“I think that’s the way it will land,and it’s probably the way that it should land because then you can get Brayden up there[at the AFL tribunal],and he can argue his case of what was going through his mind at the time. For me,it’s pretty clear-cut. He’s left the ground before the kick was had,and he’s had to turn. You can’t disappear and unfortunately through the momentum of both players that was the outcome. You’d expect that decision to be handed down of three-plus[matches],straight to the tribunal,and then it’s up to Collingwood to try and get him off.” (Courtesy SEN)

Richmond great Matthew Richardson

“It’s really hard for him to stop … he can’t,it’s a real tough one. What else can he do? He’s heard the boos and probably realised Brayshaw is hurt,and we’re thinking about him,but it’s hard to know what else he can do there.” (Courtesy of Seven)

Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield

“Maynard plays on the edge,but in my view,there is nothing in this. You have a duty of care to yourself to protect yourself as you come to land. Unfortunately in this game,there’s contact that occurs. He’s in the air for half a second … I know so much of what we’ve done around the rules have been what the outcome is,but I see this differently because he’s up for so long.”(Courtesy of Seven)

North Melbourne AFLW captain,men’s assistant coach and Age columnist Emma Kearney

“Maynard is probably a difficult one. I don’t know what else he could have done. Brayshaw has come out of the front of the centre-bounce stoppage,and Maynard has come off the half-back line to try and put pressure on and smother the kick,so he has jumped up in the air to try and get more height on Brayshaw’s kick. As he has jumped,he has then tried to turn his body to protect himself,as he has landed straight into Brayshaw’s head. So,it’s an interesting one. For mine,I think he plays in the prelim,but stranger things have happened.”(Courtesy ABC Radio)

Dual North Melbourne premiership star David King

“When you’re discussing this,you’ve got to take your own team out of it and I know that’s difficult to do because people are attached to Collingwood,and they’re attached to Maynard,and they want to support him. You’ve got to think of the greater issue. Head trauma is prevalent at the moment,it’s a hot bed right now for the AFL. I’m not convinced that[match review officer] Michael Christian has any other option but to send it to the tribunal. They will fight it and possibly get off,he may not get off,they may have to go to appeal,but I don’t know if ‘Chrisso’ has many other options.”(Courtesy SEN)

Hawthorn premiership great Jason Dunstall

“It’s a genuine,attempted smother. Once he’s in the air,he can’t disappear,he can’t change position,and it didn’t look like a massive hit per se. But,unfortunately,it looks like it’s going to result in Brayshaw not taking any further part. We hope he’s OK,but can you punish a player for jumping up in the air trying to spoil given what happened at the back-end of it?”(Courtesy of Fox Footy)

Geelong great Jimmy Bartel

“I don’t know[about a suspension]. He actually has committed to smothering the ball. Brayshaw coming out of the front of the stoppage,he is running,he is heading straight towards Melbourne’s goal,as he has put his head down to kick the footy,Maynard has come off the back of the square,has gone to jump and smother the ball in the air,but he is already committed. He has turned his body to brace for contact,but he has got Brayshaw in the face. It’s not the old-fashioned,grand final,come off the back of the square and clean a guy up.”

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