I feel sorry for Couchman here. There's a 100 of these tackles each week, and 99 of them don't result in an injury. In this case, it really sucks for Hopgood with season over, and no doubt the punishment handed to Couchman will be somewhat reflective of that. As Ryles said in the presser, none of the players mean to do tackles like this, it's a side effect of how the game is played now.
I do not solely blame Couchman for this incident - I blame the constant changes to the game overall. PVL and his clown offsider Abdo should be fronting up about the way the game has been changed. Players cannot even challenge a kick....yet we have seen at least 3 tackles go wrong with shoulders hitting an opponent in the head and basically three outcomes.
"It was awesome. A few timing tweaks with the song it'll be even better. I hope the fans get it and start rocking the F outta that stadium. Shame we didn't get 30,000 yesterday. Was a beautiful Sunday afternoon "
"Yeah even though it was hot, the pyrotechnics were a nice touch to atmosphere. They had the smoke but not enough to cover viewing into the game, it was gone by kick-off.
The ground announcer struggled a little bit but haha. Wrong names,…"
"I'll pass the feedback on.
Regarding Enter Sandman. It is indeed inspired by Virginia Tech, although the song choice itself was from the players. There is also a timing thing regarding the start of the song. Basically its start is the signal for the…"
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Both were terrible yesterday in cup along with the rest
The Match Review Committee has referred Couchman straight to the judiciary.
I feel sorry for Couchman here. There's a 100 of these tackles each week, and 99 of them don't result in an injury. In this case, it really sucks for Hopgood with season over, and no doubt the punishment handed to Couchman will be somewhat reflective of that. As Ryles said in the presser, none of the players mean to do tackles like this, it's a side effect of how the game is played now.
I do not solely blame Couchman for this incident - I blame the constant changes to the game overall. PVL and his clown offsider Abdo should be fronting up about the way the game has been changed. Players cannot even challenge a kick....yet we have seen at least 3 tackles go wrong with shoulders hitting an opponent in the head and basically three outcomes.
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