RD7 Eagles v North Post Match Review

[Royal City]

I have just finished watching the replay of this game. It appears there are some very frustrated footballers wearing an NAFC guernsey over the last couple of weeks. The only positives for North I thought were young Platten got stuck in and Brett Ohara in ruck showed alot of fight. Jimmy Allen was best for North by a country mile again.

For the Eagles I think Grocke will get a couple. Salter will probably get a reprimand and I wouldnt be surprised if Cicca goes on report for the hit on Platten in the first quarter. It was very reckless. Stewart was excellent out of defence Jay Cheep played the best game I have seen him play. What a very potent forward line they have with Salter Grocke Welsh and Schulz.

[matt1]

BTW... A BIG 'Brick Bat' to OUR Scoreboard Attendent !!!

Didn't keep the updates coming regarding scores @ other grounds.

Very annoying... clearly, it is not just Sturt's scoreboard people

I had a go at the SANFL bloke doing the scoreboard at yesterday's game for not putting them up quick enough. His reply was that he was not getting the updates from the SANFL.... I said bring a radio FFS! I know the SANFL manage the scoreboard at Woodville Oval - is this different at other Clubs?

[goraw]

Grocke's not a sniper and he's done fantastic for himself and the Eagles since he was moved on from North.

i guess u saw the incident then?

Did YOU SEE the EYE GOUGE of Wyman's ???

Which Stand are you talking about (re: 'Hero') because it was IN FACT a North bloke in a HOODIE, that wanted to, & I quote "Go outside" - he was insighting the violence from in front of the Jarman Stand & I didn't see ANY WESLO Wallys.

Please explain!

different incident, no hooded people involved. re the whyman, like i said all i saw was whyman in a scuffle. didnt see what provoked it. but i IN FACT saw the snipers actions so i commented on it.

[Mr Irate]

BTW... A BIG 'Brick Bat' to OUR Scoreboard Attendent !!!

Didn't keep the updates coming regarding scores @ other grounds.

Very annoying... clearly, it is not just Sturt's scoreboard people

I had a go at the SANFL bloke doing the scoreboard at yesterday's game for not putting them up quick enough. His reply was that he was not getting the updates from the SANFL.... I said bring a radio FFS! I know the SANFL manage the scoreboard at Woodville Oval - is this different at other Clubs?

Based on performance yesterday I suggest the scoreboard at Alberton is manned by their accountant.......certainly showed the same level of proficiency with numbers

[am Bays]

Speaking of violence what was going on in front of the Fox stand.Seemed from the Jarman stand a fight was about to start .this was just on half time .

A lost Centrals supporter with a poor sense of direction????

[FlyingHigh]

The bump I was referring to earlier was around the 19:00 of the 3rd qtr. Interesting that it was deemed a free kick, yet Salter's bump didn't.

Salter will more than likely get a game, as those types of shirtfronts, which was a fraction too late, and a fraction too high are a big no no.

Whyman will get a week. Couldn't even hit the target with a punch yesterday.

Grocke 1-2 weeks? Was reported by umpire, commentators and spectators all seen the incident, so there is no denying Grocke struck Macca. Baffling how the Eagles still maintained the ball, after two reports.

Still can't remember that bump TSG, so can't comment.

But Salter's bump was definitely paid a free kick to advantage. The North player who received the handball turned it over with his kick. Why, then this turnover wasn't reversed and North received a free on the outer wing after Grocke's actions, which the umpire obviously saw, I have no idea.

[LPH]

Grocke's not a sniper and he's done fantastic for himself and the Eagles since he was moved on from North.

i guess u saw the incident then?

Did YOU SEE the EYE GOUGE of Wyman's ???

Which Stand are you talking about (re: 'Hero') because it was IN FACT a North bloke in a HOODIE, that wanted to, & I quote "Go outside" - he was insighting the violence from in front of the Jarman Stand & I didn't see ANY WESLO Wallys.

Please explain!

different incident, no hooded people involved. re the whyman, like i said all i saw was whyman in a scuffle. didnt see what provoked it. but i IN FACT saw the snipers actions so i commented on it.

Thanks for the clarification...cheers

[The Sleeping Giant]

Still can't remember that bump TSG, so can't comment.

Just thought I would point out an incident that would have been play on in U/12 football. Shows where are game is going.

[FlyingHigh]

Still can't remember that bump TSG, so can't comment.

Just thought I would point out an incident that would have been play on in U/12 football. Shows where are game is going.

Agree - remember we are thinking the same thing about two separate incidents

[human_torpedo]

Big shout out to 'GODS' who is clearly an avid reader of this Forum Thread, my pleading for Flash too be played on a wing has been heeded with a Best on Ground performance! Welsh also amongst the goals, he must read this too and responded too my spray..

Only have seen patches of the game, and cant comment on the incidents on the field as I havent seen any of them, but from what I have heard, Salter may get a couple, and Grocke was a bit of a brain fade and probably regretted it immediately after. Againm its all hearsay since I havent seen them so i wont comment any further. BUT, I will add I dont find Grocke to be a sniper at all, one incident doesnt make a bloke a sniper, he has shown himself too be nothing more than an honest hard working forward since he has come across too the Eagles, and I find this incident too be somewhat out of character, in my honest opinion anyway..

Pretty happy with this SANFL season, throws up a strange result every week, good, hard contested league this season, far better viewing than what i endured at AAMI last night anyway..

[on the rails]

Only have seen patches of the game, and cant comment on the incidents on the field as I havent seen any of them, but from what I have heard, Salter may get a couple, and Grocke was a bit of a brain fade and probably regretted it immediately after. Againm its all hearsay since I havent seen them so i wont comment any further. BUT, I will add I dont find Grocke to be a sniper at all, one incident doesnt make a bloke a sniper, he has shown himself too be nothing more than an honest hard working forward since he has come across too the Eagles, and I find this incident too be somewhat out of character, in my honest opinion anyway.

Sniper may be a bit harsh to describe him week by week but given we North people only see him 2 or 3 times a year he rightly seems to get "fired up" when he plays his old club which he was discarded from. To be fair he has been a very good performer for the Eagles and whilst we may now regret letting him go, at the time he left he couldn't find any regular consistency at North in the League and clearly as is the case with many other players - a change of club often brings the best out in them.

However his actions on Saturday were cowardly on two counts. He went and stood over Thring when he got cleaned up and obviously gave him a spray and from what has been relayed to me what he said was what you would expect from a coward trying to prove his toughness. Rightly so McIntrye went in and remonstrated with Grocke who waited until Macca started to turn then cowardly punched him and despite Macca being a very tough and resilant player, the blow was hard enough to have him stretchered off and then taken to hospital. I certainly hope he regrets what he did as I'm sure he wouldn't have like to have been taken out of the game illegally and ending up in hospital!

[Zorro]

Only have seen patches of the game, and cant comment on the incidents on the field as I havent seen any of them, but from what I have heard, Salter may get a couple, and Grocke was a bit of a brain fade and probably regretted it immediately after. Againm its all hearsay since I havent seen them so i wont comment any further. BUT, I will add I dont find Grocke to be a sniper at all, one incident doesnt make a bloke a sniper, he has shown himself too be nothing more than an honest hard working forward since he has come across too the Eagles, and I find this incident too be somewhat out of character, in my honest opinion anyway.

Sniper may be a bit harsh to describe him week by week but given we North people only see him 2 or 3 times a year he rightly seems to get "fired up" when he plays his old club which he was discarded from. To be fair he has been a very good performer for the Eagles and whilst we may now regret letting him go, at the time he left he couldn't find any regular consistency at North in the League and clearly as is the case with many other players - a change of club often brings the best out in them.

However his actions on Saturday were cowardly on two counts. He went and stood over Thring when he got cleaned up and obviously gave him a spray and from what has been relayed to me what he said was what you would expect from a coward trying to prove his toughness. Rightly so McIntrye went in and remonstrated with Grocke who waited until Macca started to turn then cowardly punched him and despite Macca being a very tough and resilant player, the blow was hard enough to have him stretchered off and then taken to hospital. I certainly hope he regrets what he did as I'm sure he wouldn't have like to have been taken out of the game illegally and ending up in hospital!

Would have to agree. Grocke seems to be a fair and reasonable contributor in most cases so wouldn't label him a sniper for one incident, but I wasn't too far away from it and it was poor form on many levels. Hopefully he accepts his fate, learns from it and moves on.

[human_torpedo]

Only have seen patches of the game, and cant comment on the incidents on the field as I havent seen any of them, but from what I have heard, Salter may get a couple, and Grocke was a bit of a brain fade and probably regretted it immediately after. Againm its all hearsay since I havent seen them so i wont comment any further. BUT, I will add I dont find Grocke to be a sniper at all, one incident doesnt make a bloke a sniper, he has shown himself too be nothing more than an honest hard working forward since he has come across too the Eagles, and I find this incident too be somewhat out of character, in my honest opinion anyway.

Sniper may be a bit harsh to describe him week by week but given we North people only see him 2 or 3 times a year he rightly seems to get "fired up" when he plays his old club which he was discarded from. To be fair he has been a very good performer for the Eagles and whilst we may now regret letting him go, at the time he left he couldn't find any regular consistency at North in the League and clearly as is the case with many other players - a change of club often brings the best out in them.

However his actions on Saturday were cowardly on two counts. He went and stood over Thring when he got cleaned up and obviously gave him a spray and from what has been relayed to me what he said was what you would expect from a coward trying to prove his toughness. Rightly so McIntrye went in and remonstrated with Grocke who waited until Macca started to turn then cowardly punched him and despite Macca being a very tough and resilant player, the blow was hard enough to have him stretchered off and then taken to hospital. I certainly hope he regrets what he did as I'm sure he wouldn't have like to have been taken out of the game illegally and ending up in hospital!

Would have to agree. Grocke seems to be a fair and reasonable contributor in most cases so wouldn't label him a sniper for one incident, but I wasn't too far away from it and it was poor form on many levels. Hopefully he accepts his fate, learns from it and moves on.

Yeh your both right, like I said I havent seen the incident(s) so im not going too comment on them, but I have heard it wasnt his finest moment(s). He seems too be just an honest competitor too me and have seen nothing like this from him in the past. He must have been keen too make an impact against his iold club, and he went about it the entirely wrong way. If he just worked hard and got too as many contests and presented like he had all year, that would have made more of an impression than giving a bloke a spray on the ground, and then cheap shotting an opponent who wasnt looking. Its disappointing but hopefully he will learn, but I certainly dont consider him a sniper despite this, which is all I wanted too get across..

[topsywaldron]

He went and stood over Thring when he got cleaned up and obviously gave him a spray

The same Thring who kidney punched a Glenelg player when he was lying on the ground at the bottom of a pack?

My sympathy is limited.

[ferret]

Saw Salters incident at the game and have looked at it in slow motion many times. In my opinion Salter tried to bump Thring to keep him running on to receive a possible return hand ball. The Football can clearly be seen in the frame so I suggest it was not probably more than 5 metres away. It appears Salter collected Thring more towards his side than up the front. Also Thring was seen with arm in a sling after the match and the problem seemed to be his shoulder.

[HeartBeatsTrue]

Saw Salters incident at the game and have looked at it in slow motion many times. In my opinion Salter tried to bump Thring to keep him running on to receive a possible return hand ball. The Football can clearly be seen in the frame so I suggest it was not probably more than 5 metres away. It appears Salter collected Thring more towards his side than up the front. Also Thring was seen with arm in a sling after the match and the problem seemed to be his shoulder.

Well clearly in between frames Salter pulled out a baseball bat from under his jumper and clobbered Thring in the arm.

[am Bays]

Saw Salters incident at the game and have looked at it in slow motion many times. In my opinion Salter tried to bump Thring to keep him running on to receive a possible return hand ball. The Football can clearly be seen in the frame so I suggest it was not probably more than 5 metres away. It appears Salter collected Thring more towards his side than up the front. Also Thring was seen with arm in a sling after the match and the problem seemed to be his shoulder.

Tribunal chairman admitted that Grima didn't make contact with the North players head and that contact was to the side, still got a week.

For the sake of consistancy will be watching this decision with interest.

Agree with you though ferret both incidents are not worthy of a report let alone any games.

[Columbo]

Tribunal chairman admitted that Grima didn't make contact with the North players head and that contact was to the side, still got a week.

For the sake of consistancy will be watching this decision with interest.

Agree with you though ferret both incidents are not worthy of a report let alone any games.

Interesting one this...saw it at the game...but missed the one with Grocke, wasnt til i saw Thring walking off that i realised McIntyre was down aswell.

It appeared that the ump (think it was Colin Rowston) paid the free kick to advantage which would be the correct call i would have thought, but then when Thring hadnt got up it was only then that he appeared to get the book out. Despite the fact that im an Eagles fan i don't think it warranted a report, free kick no doubt and maybe a 25m Penalty. Didnt see the Grima incident but if he got a week for something similar then would expect Salts to sit it out....the bump as we knew it is closer to death!

[Mickyj]

Tribunal chairman admitted that Grima didn't make contact with the North players head and that contact was to the side, still got a week.

For the sake of consistancy will be watching this decision with interest.

Agree with you though ferret both incidents are not worthy of a report let alone any games.

Interesting one this...saw it at the game...but missed the one with Grocke, wasnt til i saw Thring walking off that i realised McIntyre was down aswell.

It appeared that the ump (think it was Colin Rowston) paid the free kick to advantage which would be the correct call i would have thought, but then when Thring hadnt got up it was only then that he appeared to get the book out. Despite the fact that im an Eagles fan i don't think it warranted a report, free kick no doubt and maybe a 25m Penalty. Didnt see the Grima incident but if he got a week for something similar then would expect Salts to sit it out....the bump as we knew it is closer to death!

If Chocco Wants Salts next week he'll get a reprimand just watch.My mail is Salts is the future and Schultz isn't !!
Is the CICA report the one they kept showing over and over a careless act of throwing out the arm .
whyman he either eye gouged or punched Allmond(either isn't good) while prone on the ground .Not certain what will happen there.
The grocke one I didn't see .But the umpire paid a free called play on the ball went out on the full .then or there abouts a report was laid.

[eaglehaslanded]

Why is that after a loss to the Eagles all we hear from North supporters is whinging and whining about one thing or the other. Why can't you just accept that you have been beaten by a better team on the day. Why is it always the umpires this or that or that sniping Eagles player. Why can't you just accept the Eagles are better than you.