree of carelessness was high"  Is that the same as saying it was deliberate?  Seems so.  That's a big F U to Christian and Scotty x 2

[Gracie]

So over to the AFL to appeal the leniency of the sentence

[mightytiges]

FOUR WEEKS FOR STEWART
And it's four weeks for Tom Stewart.
Tribunal chair Jeff Gleeson said:
"The bump was late. He (Prestia) was wide open, exposed and vulnerable.
"Stewart had sufficient time to see Prestia had not taken possession.
"He ran past the ball and made a conscious, albeit split-second, decision to bump Presita at speed.
"The degree of carelessness was high.
"He breached his duty of care by some margin."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/789194/follow-it-live-stewart-facing-the-tribunal-now

"The degree of carelessness was high" - We really think it was intentional but we won't call it intentional .

So much for sending a message about dog acts that cause head injuries/concussion. Weak as usual AFL. The sniper misses just two more games than Prestia the victim does  .

[Tiger Khosh]

“He made a conscious decision” sure sounds like a fancy way of saying deliberate to me.

[mightytiges]

4 would be more than fair off recent history
It’s a 3-4 week job

The mass hysteria is over the top
If he gets 4, it’s plenty .. don’t see how 4 is pee weak MT

3 on the other hand would be weak

It was a non-football dog act Damo. Going past the ball and knocking out an opponent off the ball is something out of the 70s/80s that doesn't belong in the modern game. Prestia was in a serious state. It wasn't a typical "bump". The MRO should have called it intentional as that's what it was and the AFL should have demanded 5-6 weeks if they were serious. The judgement pretty much calls it intentional without using the word "intentional". Typical spineless AFL. This doesn't pass the pub test. Anytime in the future we hear Gill/AFL taking about the need to protect the head it will be just virtue signalling.

[Damo]

I thought 4 was about the mark
Just my personal take

[Rampsation]

This is why we needed to retaliate and king hit the bastard.

[Damo]

This is why we needed to retaliate and king hit the bastard.

We should definitely have retaliated in some capacity

We also should have called for the stretcher to stop play

I believe Pickett should have got zero for his against the Aints, and Stewart 4ish for this.

Just think if you go all mass hysteria and say this is a 6+ job, then Marlion probably got off ok

[mightytiges]

I thought 4 was about the mark
Just my personal take

Not having a go at you Damo.

Just peeved with the pee weak AFL and still angry at losing a pure ball player like Prestia thanks to the gutless sniper and his scum club down the highway who have form. The AFL will only have themselves to blame next time the clubs meet especially if it's a final later this year.

[Damo]

I personally don’t think Stewart is a gutless sniper
He’s a tough ball player normally
He’s being made out some cross between David Rhys-Jones and Hannibal Lector

This was a terrible act , but people make errors .. it’s not like he’s a repeat offender with a career of dogs acts

In saying that , I’d happily have us do the Yeats/Dermie 1989 as some sort of retaliation come finals time 😂😂😂

[mightytiges]

This is why we needed to retaliate and king hit the bastard.

The MRO would have called that intentional if we had retaliated like that and we'd lose that player for the rest of the H/A season at least.

Need to put this away in the memory bank and use it as motivation to make sure we're there come September. The best revenge would be to do the snipers over in a knockout final (excuse the pun).