Re: Daisy charged for striking Laidler! - can accept 1 game suspension
Reply #55 –
Everyone is sick and tired of this club being pushed around and everyone wants a bit more mongrel. Hawks being the model, but even going back to the lions in their threepeat era is the yard stick.
All of those clubs have overstepped the mark and had more than their fair share of 'incidents'. Bolts is right, that is what happens when you play on the edge.
Now, nobody condones getting rubbed out, but Daisys suspension, along with Walkers wrestling fine, is a sign that they at least want to hold their own.
I suspect that a lot of the negatives being thrown around is because of WHO it is, rather than WHAT actually happened.
Particularly when the offender is one of our most experienced players and, allegedly, a de facto leader who should have known better than to give a cheap shot and get caught doing it.
I reckon Bolton is p1ssed off with Thomas for copping a suspension but, rather than criticising him publicly (as Carrazzo did to Yarran), he has defended his player and used it as a learning experience for the group. We like to play on the edge, dish it out, but don't get suspended.
A refreshing change and it won't take long for other teams to give up any idea that we'll go to water when things get physical.