(06-20-2017, 06:22 AM)IvanAwfulbigone link Wrote:I hate it as well. Don't agree with what we did to Ablett at all. To condone it would make me a hypocrite of the highest order because I hated how teams did it to Judd and Diesel. If Ablett got off the hook and won the game for the Suns as he very nearly did then I'd be ok with that - means the team with the better footballer/s would have won. This macho moose butting is just ridiculous - even U12 teams are doing it off the ball now. Just go for the ball FSS.
Yeah, I can see your point of view.....I don't like the look of it either, and yes I hated the continual scragging of Judd (Which by the way, was usually quite a bit worse than what Ablett got on the weekend) ......but as the Umps or the AFL are doing nothing to prevent the best players in the game being targeted, then unfortunately it's a case of us either joining in, or playing the moral high ground & getting walked over.
That's the decision.
I'd rather the niggle that Ed & the lads indulged in than cheap shots that the likes of Scott Thompson practice every game.
Life is pain....... anyone who says differently is selling something.