Scott Thompson at Adelaide Crows training. Picture: Sarah Reed. Source: The Advertiser
CROWS midfielder Scott Thompson has lost his clean record, but can still play against Carlton on Saturday after a tedious AFL tribunal hearing last night.
The Adelaide club champion maintains the match review panel and three-man tribunal has judged him harshly for his bump on Western Bulldogs rookie Brett Goodes at AAMI Stadium on Sunday.
"I strongly believe my contact (on Goodes) was not high and my conduct was not unreasonable," said Thompson on leaving the 90-minute hearing by video link to AFL House in Melbourne.
"If I thought I was guilty, I would not have come here.
"I've had a clean record for six years and I wanted to keep it that way.
"I'm disappointed but the bonus is I get to play against Carlton (at the MCG) this week."
Thompson took 93.75 demerit points and a reprimand from last night's hearing. Every 100 points leads to a one-game suspension.
This means if Thompson has a minor offence he will be suspended and out of the Brownlow Medal race, in which he was Adelaide's highest votegetter and fourth overall last season.
Thompson was penalised by a free kick on Sunday and offered a reprimand by the match review panel on Monday.
He failed last night to convince a panel of three former players - Wayne Henwood, Wayne Schimmelbusch and Richard Loveridge - that he had made a fair bump on Goodes in the third term on Sunday.
Thompson testified his first thought was to smother Goodes as he sought to kick the ball along the boundary line at the members' wing.
"He changed his mind to dodge me and at the last split-second I made the decision to bump," said Thompson. "I hit him on the left shoulder and the left upper chest. There was no contact to the face.
"I believe I am a clean ball-player.
"When the report came in (from the match review panel) I was a bit surprised. I'm adamant there was no contact with the face.
"If I thought I was guilty I would not be here. I feel I have done nothing wrong."
Thompson will continue to lead Adelaide as captain in the absence of Nathan van Berlo, who will miss his second match with bone bruising to his left knee.
The Crows will return to the MCG on Saturday for the first time since their preliminary final loss to Hawthorn in September.
Adelaide's planning for the highly regarded Carlton midfield will move to the field this afternoon with a closed training session at AAMI Stadium.
The Crows reported only one injury concern from the 52-point win against the Bulldogs - a sore hip to key forward Taylor Walker, who was subbed out of the game once Adelaide was sure of lifting its win-loss count to 2-2. Walker is considered a starter against the Blues.
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