Has Guts always been so anti-Broncs?
alvey
And I hope the Jokediciary mute the audio when they review Gallen's latest
head high. This will help them notice that the grub actually jumped up to
ensure good contact, something Guts totally failed to mention.
alvey
c00ps
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I'll tell you this, Kimmorley is a weak shit - always trying to milk
penalties, so much so he must be related to Ennis.
Personally I think Gallen has a case to answer, but you know nothing will
happen - he is protected.
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John Heath
> "alvey" <alvey_embarrassingsta...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Yeah, he's never been suspended before...
Mango
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I think Gallen has no case to answer, but then I thought Ryles did so who
knows what the authorities will do.
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I meant more that the NRL wont go him for fear of being labelled
anti-Gallen, and having it in for him. I didn't mean he is preotected like
say a Chris Judd in the AFL, more they don't want to be seen to have a
vandetta against him. Three weeks will do him.
John Heath
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Yes, he should be X'ed for a couple. The commentators carrying on
about how hard it is to tackle front-on and how the ball-carrirer
determines the point of contact... a crock. Stagg wasn't completely
upright but neither was he falling. They must have played 10 replays
of it. His head stayed at the same level and that's the level Gallen
aimed at.
When were the rules rewritten to say it was OK to smash someone in the
head, provided it's with your shoulder or upper arms? If Gallen had
not used his arms, it would have been a high shoulder charge and there
would be no debate about whether he would be facing time on the
sidelines. He'd already have his ticket booked for William Walker's
5am to midnight training for the next several weeks.
Pus Gould and his anti-Bronco Nein cohorts (and this includes Ben Ikin
whose brain and/or spine go AWOL whenever Gould gets on his high
horse) can carry on all they like about it being a "good, hard tackle"
and how it's good for the game, but they're wankers. It's crap. Gallen
knew what he was doing, he aimed for the upper chest at best and if it
resulted in a "legal" high shot that knocked Stagg around, so much the
better.
The commentators seemed to have no problem with the concept earlier on
that Lockyer's arms hitting the ball as he tackled Kimmorley were
"playing at" the ball even though he was actually playing at
Kimmorley. Smothering the ball was subsidiary concern and the pass
being blocked was a serendipitous outcome. The tackle was what he was
really there for but, he put his arms in a position that made contact
with the ball more likely, and therefore he was deemed to be playing
at it. Why then was Gallen's body position, which made it dangerous
for the ball carrier to lean in to the tackle, which was precisely and
clearly what he was doing several paces from contact, not deemed by
Professor Gould to be playing at Stagg's head?
His actions concussed an opponent and he should have been sent off -
for carelessness or dangerously incompetent technique. He had ample
time to change the tackle to a low-impact grab-and-fall but refused to
do so. He's proven time and again he's a grub who goes out of his way
to maim opponents when the opportunity arises and I think he's lost
the right to a presumption of anything other than cunthood. I think he
should get at least a week.
But here's the catch. The NRL are a bunch of girls. With Gallen's
record, a 1-week suspension will become a 2 or 3 game sentence. Since
the incident doesn't deserve that, it would seem unfairly harsh,
particularly at the pointy end ot the season. So, I would be
unsurprised to find he's cleared by the match review committee and
some bullshit about Stagg contributing to the point of impact is given
as the excuse for judicial cowardice.
End of rant.
Geraint Vincent }:c{»
It's no different to what Civo would do week in week out for the
Broncos.
Even Stagg's wife says there was nothing in it, that Stagg himself was
falling. I don't like Gallen, but he shouldn't be charged for this
one. He should be charged for abusing and manhandling Hayne though.
John Heath
wrote:
I respectfully beg to differ and offer to agree to disagree.
Geraint Vincent }:c{»
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Either way, I was right - no charge. Disagree all you want...