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Ran past the ball and elected to bump. That aint no accident.Yep, he ran in and deliberately hit the guy in the face with the back of his head. - kind of a reverse Liverpool Kiss.
I’m sure the other 12 posters who have agreed it was an accident are impressed with your comprehension,..a truly dazzling assessment.
Head clash is an accident and accepted by the tribunal as careless, not intentional.Ran past the ball and elected to bump. That aint no accident.
Head clash is an accident and accepted by the tribunal as careless, not intentional.
If it was his forearm /shoulder it WOULD be 6 weeks - but the panty wetters who want to make a head clash intentional are dribbling at the mouth.
It would have been fitting if he got a Frankston Farewell on his way out...Cooked. One of those hits which make you wonder about civil action imo.
He'll probably be off work for a while to recover too. Hope he's getting looked after.Multiple facial fractures and will require ongoing surgery. Won’t play footy again this year and is probably lucky to be on $300 per game. Hope someone is looking after the lad. As for Parker it’s 5-6 easily
Chooses to run past the ball, chooses to bump, chooses to even jump in to it a bit.
Pretty deliberate to me.
I agree, NOT a deliberate strike.Referred straight to vfl tribunal, graded as careless conduct, severe impact and high contact.
AFL website seems to think that grading means minimum of 4 weeks.
Without the head clash - it was a legal shepherd.Pointless bump - obviously the head clash part is accidental, but only happened because of a pretty reckless and unneeded off the ball hit. Reckon it’ll get 5.
It may not have been intentionally high but it was more than 5m past the ball so I would argue it wasnt a legal shepherd.Without the head clash - it was a legal shepherd.
Not really, Parker is a complete flog and 2MP seems like a decent guy.This thread is going around in circles a bit (unsurprisingly). I think Swans fans are saying the fact that he collected his head was unintentional - the bump itself obviously wasn't.
Regardless, it's irrelevant because he chose to bump and ended up nailing him in the head, so he's in trouble. Probably 4-6 weeks which is fair enough.
The only comparison I'd draw to the Wright incident was that they were very out-of-character for both players, and I don't think either were trying to bump the opponent in the head. Parker plays hard, but generally it's more on the tackling side of things, and he's prone to laying clumsy tackles. In both incidents, that's completely irrelevant though. Wright deserved his suspension and Parker will deserve his (presumably longer) suspension.
Hope that Frankston player is doing alright, and hope Parker reaches out to him (privately please, doing it publicly after incidents like this - like some players - is disgusting and shameless).
Yes, we know that some Essendon fans are still upset about him calling Shiel soft a few years ago. Thread doesn't need to be an Essendon-Sydney mudslinging contest though.Not really, Parker is a complete flog and 2MP seems like a decent guy.
You're probably right.Yes, we know that some Essendon fans are still upset about him calling Shiel soft a few years ago. Thread doesn't need to be an Essendon-Sydney mudslinging contest though.
If the guy is out for multiple months Parker should be too. Honestly if a player injures a player with a dirty hit these days the suspension should be minimum the amount of time the injured player is unable to play for. If he can't play for 4 months then it's a 17/18 week suspension
Lol, came in to see if anyone had said this. It's been a great read.Swans fans changing their tunes from Wright on Cunningham threads