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Didn't think it was even reportable. A nothing incident until the press beat up. AFL is a joke.

The sook made Connors apologise but he was correct about Fraser ..... and he was probably right on the second bit as well

Judd's manager Paul Connors has lashed out at the AFL and match review panel boss Mark Fraser over his comments made before the tribunal hearing for Judd's controversial "chicken wing" tackle on North Melbourne's Leigh Adams.
In explaining why the panel had decided to refer Judd's case directly to the tribunal, Fraser said he thought the "chicken wing" grapple was of an "unsportsmanlike in nature" and had the potential to "bring the game into disrepute".

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A Day in the CEO's office down at AFL House - as Adrian Anderson gives Andrew Demetrispew a briefing on the weekend's events



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Who cares. Cue in the rack...

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Dont be negative... we can do this!!!

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Adams named....surprise, surprise

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Just makes this whole degrading experience even more sickening.

I wonder if the bloke who pops Adams shoulder this week out gets 4 weeks.
Playing injured and they wonder why his @#$%&! shoulder hurts him.
Try twisting or chicken winging Jonathan Brown. Get it?
Beggers belief. What about the Nick Reiwoldt shoulder bumps by Chris Scott and others.

This and the Williams umpie incident will make me sick in th stomach till the day I die.
Its just one of those things that is inhumane to me. A vicious attack on an innocent man's character imo.

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At least Paul Connors came out and defended Judd. I am a bit disappointed that the club didnt make a statement at least in support of Judd and have a crack at the media for the 4 day circus. Brad Scott had a crack at the AFL and the tribunal today, wish our club had the balls to do something similar.
Seems we just roll over and cop it.

Kezza, Ratts did come out in support of Judd on the Wednesday.

How about Brayshaw last night re the medical report on AJ - he felt Carlton over stated on his injury and the fact that we named AJ was a miracle. This from the club that had Juddy selling Adams arm after he pinched it off him.

AFL 360 with Hall and Mooney last night

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I have a personal policy NOT to watch TFS and it sounds like it paid off last night.

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FMD!! When Chris Judd's career is over, not one player will have missed a game through injury because of his action. Not a bone will have been broken nor flesh so much as scratched.

Hall, Matthews etc etc have cowardly committed, what would be regarded as serious crimes that carry gaol time had they happened outside the football field, yet these bozos feel the need to tut tut Chris Judd?

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i am with you duke. have not watched in over 2 years and havent missed it one bit. i encourage everyone to switch off so they take that shit off the air.

pack of wankers that most of the time are only interested in pushing their own agendas and satisfying their massive egos.

Great post.

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The best footy show was BTG when it was on Saturday night. But they went and wrecked it. Shame.

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Barry Hall was and is a thug.
- Macfarlane - broke his jaw in three places - never played AFL again
- Matt Maguire punched in stomach "off the ball" got off.
- Staker - He king hit an unaware Staker
- Wakelin - tried to punch his lights out - missed

Sydney co-captain Brett Kirk later claimed that Hall's habit of hitting opposition players off the ball is a "bad habit" - Off the ball being the critical point here.

All Judds incidents happened in self defence - elbow and "eye gouge" (Judd was reacting to something in the pack) or in the pressure points incident he was focusing on his team mate getting choked out and trying to stop it. What should he have done clocked the bloke to make him let go?

The exception being last Friday night but the ball was still live and in the vicinity. However Judd likely grabbed the arm and was focused on what Carazzo was doing and waiting for the ball to come out. He focus was not was happening with the arm.

Sure he has made the wrong choices in the heat of the moment, but he hasn't set out to "take out" a player.

Leigh Matthews was a thug when thuggery was tolerated, when payback was expected. This still existed to a degree when Diesel played though did his own retaliation, rather than it being done by an enforcer type. Matthews is ashamed of what he did to Bruns, whereas Barry excuses himself as having "brain snaps".

While Wellingham can now be expected to cop some extra attention every time he steps on the footy field against us no one is going to go up an whack him one for Simpson.

Judd is not perfect but he certainly is not vicious nor a thug.

How many games has Judd played - around 250?

How many times has he been in the shit with the MRP/tribunal - around 5?

There you go.