Blues Brothers trip to the tribunal

[kruddler]

I like Danger, but he's pushing his luck in recent times. Just let your footy do the talking and leave the gobbing off for your post football media career.

I reckon he just doesn't like Ed. What are the chances that Ed Curnow has played on him in the past and been a right royal pest about it?

[flyboy77]

Disgraceful decision that totally ignored the AFL's own rules for how a successful appeal should be assessed....

"Hocking said the AFL had appealed both of the financial sanctions on the grounds that:

* no Tribunal acting reasonably could have come to that decision having regard to the evidence before it
* the sanction imposed was manifestly inadequate."

As a matter of law, I would presume that both elements are necessary, not either.

As to the first requirement, well it appears the Appeal Board (or whatever they're coined) simply ignored this entirely - and it is strongly refuted by the May decision, let alone common sense.

The second arm - was it "manifestly inadequate"? Well, hard to argue that one too in the light of the May decision (which I gather the Appeals Board managed to ignore entirely too)  and in light of countless other incidents of contact that were never even taken to the Tribunal.

Conclusion? Carp decision with no legal or administrative basis.

I can only presume given CFC's lame response, they were spoken to ahead of time and were told to take it on the chin for whatever reason.

[cookie2]

I reckon he just doesn't like Ed. What are the chances that Ed Curnow has played on him in the past and been a right royal pest about it?

Sooo, Danger is just being Catty? 

[flyboy77]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-17/su...hina-debut

look who's the poster boy for the China game!!

[kruddler]

Sooo, Danger is just being Catty? 

Perhaps he just sees Ed as a Danger to the Field umpires?

[Thryleon]

I reckon he just doesn't like Ed. What are the chances that Ed Curnow has played on him in the past and been a right royal pest about it?

Would have been teamates at one point wouldn't they?

[kruddler]

Would have been teamates at one point wouldn't they?

Have you got along with every teammate you ever had?

[sandsmere]

I like Danger, but he's pushing his luck in recent times. Just let your footy do the talking and leave the gobbing off for your post football media career.

Yep. A damn good footballer, but, as a man, a grub. >

[cookie2]

Perhaps he just sees Ed as a Danger to the Field umpires?

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Got himself into quite a Paddy over it in fact.

[kruddler]

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Got himself into quite a Paddy over it in fact.

Wonder if it was Nic Nat, would Paddy still go 'whack'?