StevieJ - will he cop weeks?

[hardnut]

StevieJ gave Baker an absolute whack to the face, made a mess of his eye:
high contact, intentional, caused injury...... :-\
I'd be stunned if he didn't cop multiple weeks..not that Baker wasn't winding him up but still - could cause even more forward line woes for many.

[myalup mullets]

I don't see the difference between this and Judd's last week.

Judd - high contact, intentional, caused injury.

I will be very interested to see the result and how the AFL looks after certain players and if your a no name player 'Mumford' you get 3 weeks for a tackle.

[Carnthedockers]

He will get weeks. Unlike Judd he is not a Koala (protected species).

[RiOtChEsS]

the main difference was judd was being tackled and they were on the ground, if thats not 3 weeks il be very suprised, they usually go on the extent of damage and baker didnt play much after that and it was a rocky style shiner aswell 8)

[elxam]

looks like at least 2 with his records

[gerco]

Great to see the umpires learnt nothing from the Barry Hall-Scott Thompson incident. The niggle between Baker and Stevie J started before the bounce and then just escalated throughout the night as the umps just watched on in silence, with Baker clocking Johnson in the face and then later Stevie J elbowing Baker in the eye. All that needed to be done to stop it was a free kick against one them for high/unneeded contact and it would have stopped.

Well done umpires!

[dt over life]

If Barry Hall didn't get anything for putting Scott Thompson in a headlock I'll be surprised if Stevie J gets more than a week. This is coming from a Saints fan, Baker niggles his opponent from the opening bounce every week far worse than Scott D. Thompson does.

[myalup mullets]

the main difference was judd was being tackled and they were on the ground, if thats not 3 weeks il be very suprised, they usually go on the extent of damage and baker didnt play much after that and it was a rocky style shiner aswell 8)

Pav was unable to defend himself and did nothing to judd to cause such a blow. Baker hit johnson continuously. Therefore I think Judd was more in the wrong but again a protected species

[RiOtChEsS]

the baker incident was reminiscent of the staker incident ;D

[McRooster]

 :'( :'( :'( YES  :'( :'( :'(
Either by the hand of the MRP or his own hand.

[bundyboy]

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plenty of provocation, and probably well deserved too, but a swinging elbow that actually connected is just too much for the MRP to ignore IMO.

yes, judd was very very lucky, and Hall got off due to provocation - but i think it ain't going to happen again...

[thornz23]

dnt like to say it because i'll have to cop a zero but he will have to go for a week at least. probly 2

[elxam]

should designated taggers wear protective masks from now on ?  ::)

[RiOtChEsS]

wha BAM!!! baker 12 stevie j 4
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/97068/default.aspx

[Davoo]

baker 14?