A very benevolent Match Review Panel has me scratching my head.
I fully expected North Melbourne’s skipper Jack Ziebell to get suspended for his hit on Travis Cloke.
Cloke has multiple broken ribs and will miss somewhere between four and six weeks after being crashed into by Ziebell after he had kicked the ball.
The facts are Ziebell was late, the ball had well and truly left Cloke’s boot when Ziebell thudded into the key forward.
It was a bad precedent to set by the MRP for it’s the players responsibility not to be late.
Also, West Coast's Mark LeCras and GWS's Toby Greene also got fines instead of suspensions.
How lucky were they with a friendly MRP.
Now, through my eyes, I would expect out of yesterday’s game that Josh Gibson is to miss games after taking out Tom Ruggles who was guarding the mark and picked off.
The Cats' Sam Menegola has to go for his dangerous sling tackle on Luke Hodge, and James Parsons also should sit out games after his elbow to the jaw dropped Hodge, who must have the hardest head in the game.
But in a time when rubbing out players seems to be frowned upon it would not surprise me now that all the above may get a consolation prize and play next week.
I’m KB, that’s my take.