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Can anyone explain to me how you can be found guilty for striking an "unknown" Woodville-West Torrens player?

Was at the game although didn't see this incident. Still, how can the League make a charge stick if they don't know who he hit? Anyone see it?

Harry the Horse wrote:Can anyone explain to me how you can be found guilty for striking an "unknown" Woodville-West Torrens player?

Was at the game although didn't see this incident. Still, how can the League make a charge stick if they don't know who he hit? Anyone see it?

On watching a taped replay of the game the other night, there were a few big bralws in this game so perhaps it was in one of them ?

Big Phil wrote:On watching a taped replay of the game the other night, there were a few big bralws in this game so perhaps it was in one of them ?

I had heard that there was no video footage of the specific incident.

I don't know if Mills pleaded guilty, which would make video evidence redundant.

If they can be sure he hit someone, but not sure who surely he's still guilty? I see how it would be tough to have a situation where this could happen, but perhaps if the umpire saw him hit a player, but was immediately more concerned with breaking up a fracas than getting the number of the player who was hit, this could happen.

Pseudo wrote:

Big Phil wrote:On watching a taped replay of the game the other night, there were a few big bralws in this game so perhaps it was in one of them ?

I had heard that there was no video footage of the specific incident.

I don't know if Mills pleaded guilty, which would make video evidence redundant.

I'm pretty sure it said in the paper Mills pleaded NOT GUILTY Pseudo...

Was he suspended or given a reprimand?

Got one game after pleading not guilty. So no video evidence ... and they've accepted the word of an umpire who said ... "Duh, I saw him hit someone."

Interesting.

I also watched the game tape. The reaction of the Eagles player certainly suggested that something untoward had happened.

That's not evidence, but.......

Harry the Horse wrote:Got one game after pleading not guilty. So no video evidence ... and they've accepted the word of an umpire who said ... "Duh, I saw him hit someone."

Interesting.

Thanks

So Mills, Backwell and Grima are all chances to miss the game V the bloods. Should make for a closer game than i had anticipated.

You can add Logan to that who will def play for the Powders

Harry the Horse wrote:You can add Logan to that who will def play for the Powders

Geez it gets better all the time

What a crock of shit...

WM: "I plead not guilty of hitting the bloke who no-one knows if I hit or not"

SANFL: "OK, looking at the video which there's none, and after listening to the umpire
say he had no idea who you hit, you're guilty"

WM: "OK, umm, can you please explain how I was sent off with the blood rule from a
bleeding nose & chin, and why some Eagles bloke wasn't reported as well?"

SANFL: "um we had no conclusive evidence, but nontheless, we'll give you a game"

******* Morons.....

Grahaml wrote:If they can be sure he hit someone, but not sure who surely he's still guilty? I see how it would be tough to have a situation where this could happen, but perhaps if the umpire saw him hit a player, but was immediately more concerned with breaking up a fracas than getting the number of the player who was hit, this could happen.

lol at that comment - when the fight was on in teh last qtr teh only umpire that was anywhere near it for the duration of about 2-3 mins was a boundary umpire.

then acouple of minutes later in the same spot the fight starts again but with the ball in the area this time the umpire is only watching the fight and not the play

redandblack wrote:I also watched the game tape. The reaction of the Eagles player certainly suggested that something untoward had happened.

That's not evidence, but.......

agreed he probably did hit someone but mills was teh only player to come off the ground under the blood rule after getting a whack to the face so there is probably a lucky eagles player out there too

Another baffling outcome from the "Tribunal" (using that term loosely too). One game for striking who??? No body knows yet he gets "conked" on the "snozzer" himself and no one gets done for that?

Surely the umps could have just picked any Eagles player and blamed him (apparently you don't need to too much evidence these days!) and given him one to even it up or better still do nothing to anyone!

The whole reporting / tribunal hearing system has become a laughing stock almost beyond a joke these days and it is time for the SANFL to overhaul it.

Judging by the amount of Eagles players running around with head strapping, Mills had a field day!!!!

MAY-Z wrote:

Grahaml wrote:If they can be sure he hit someone, but not sure who surely he's still guilty? I see how it would be tough to have a situation where this could happen, but perhaps if the umpire saw him hit a player, but was immediately more concerned with breaking up a fracas than getting the number of the player who was hit, this could happen.

lol at that comment - when the fight was on in teh last qtr teh only umpire that was anywhere near it for the duration of about 2-3 mins was a boundary umpire.

then acouple of minutes later in the same spot the fight starts again but with the ball in the area this time the umpire is only watching the fight and not the play

yep true

drebin wrote:Another baffling outcome from the "Tribunal" (using that term loosely too). One game for striking who??? No body knows yet he gets "conked" on the "snozzer" himself and no one gets done for that?

Surely the umps could have just picked any Eagles player and blamed him (apparently you don't need to too much evidence these days!) and given him one to even it up or better still do nothing to anyone!

The whole reporting / tribunal hearing system has become a laughing stock almost beyond a joke these days and it is time for the SANFL to overhaul it.

Perhaps he got hit in retaliation to who he hit .I have no idea as I was trying to watch both the ball and the first fight.then the second or restarted fight.

BL&G_Ump wrote:Judging by the amount of Eagles players running around with head strapping, Mills had a field day!!!!

Apparently all the bays players kept running into other Eags players due to their panic to get away from Cheep...

BL&G_Ump wrote:Judging by the amount of Eagles players running around with head strapping, Mills had a field day!!!!

Nah BL&G
Eagles players where hitting heads going for the ball .
Bays players were shouldering each other in a marking contest.it could have been worse the second bays player hit the first one very hard.