by dedja » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:17 pm
Adelaide Hawk wrote:gadj1976 wrote:hondo71 wrote:Nah, he's gone! Good for the Crows ....
Clearly the Hawthorn players felt it wasn't an accident

There's some footage which shows Lloyd may have been pushed into it but it's a loose argument from what I could see.
Clearly not pushed. Hopefully he gets 6.
If Essendon try to use that as a defence (and they will), and the AFL accept it as mitigation, then we will finally have evidence that the AFL plays favourite and bends rules to suit themselves. Shoenmakers did have a hand on Lloyd's hip, but any force from that contact wouldn't have made Lloyd suddenly sprint 6-8 paces and cannon into Sewell, who was in the action of straightening up after picking up the ball.
Nope, Lloyd cannot defend himself iin this one, but somehow you just get the feeling the AFL has one more trick up its sleeve.
It's a classic, Franklin, the man who can't win a free kick versus the perennial diver who gets looked after by officialdom as if he were their love child, and whatever Bateman gets for belting him will be worth it.
You were saying??? Gee, Matthew Lloyd has been offered 4 weeks, shock horror, maybe the system is equal after all?
Dunno, I’m just an idiot.
I’m only the administrator of the estate of dedja … my yes be yes, my no be no