Rhyan Mansell [merged]

[Knighter]

stuff off AFL

[FooffooValve]

On the Mansell suspension, I reckon we approached this one badly. We should have gone with "what were Mansell's options?" and the fact that he was entitled to contest possession of a loose ball at full speed. Plus, given that both players arrived at the ball simultaneously, did Aish move to protect himself in any way?

To go with "it wasn't a bump" was asking for problems IMO.

[JP Tiger]

Some new football terms -

SQUIB - the bloke who avoids contact & refuses to put his body on the line when his team needs him to.

SMART SQUIB - the bloke who drops in some short steps instead of going hard at the ball, but doesn't get reamed by the MRO for making contact when his team needed him to.

So which player do you want in your football team? 

I'd go with neither ...   

So how do we pick a football team now? 

[one-eyed]

Whateley then questioned the Graham sling tackle (which was the umps fault for being too slow to blow the whistle).

I thought Graham was lucky not to be cited. And I don't agree that a slow whistle is permission or encouraging players to bounce a head into the turf. Players have to be better at resisting that motion.

Johnson was resisting the tackle, his arms weren't pinned, and he made no attempt to dispose of the ball. The whistle should have been blown straight away; not wait until the player is turned 720 degrees. If you watch old replays of footy from 40 years ago like the 1980 GF, the umps would blow the whistle as soon as the ball stopped moving. The Umps nowdays waiting for the ball to come out is a key contributor to these late sling tackles.

[mightytiges]

Reasons for decision:


https://twitter.com/DavidZita1/status/1668548431105904640

If that wasn't two players simply running at top speed from opposite directions to contest a loose ball then the game now is no longer Aussie Rules.
 

ps. Amazing what two years and who performs the bump can do when it comes to classing a bump as being "not unreasonable" or not .

The AFL's match review officer has cleared Geelong captain Joel Selwood of any wrongdoing in his collision with Richmond's Rhyan Mansell.

Selwood turned his body while picking up the in-dispute ball on Friday night, inadvertently making contact with Mansell's head.

The incident was scrutinised by match review officer Michael Christian, but he found Selwood was contesting the ball and his actions "were not unreasonable".

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7244031/afl-match-review-officer-clears-selwood/

[cub]

may aswell hang a flag from their shorts, games getting beyond a joke 

[one-eyed]

Daniel Harford's response on twitter:

This isn't right.

https://twitter.com/HarfSerious/status/1668548182631149568

[Tigeritis™©®]

Mansell: I don't think I had any other option but to protect myself.

Hannon (AFL): You could've tackled him?

Mansell: I don't believe I could've.

Hannon (AFL): You could've slowed?

Mansell: Not at the speed we were going at.



Source: Foxsports.

If the other player hadn’t possessed the ball how are you allowed to tackle?

Can they be any more clueless?

I would appeal this decision with everything possible. This is the dumbest decision I’ve ever seen.

And any idiot commentator that thinks this is correct can get stuffed too.

[Tiger Khosh]

How did it get more than Pickett and the same as de goey who bumped after the ball had been disposed of?

[one-eyed]

Sicily copped 3 weeks as well out of interest.

https://twitter.com/DavidZita1/status/1668585401475563521

[Thrasher97]

Sicily copped 3 weeks as well out of interest.

https://twitter.com/DavidZita1/status/1668585401475563521

Game's buggered, both trying to win the ball, if they pulled out would be lauded by supporters.

[Knighter]

The game is officially stuffed. It’s not the game I grew up with anymore. I’m about done with it. AFL can FRO

[Francois Jackson]

i think the call to report was correct. Though 2 weeks was fair.

the only issue i have is how the stuff did degoey get the same amount of weeks? The ball was not in the area when he chose to bump.

[mightytiges]

So according to the Tribunal, leaping off the ground and smashing into a player as he disposes of the ball or taking out a player after his disposes of the ball is not as bad as turning your body to contest a loose ball against an oncoming opponent with both of you going at full pace?

[Chuck17]

Get out the netball bibs