The Toby Greene saga

[Woods]

Run, Toby, run...

‘Crazy Scenes’ After Tribunal

There were farcical scenes after the verdict was handed down as the Giants attempt to make a quick escape backfired.

Greene tried to dodge a waiting pack of reporters but became unstuck by a locked door.

“We were waiting for him to come out and our cameraman was looking out the side door, so he chased him out with a camera and there was chaos in here, everyone was running out the door,” Fox Sports’ Drew Jones said.

“Now he was led down through the inside of Marvel Stadium here to another door, which was locked, so they couldn’t get out, so they had to walk all the way back through — in which we were able to throw a couple of questions at Toby, but Toby he obviously wasn’t speaking. Just crazy scenes.

“Eventually the AFL and a couple of officials led him out the front door basically. So Toby Greene having a couple of dramas. Unfortunately it didn’t go his way tonight.”

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/toby-greene-tribunal-wrap-giants-launch-appeal-despite-damning-angle/news-story/75f4705a64e353005e3eebfb7283eaa9

[Kosh]

[David]

Hey, I’m sure North Korea has plenty of Juche principals.

[BazBoy]

Gee two weeks for the Tomahawk would have been another star in possie

[colin_wood]

Even if Greene gets off it must be mentally exhausting doing 2 visits to the tribunal in Melb in a week ???

[K]

Giants to argue tribunal acted unreasonably on Greene

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/giants-to-argue-tribunal-acted-unreasonably-on-greene-20190918-p52sqf.html

"The hearing will essentially be a fresh set of eyes looking at the same case. New evidence can only be introduced if the Giants and Anderson can prove that it could not have been obtained prior to the conclusion of the tribunal hearing.

There are four grounds on which you can appeal and the Greene camp will concentrate on two: that the decision of the tribunal was so unreasonable that it could not have come to that decision given the evidence before it; and that the classification of the offence by the tribunal was manifestly excessive or inadequate.

The Giants are expected to argue that the classification of Greene's actions on Brisbane Lion Lachie Neale as intentional was excessive and they should be judged as careless.

The other two grounds won’t help GWS. There was no error of law and it’s unlikely that a one-match sanction could be viewed as “manifestly excessive or inadequate”."

"Grounds for appeal against AFL Tribunal decision
Error of law.
That the decision was so unreasonable that no tribunal acting reasonably could have come to that decision having regard to the evidence before it.
Classification of offence manifestly excessive or inadequate.
Sanction imposed manifestly excessive or inadequate."

[Magpietothemax]

[Streak]

[think positive]

I agree, all they have to say is he had his chance last week, and we don’t want him blinding someone this week.

[Damien]

New tribunal members is in his favour but the odds are still in favour of being upheld. If he gets off it’d be a big boost for them but it’s already been a massive distraction surely.

[Kill for Collingwood]

Taylor Adams on Fox last night said he and Toby are good mates and he hopes he doesn't miss out on a prelim.

[Raw Hammer]

[K]

Again, the disease of Pies players being over-exposed in the media in PF or GF week.

[K]

[K]

https://www.afl.com.au/video/2019-09-19/the-three-ways-the-giants-could-get-toby-cleared

This is disgraceful drivel.

And the media bang on about it being "fleeting". How can a scraping or plucking motion be anything other than fleeting? The only way to make it go on a long time is to eye-gouge multiple times.