Judd like act at the Cattery?

DOCTORS, martial arts experts, Neil Boston and a QAFL legend have roundly condemned Jesse Derrick for his attempt at inflicting pain on Dane Zorko by using bare knuckle punches and pressure-point control techniques during the final training session for 2009.

Jesse will meet the Cats’ hierarchy this morning and have the ultimate say on whether he appeals the ten-match suspension the skipper was handed yesterday for making contact to Tinker’s delicate features. The club’s disciplinary committee review deemed it to be unreasonable, a missed opportunity, unnecessary and Carlton like. “The grin on his face indicates an act typical of the Blues” said Bosto. Who then described it as “…intentional conduct, a low punch, low impact and high contact.”

If Jesse challenges the charge and loses he would miss the bus to the Grogan Medal count for season 2010.

QAFL legend and Jesse’s employer, Korey Fulton, yesterday described his actions as ''shocking'' and said it was something the champion would regret when hanging plaster board.

Club psychologist Dr Belinda Hough said the QAFL needed to make a statement on the use of such a subversive technique, while reputed martial arts expert and teammate Rian Denne said ''he [Jesse] hasn't contributed that much to his innocence by saying, 'I was only trying to pressure-point him' pretty much like I do with Amanda.''

Jess was immediately accused of throwing one at Tink in the incident that was captured by club photographer Dan Lyons, but in an interview the morning after the club's season-ending training session he confessed he had attempted a martial arts manoeuvre on a pressure point behind Tink’s ear.

Juess has already said it was ''a dumb thing to do'' and has expressed his regret to confidantes. One source close to Jess said yesterday that the champion midfielder had probably opened a can of worms unnecessarily by being so honest about the motivation behind his contact.

The Catters' players spent yesterday together for their ''Mad Monday to Wicked Wednesday'' celebrations, but football manager Simon Littlechild said he and Jesse would meet the club's legal advisers this morning to determine whether they would contest the suspension of his bus pass.

A future elite policeman, Wade Dickson, who is the full bottle on pressure point control techniques, told The Cats Website, after viewing the image of the incident yesterday, that there was no doubt the Cat skipper was searching for the hollow spot behind Tink’s ear lobe - known as the mastoid hollow - where the ear joins the head. ''He was also using his thumb, which is the strongest digit on your hand and you can actually see him searching for it, too,'' the future policeman, said.

The Zorko family did not want to speak publicly about the matter yesterday, but it is understood Tink’s cricket season will not suffer any ill-effects from the incident.

Fulton was scathing of Jesse's actions and said he expected the decorated midfielder to be ashamed of for some time. ''This is a shocking thing to discover that these sorts of things are being talked about, thought about and actually done,'' Fults said on radio 4GG. ''It's disappointing because this guy is a hero for many, many people, including myself. He'll regret this day for a long while.''

Jesse was charged with eye-balling girlfriend Amanda in 2007, but was cleared after she gave evidence that she later admitted was false.