AW rumour file caller says ‘interstate player back if side makes prelim, will go to court week of prelim’
Can’t remember all the details
Can’t remember all the details
Rumour Gaff back for prelim
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No way in the world Gaff will be back in 2018.
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Got himself into trouble again has he?...
There would be zero chance Gaff plays again this year.
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In the extremely unlikely event that this is true, on what grounds would he even take this to court?
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they did make mention of a Sydney player being successful in court in a finals series 2006(?)
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There is no way he should play again this year no matter what a court says.
Plus I'm sure the Eagles would not want that sort of distraction if and when they should make a prelim or a grand final.
Basis for this rumour may be another rumour that the Surgeon who operated on Brashaw's jaw may have stated that the damage done by Gaff was exaggerated by the Dockers medicos at the tribunal and in the press.
It may have been a hairline fracture, one dislodged tooth and three damaged teeth plus the obvious cuts and bleeding - not the damage that was stated in the press at the time.
Not that any damage is acceptable and Gaff still should have got his whack regardless.
Just repeating a rumour so don't shoot the messenger - but Brayshaw did seem to be talking a lot easier when interviewed shortly afterwards than one would expect from the damage apparently done according to the press at the time.
Plus I'm sure the Eagles would not want that sort of distraction if and when they should make a prelim or a grand final.
Basis for this rumour may be another rumour that the Surgeon who operated on Brashaw's jaw may have stated that the damage done by Gaff was exaggerated by the Dockers medicos at the tribunal and in the press.
It may have been a hairline fracture, one dislodged tooth and three damaged teeth plus the obvious cuts and bleeding - not the damage that was stated in the press at the time.
Not that any damage is acceptable and Gaff still should have got his whack regardless.
Just repeating a rumour so don't shoot the messenger - but Brayshaw did seem to be talking a lot easier when interviewed shortly afterwards than one would expect from the damage apparently done according to the press at the time.
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I’m pretty sure this caller alluded to the timing of the court action being important and that it wouldn’t happen until the Wed of the prelim
Pretty sure he is keeping a low profile because he is with his sick dad right now.
There is nothing in this rumour.
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Wow, this would have to be the worst made up rumor ever
If they're alluding to Gaff then i call 100% BS.
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Why? The first West Coast response to the thread summed it up in one post
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if true why would you wait? not to open old wounds?
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I'm sure its not true but the reason to wait would be to let the heat go out of it and hopefully let Brayshaw's jaw heal so people forget the horrific images.
Just look at Steve Smith etc. when that happened people were for calling for life bans - same people six months later suddenly a lot more forgiving.
As I said before - why would the Eagles put all that pressure on themselves and risk alienating every opposition supporter in the country (along with a few of their own) by going down that path at such a crucial stage of the season.
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Agree no way we would go down that path
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This is even less believable than the "Gaff to Melbourne with a side trade" thread that the OP admitted was made up.
Any appeal should have been lodged the day after the Tribunal decision.
If the appeal is going to be based on fresh evidence, it should be lodged immediately on that evidence being discovered. If the Eagles had such evidence and sat on it for three weeks until the week of the prelim just to get some sort of strategic advantage (which is unclear to me how that'd even come about), they'd get short shrift from the court.
Any appeal should have been lodged the day after the Tribunal decision.
If the appeal is going to be based on fresh evidence, it should be lodged immediately on that evidence being discovered. If the Eagles had such evidence and sat on it for three weeks until the week of the prelim just to get some sort of strategic advantage (which is unclear to me how that'd even come about), they'd get short shrift from the court.
Think someone is a bit confused... media stated over the weekend that Gaff will be back in Perth for the final - aka to watch it.
That being said the usual time limit for appeals is 28 days which would be around September 4 (the Tues before the final)...
But imagine the media shit show - NO THANKS!
Surely if he was going to appeal, Eagles QC would not have told the media he wasnt appealing...likewise they would have done it earlier so as not to disrupt the team heading into the finals
That being said the usual time limit for appeals is 28 days which would be around September 4 (the Tues before the final)...
But imagine the media shit show - NO THANKS!
Surely if he was going to appeal, Eagles QC would not have told the media he wasnt appealing...likewise they would have done it earlier so as not to disrupt the team heading into the finals
