Probably, but I have no sympathy, Blair is a dog and did things to escalate the event.
Right this is irrelevant. Stewart and Blair going toe to toe was great just let them go and then give them a while to cool off.
All the other dogs who jumped Blair should have been sent and given a couple of weeks. Lowest act i have ever seen on a footy field and the only reason they aren't gone is because we have gutless refs.
I know there won't be any suspensions and in a way i don't mind because i don't want this affecting the finals. This does send a pretty sh*tty message about what is acceptable in our sport.
Are you f*cking serious? Brett Stewart ran 50 minutes to try and king hit a bloke squaring up with another player. It doesn't matter if he connects or not. That sort of thing has the potential to kill or seriously injure someone and the intent is there whether he connected or not.
Hell even if he didn't swing he was still the third man in which is supposed to be a binnable offense anyway.
Crap call there.
Thought the ball went forward.
Yep by a mile. This could have been a great game but has been completely ruined.
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lol all you righteous people
look at the wider angle of what happened, as soon as stewart and blair started going for it BOTH sides players started to sprint in to help their mate, its a natural instint. Just happened Manly players were closer and got there first
5 vs 1 , meh, If Storm players were closer, you mean to tell me they would have just stood there? lmfao
Generally when players run in they try and break up the fight. That's the first time i have seen players attack someone on the ground. Even in country footy with some of the dickheads you get no one does a dog act like that.
