Yank Man wrote:t0mmy wrote:Yank Man wrote:Executive Member wrote:Please dont ramp up this stuff on a forum, if it is as serious as you say then report it to the league, so that it can be handled correctly and if true the offenders can be punished as per the rules
To tarnish a club cause of incident that you dont want to report seems like nothing more than a cheap shot, especially at a club that is rebuilding and got some quality people involved
I am sure that Henley would know how to go about the correct process, considering they have an esteemed member of their Club that sits at the same table I do
Was marbles at the game? Or is fabricating things for Henley and who are these "other" clubs he is waffling on about in Div 7. Be careful who you aim at marbles. Facts are the only thing this forum is interested in.
I was at the game and I am a Henley supporter.
There was an incident in the 2nd quarter in the fwd pocket for Henley that went like this:
- Henley player copped a high tackle from a bloke a foot taller than him. it was an unsporting high tackle intended to either hurt or intimidate him. probably not a send off if the umpire had seen it.
- Henley player remonstrated with the offending player (gave him a few pushes to his chest), ... basically inviting the bloke to punch him
- Henley player gets punched in the mouth
As for the guy that belted him - he looked pretty rough and prone to that sort response.
so if the Henley player is complaining about getting belted, perhaps he could consider a more appropriate course of action next time he gets an unsporting high tackle. ie COP IT AND GET ON WITH THE BLOODY GAME!
Players, coaches and spectators respect that a lot more, and he's much less likely to give you a rude high tackle next time.
But, he bit off more than he could chew and was lucky not to have his jaw broken.
I'm not sure what the Henley player thought he was going to achieve by carrying on with it, all he did was rizz up the Smithies crowd, and a few of the Smithies players, so for the next few minutes there were a few reckless tackles that followed - putting his team-mates at risk.
Just play footy FFS.
It obviosly depends on what the ump saw aye. Luke McDonnell gave a TTG player a slap to the face and got 3 matches. If I was Henley I would push the barrow. A genuine strike on that basis should be 10.Regardless of intimidation, undiscipline is undiscipline and out they should go.
i don't think you make complaints
good clubs will sort out the things that the umps miss for themselves internally
and if some of these gen-y kids need to learn not to pull the tiger's tail the hard way then so be it