Gerard Healy and Leigh Matthews are both at the end of their stars with the way AFL stars are punished for “reckless” actions on the soccer field.
Both believe that the league must harden the proportion of sanctions it distributes to players who harm rules, adding that the action must now be taken while players are on the field.
In a column published on Sen’s website, former Melbourne and Sydney striker, Healy, underlined the actions of Conor Nash this weekend after his oscillating arm caught the geelong star Gryers in front of the cat’s seven points victory at MCG on Monday.
The incident has been classified as reckless driving, serious impact and high contact, and Nash should now face the court. He could face a ban on three games compared to the act, which would see him miss matches against the west coast, Richmond and Melbourne.
He came then that Bailey Smith should also receive two fines after the geelong midfielder pushed football on the face of Hawks star Jarman Impey, when he also seemed to Koad fans during the match.
Reflecting on the Nash strike on Mirs, which seemed to be knocked out by the blow, Healy thinks that the AFL must take more robust measures to prevent unfair game like this from continuing.
Gerard Healy (photo) has implored the AFL to harden its sanctions in fault
Footy Great Leigh Matthews (Photo) also weighed on the issue, according to the League was to give the referees the power to distribute RAD cards
He came after Conor Nash (second on the left) struck Gryan Mirs (second on the right) with a stronghold in Hawthorn’s defeat against Geelong on Monday
“For kindness, how much more must be ko before there is a revelation at the AFL seat?” Healy held in his chronicle on Sen.
He added: “The AFL has been doing for many years in the sand concerning a rule of sending, and once again their ambivalence to this problem dropped the game.”
The 1988 brownlow medalist believes that the solution to the question is to give more powerful referees to reject players.
“The excuse often used that there are very few of these incidents are thinning because they occur too regularly, and for equity alone, the referee must have access to an installation of the red card,” he said, arguing that civil servants should be able to solve problems like this on the soccer field.
While the Hawks could be without Nash for an extended period, Hely said that the incident had been a drawback for Geelong, who was without miers for a large part of the match.
“ It is lucky that Geelong won the match, because the outcry would have been much greater, and perhaps Richard Goyder-the president of the AFL commission-should force this in the context of his inheritance before he leaves unless Endrew Dillon has taken up the challenge and changed his point of view and will not now lead the change personally ”, he said.
“The leadership is necessary and a change of mentality of the ivory tower, which ironically trembles with the knees above the concussion, but which are themselves soft in the head when someone is knocked out.”
Mirs should now miss at least a week after the blow.
Nash must appear before the court on the incident, which saw Mirs undergo a concussion
“Gryan entered the AFL cerebral protocol after an incident in the third quarter of the match on Monday,” said Geelong football manager Andrew Mackie after Monday’s match.
“We will know more about his possible return when he progresses in the protocol returning to reading when staging.”
The temple of AFL’s fame, Matthews, also argued the same point that the AFL should deploy a rule of sending, for similar incidents.
“There is no doubt that he will have a few weeks,” Matthews told Fox Footy on the sofa.
“This is the exact incident, you only see one handle per year, where there should be a rule of sending because Geelong has lost Mirs, so they are one man and, of course, Nash remains on the ground.”
Like Healy, the quadruple premiere player said Geelong was without a key member of their team during most of the match – which meant that they were disadvantaged.
“I just think that there must be a system in place for an incident like this, it is obvious that it will be reported and suspended. But it’s an evening, the figures for me, so now Geelong has only 22 active players and Hawthorn has 23. ”