06-20-2017, 02:28 AM
(06-20-2017, 01:11 AM)LP link Wrote:I agree, so long we've been the road kill that the vultures of other clubs pecked at!
On the issue of the Ablett type treatment, as long as the bumps and knocks are within the rules I'm OK with that. Having heard Judd talk about the attention he got he's OK with it as well, for him that is football and changing it would make the game irrevocably different.
I think you'll find Ablett is OK with that as well, as long as it's fair. He got frustrated, but I think you'll find that was partly because what was lacking at the weekend was cover from his own team-mates. GC played in the way we use to play, they left Ablett to the wolves like we used to leave Murphy! When Ablett got himself back in the game after 1/2-time, that is a moment footballers can be proud of, it really means something to succeed despite adversity!
The thing we don't want are the king hits and cheap shots, which are very different from what we saw at the weekend. If one of our players or any opposition player throw a Rosa type cross I want them banned for even minimal impact, if the impact is major I want severe penalties. That sort of sh1t, king hits, raised elbows(Lindsay Thomas style), short arm jabs, there is no room in the game for it! Players have the right to expect the game to be played hard but fair!
From what I have seen the umps let it go when its just bumping, pushing etc like Ablett received however the team initiating that stuff dont get any favours back when the opposition ie Rosa have a crack back and they get away with it even though it can be more severe. I'd expect Richmond to give us what we gave GC and it will a spiteful game... a player like Murphy might need the helmet on again...
Vlastuin and Ellis fancy themselves as hard men and I think they are the types that will try and start the Ablett like treatment...hope we dont get sucked in...
Miss Robbo in these games, he was always good value vs the Tigers...