Daisy charged for striking Laidler! - can accept 1 game suspension

[crashlander]

Particularly when the offender is one of our most experienced players and, allegedly, a de facto leader who should have known better than to give a cheap shot and get caught doing it.

I reckon Bolton is p1ssed off with Thomas for copping a suspension but, rather than criticising him publicly (as Carrazzo did to Yarran), he has defended his player and used it as a learning experience for the group.  We like to play on the edge, dish it out, but don't get suspended.

A refreshing change and it won't take long for other teams to give up any idea that we'll go to water when things get physical.

It has been apparent in the play of a lot of our players, especially in neutral situations over the last few weeks. However, we need to get really good at it and hide our thuggery like Hawthorn do. Our guys do not know how and when to show that aggression yet. Hawthorn took a while to 'get it right'. Hopefully, so will we.