https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1608091715833/footy-concussions
Very interesting and tragic. Featuring parras Ray Price and Brett Horsnell.
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"I would argue Moses was already a captain when Gutho was here. Only now he has the name and can 'legally' can talk to the refs.
Experience in the spine is absent as well so a lot of times he is trying to carry as much as he can.
i will disagree…"
Experience in the spine is absent as well so a lot of times he is trying to carry as much as he can.
i will disagree…"
"I've been waiting years for Moses to grow up. As soon as he learns to answer a question with "yes" rather than "100 percent" will be the day that he commences mental maturity."
"Been on similar mindset for about the last 3 years now.
Put simply there is no championship dna in the building so I guess they don't understand how big a culture shift is or what it looks like so the powers that be stick with what they no and are.…"
Put simply there is no championship dna in the building so I guess they don't understand how big a culture shift is or what it looks like so the powers that be stick with what they no and are.…"
"in light of the injury toll, would the dragons do us a solid and release Su'a early?"
"Wow you hear Im a gambler ey? Would love to know where that gem has come from... so incitful as always... and bringing up things that have been said over 12 months ago?! How childish! How Kindergarten of you!
Why dont you revel us all with your…"
Why dont you revel us all with your…"
"Parraboy, you're missing the point. Scapegoating has always been the performative art of picking out a very visible target and loading all one's disquiet onto them. Thus, obviously, you take the #2 half back in the game and demote him in the worst…"
"You're complaining about cherry picking then proceed to cherry pick players. I said the Titans roster is not great but it is better than ours. I'd take Ilias over Pezet, Volkman. Brimson over Kelly or Nanva or Samrani or Joash. Have you watched…"
""Moses should be sacked as captain but if he left it would be the greatest player retention bungle by "the administration" in the history of the Eels"
"Also, Ryles was the right coach for the administration to select after Bennett declined but the…"
"Also, Ryles was the right coach for the administration to select after Bennett declined but the…"
"Seraph, if you knew anything about sport you could have got Ponting and Punting in there as well. I hear you are a bit of a gambler, don't worry we all have our vices, heard a few whispers about the clubs financial management lately?
Saw your 3,2,1,…"
Saw your 3,2,1,…"
"LB, Many I reckon will be disappointed with Ryles if he still put Pezet in the team once he is ok to play. The experiment had failed. The reason Pezet was taken in for 1 year was to increase our chances of at least making top 8. But now that…"
"Guys like Kini Campbell Sami will turn every half chance into a try. They elite attacking players. We don't have any of that "
"lol talking about letting our best player since Hayne go, Moses is our last problem, we got 99 problems before Moses. 😂😂😂"
"Need to give these young players a break. You could see NRL is very demanding & they were getting tired. To have 12 players + injured is a huge burden on the team, I don't think I've ever seen it this bad. We know what they can do at full strength,…"
"This is the same Titans who also conceded 50 in R1 and lost last week to Broncos whom the Eels beat? Also the same Titans playing Brimson at centre and discard Illias at 6, and who had their marquee Fifita walk out last year?
It's just cherry…"
It's just cherry…"
"A much better effort against the Bulldogs yep probably 50 - 10 instead of 52 - 10. Pathetic effort, pathetic leadership, pathetic coaching, pathetic recruitment equals loss of supporters eventually"
"i thought nanva tried hard so could score some points now i have calmed down. no idea, or the will power for anyone else though "
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Stick with the lads,
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Ray Price sounded so fried when he was speaking. My young bloke wants to play league next year, jury is still out for me if I let him.
Shit poppy, that was a bit harsh. Feel free to have a crack at me, but taking a dig at the intelligence of my son is a bit low.
My earliest memory of the eels is my old man making me watch the 86 GF. When pricey and crow were chaired off, my old man was crying. So, either dad love them, or he had a horrible foreboding of the priemership drought to come :)
Concussions were poorly understood in Ray's day. Given the era and position he played in, he likely had a number of concussions, especially when you take into the fact players like Matty Johns said he had about 10 or so through his career.
But concussions aren't the biggest issue here. The biggest issue is repeated sub-concussive impacts. Those hits that rattle you but don't give you a complete concussion. It's like a boxer taking small jabs throughout a fight. The more of those they take the higher chance of a KO. What Dr. Omalu found was that those repeated minor head traumas had more of an impact on later quality of life than the larger, more infrequent hits.
I do know that the NRL is actually seen as one of the better concussion managers in professional sport. Their HIA system and protocol is seen as one of the most stringent and most closely abides by the recommendations from medical professionals. It's also why I don't think we'll see a class action against the NRL. Unlike the NFL, as far as we know, the NRL has tried to address the long term impacts of concussions as soon as they became aware of them.
What would you change poplet?
Maggie, Both Ray and Brett Kenny need a Swahili interpreter on hand at all times.