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Just how loud will you boo Ogilvy in Game 3?

The incidents he has previously been involved with were not of a similar nature to the leg grab though. They were just various lack of discipline stuff usually associated with things not going his way and were more damaging to his teams chances in the game than being dangerous to opponents.

Don't think they are precedents for suspensions, penalties etc.

The Grayson incident (and I only go on a few snippets I read) was a repeat of dangerous flagrant act against opponents.

Not really the same thing.

I am not so pissed at what he does as such but how what he does hurts my teams chances.

Great tackle Aj but next time try the spear tackle on Ant man Randle. Now that will be great viewing.

The incident by itself warrants suspension.

The incident as a continuation of his past behaviour mimics what Coach K had to do to Grayson to get him to wake up to himself.

"AJ is a repeat offender as well. See great post by Hawks supporter FSTOS. So don't pretend AJ hasn't been involved in previous incidents. Which thus invalidates your point."

hahahhahaha no it doesn't. Thus you're an idiot.

Him being involved in previous incidents does not make this incident any more worthy of suspension.

AJ is a repeat offender as well. See great post by Hawks supporter FSTOS. So don't pretend AJ hasn't been involved in previous incidents. Which thus invalidates your point.

Also NBL should be suspending him regardless but they are useless.

Why didn't he suspend him on either of the first two occasions then?

Of course Coach K at first thought nothing of it when they stick microphones at you before being able to see a replay. He did the right thing afterwards. Don't pretend otherwise.

"Coach K, one of the best coaches in the world, self-suspended his own player for doing a leg grab last month.

Why? To teach his player a lesson, and to re-train his thought process.

No morals in NBL though."

So why does this mean Ogilvy should be suspended? Should all USF's now be worthy of a "self-suspension"?

Coach K firstly said there was nothing in what Grayson did, then finally relented and suspended him "indefinitely"...which turned out to be one game. All of that was for his third offence.

Please don't pretend that Coach K and Duke handled it so well that Bevo needs to follow suit.

AJ has a history of petulant behaviour and has picked up stupid techs or given away stupid fouls in the past at crucial times on too many occasions.

He needs to grow up and the mental aspects are a big weakness in his game.

I am a Hawks supporter and I am still pissed that his lack of discipline could have cost us a well earned win.

I also read a post on here from an Adelaide supporter complaining that the Wollongong newspaper made no mention of the incident.

Welcome to sports journalism lesson 1. Ever local paper talks up their team and criticises the rest(or the refs). You should be aware of this because Boti is the best homie of them all. That's life.

Never heard much whingeing about home cooking from Hawks supporters in the game one thread. None from me apart from a few questions on one or two phantom calls early in the game. I think the game two thread has far more complaints about the refs. Wonder why?

Also Bevo showed some class talking up the quality of the 6ers rather than Randle (at least he was original) and Creek who prattled on about how superior the 6ers are man for man.

Of course if they are so superior individually then If they drop game three there will be some serious questions about coaching and attitude (along with the usual player abuse that the 6ers get on here when they lose.

Bring it on.

He cant even convert when he catches the ball deep if one of the Adelaide bigs is in the vicinity.

Actually it was a trip more than a leg grab before anyone corrects me but same blatant nature to it.

Coach K, one of the best coaches in the world, self-suspended his own player for doing a leg grab last month.

Why? To teach his player a lesson, and to re-train his thought process.

No morals in NBL though.

hahaha why would his coach suspended him?

Compare and contrast the AJ leg grab with college basketball leg grab involving Duke's Grayson Allen. Instant USF called by refs.

Then Allen was ridiculed by the press. Followed by self-suspension by his coach (Coach K).

But in the amateur NBL it's not even a USF. No suspension either, and no way his coach suspends him because there are no morals in NBL and why bother trying to re-train a player if he got away with it, right?

Johnson's idiotic comments of late re: Sixers, Taipans & Cats now makes total sense.

"don't think that will worry a guy that has played away at Rupp Arena"

Awful analogy. He wasn't the star player going into Rupp. Going into ADL Arena he is...

Don't slit your wrists Johnson when your lame dirty Hawks get pumped Thursday

"Boti is a 36ers fan and forms his own opinions, I don't think in incidents like Ogilvy's on Jacobsen he needs pushing from Joey to report on it, he is writing as would any fan had that of happened to their team."

What about his other specifics he gave of other bad calls? If he didn't have a whinge on Joey's behalf, then he is just a really bad journo.

That's how you deal with Ogilvy Luuuc, need to set T ferg up to put AJ on a poster!

Funny when the Hawks have snitched themselves.

Boti is a 36ers fan and forms his own opinions, I don't think in incidents like Ogilvy's on Jacobsen he needs pushing from Joey to report on it, he is writing as would any fan had that of happened to their team.

Majority of Hawks fans appear to have small minds and where are all the home cooking comments from you lot - smh!

Lets go thirty sixers lets go.Nah that's sounds shit.Lets go thirty snitchers lets go.Now that's sounds better.I can hear the Adelaide fans already chanting lets go thirty snitchers lets go.

thirty snitchers lololol that is pure gold since they snitch all the time and there are 30 of them

Ant man Randle is the dirty dog and so are the whole thirty snitchers organisation.I bet they where straight onto the phone to try getting Aj Ogilvy suspended but bad luck guys a small fine is what mite happen.

So Boti isn't Joey's mouthpiece on any referring issues??

Nice try Anon 626905 but no one here is buying your BS!

When AJ does AJ things, this is the sweetest type of response, trust me!

At least the Hawks leave it on the court, unlike Joey who runs straight to Boti to have his ref-bashing done in the media. The Sixers are a bunch of sooks.

You're clutching at straws if your defense is 'prevention of being kicked in the nuts'. C'mon, his sole intention was to prevent Jacobsen getting down the court, if you watch the tape you can even see Jacobsen hesitating as to not step on Ogilvy.

And Thunder Jam, Norton did foul Drmic when he didn't even have the ball. The ref was right on top of that one and it was the correct call.

Hawks fans are just trying to divert the attention from them getting some home cooking after having a major sook about game 1.

Face it, the Hawks are dirty...the facts are there, sometimes the truth just hurts.

Why do Adelaide think there the nice guys?.If you are known as the thirty snitches as there good on dobbing on players(Kickett)to get cited they are far from being well liked.There's a saying in rugby league that what happens on the field stays on the field and the same should apply to the basketball except for a Brian Conklin elbow but in Adelaide case this doesn't apply and also Randle and Creek are the dirty dogs for spinning shit about Hawks being a dirty team.I was at the Hawks game to witness Randle walk to the bench after the episode with White and shoved Creek in the chest and gave Creek a mouthful.Nice guy is that Ant man Randle.

I'm sure they'll boo AJ.
They booed Norton and he didn't even foul the guy.

"AJ has 1 little brain fade so he deserves to be booed? "

No one usually "deserves" to be booed but that isn't the point. A parochial home crowd can find any reason to create a villain - it doesn't have to be logical or consistent, just boo someone and hope to put them off their game.

The Cats fans have done this with great success over the years. Ty McKee, Homicide, Julius Hodge, Gary Ervin (just to name a few) all did something to cop some booing and they played shockers. I don't know why you wouldn't boo them.

"this is a common thing for AJ," So its a common thing and not a brain fart at all. Deliberate it seems. He's always been a sook.

Brain fart because it was a super ridiculous thing to do and he was lashing out in frustration... Last in the game this is a common thing for AJ, has been ever since he came back to the NBL... Gets a bit sooky, gets pushed around (and some no calls, to be fair) and then lashes out...

Not justifying it, should have been punished a lot more for it at the time and I think if it wasn't the semi's it would be getting reviewed and he'd cop a game suspension at least, (wouldn't be surprised if they actually still do it, or not, actually doing nothing sounds like the NBL standard operating procedure as well), but fans don't need much more to get behind constant booing of an opposition player, especially when they're the most knowledgeable in the league...

protecting himself from the deliberate kick to the nuts

Since when is grabbing a player deliberately with 2 hands and dragging him to the ground a brain fart, never. he should have been ejected as should be the ref who made no call. One of the worst unsportsmanlike I haven for a long time.
Sobey is the new Flopage of the NBL. That ref needs to be dropped as well.

AJ has 1 little brain fade so he deserves to be booed? Sobey on the other hand is nothing but a blatant flopper, a total embarrassment to the league, he is the one people should be booing and maybe he might start to play fair.

I think they are referring to the leg grab incident that was "over-seen" by the ref's... that's why they are going to boo AJ.

It will be rough tomorrow night for Mccarron at the jungle ;)

The atmosphere in Illawarra seemed pretty damn good, having a villain certainly helps, so why not AJ?

I'm just not sure he has it in him to be a real villain like Heal, Kerle, Hodge etc.

Well hopefully the fans actually make some noise this game. The crowd doesn't seem to be as loud as it did in the powerhouse days.

don't think that will worry a guy that has played away at Rupp Arena

no need to Adelaide will control game 3 anyway.

Why?

Boo all you want. He cannot play any worse than the previous two semis. He cant even convert when he catches the ball deep if one of the Adelaide bigs is in the vicinity.

AJ will be lucky to hear them.
Lucky to crack 3,000 fans at finals time in the city of churches. LOL

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The men will play their preliminary rounds at the specially-built venue before moving on to the O2 Arena (also known as North Greenwich Arena) for the knockout stages, from the quarter-finals all the way to the Gold medal game.

The women will play their preliminary rounds and quarter-finals at the Basketball Arena before joining the men at the O2 Arena for the semi-finals and medal games.

The women’s gold medal game will get underway on Saturday 11th August 2012 at 21:00 local time while the men’s final is set for a 15:00 local time start the following day, which is the last day of the Olympiad.