https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1608091715833/footy-concussions
Very interesting and tragic. Featuring parras Ray Price and Brett Horsnell.
You need to be a member of 1Eyed Eel to add comments!
This reply was deleted.
Latest comments
"I don't understand what Rankin sees in some of these players"
"After 13min he looked so tired and uninterested "
"I don't disagree with you. Perhaps worth trialling him in the middle now"
"FFS 🤦♂️. Of all the injuries too. "
"Acl. So yeah when we count our injured players we forget him. As usual when he starts finding form he gets unlucky with injuries. He started the year of slowly and found form the game before he got injuries "
"Perhaps easing him back? That's all I got to be fair."
"It makes you wonder IF these referees are actually on the take, or been informed by the NRL to try sway the results for certain teams or if the referees & bunker referees have particular teams they favour or IF they're just totally incompetent and…"
"What's happened to Will Latu? Is he injured?"
"The problem for Kelma is we have been saying how good he could be for how many seasons now? Kind of loosing patience with him. 1 year deal is all I would offer and as some have said, explore him as a middle too."
"Richie Penisni has been named in JF but there is also an outside back on the JF bench in Howlett. Not sure what's going on. Richie is easily better than Alamadine, Hill and Vaivelia. Perhaps easing the injury prone player in?"
"I think Kelma could be developed into a front row if we don't resign Junior. Keep his game simple. He has more upside than Morretti. "
"We won it defending our line well in the first 15 minutes.
In that first period alone, we should have revived multiple 6 agains for ruck infringements however Ziggy saw nothing. "
In that first period alone, we should have revived multiple 6 agains for ruck infringements however Ziggy saw nothing. "
"I watched the highlights of the game. I am happy with how the Eels performed. It's a gutsy win and says a lot about the character of the young Eels. I hope Ryles gains plenty of insight from this game. Winning without Moses is a big achievement. I…"
"He has zero upside. That's about as good as he gets. Also, his bad games are really bad.
If he wants to be a depth player, then yeah.
"
If he wants to be a depth player, then yeah.
"
"Kelma seems like a good bloke. Seems to be liked in the squad. His a wrecking ball in attack. Over the last 2 weeks his effort areas have improved remarkably. If he keeps improving than can't see no reason to extend him. There are a lot of haters on…"
Remember Rodney Hogg
Rodney was a late arrival to Test cricket at age 27. Born in Victoria he was overlooked by state selectors and moved to Adelaide to find an earlier path to Shield.He was selected and within a year he was noticed by Alan Davidson who mentioned his…
Read more…
Views: 353
Irony is Even Deader
I posted this earlier on Hoe's blog, which was poor placement."Isn't it Ironic, Don'tcha think?
Read more…
Views: 745
Shark Attack..... Moses told to be wary of the surf!
Parramatta has moved their pre season training to Lennox Head for this week.They have been warned that when your luck is out, you need to be very careful going into the surf! in Northern NSW.Parramatta officials are very wary of these danger's as…
Read more…
Views: 667
Poppa's Dilemma, Welcome to my Corner, come in and have a Cuppa with a Silly Old Bastard. I think it's New Year Shortly?
Well we have been having a few dilemma's around here lately and I am getting confused, from what I can tell we have a lot of problems telling our left from our right. We don't have this problem at home because my wife is always right and I am…
Read more…
Views: 530
Poppa's Corner: Judgements are being made but not understood or maybe even appreciated!
This discussions continues on the ongong saga of R&R.One of our more erstwhile commentator's said Roosters are chasing Farnsworth, told you they were better at recruiting than us. Thats all no explanation, no alternative, just the critique.Let's use…
Read more…
Views: 189
DISGRACEFUL REFEREEING AGAIN!!!
I think it's fair to say the NRL has it in for us.No 6 agains for the Eels every game.This game with a few minutes to go, the ref clearly calls the marker not square on a delayed call, the Eels challenge and he says you can't challenge, it was a 10m…
Read more…
Views: 1132
Should we keep Kelma?
Unsure on his contract status but he's a damaging ball carrier lol. At worst he could come off our bench for punch
Read more…
Views: 874
3,2,1
3. Iongi That was a deadset 10/10 performance 2. Kit Kat run great lines and was physical 1. couldn't choose between Williams and Kelma. Kelma ran hard all night
Read more…
Views: 683
<script src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
<!-- Sidebar -->
<p> </p>
<script>// <![CDATA[
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
// ]]></script>
Replies
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.