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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"Fair enough mate.
We're all looking for answers. "
We're all looking for answers. "
"I would be looking to move him on now. He is contracted until the end of 2025 but we should be looking to move him by November 2024. We can pay the last year of his contract out. He can come over here to England and play for one of our teams."
"The goal kicking cost us badly today. If you are an opponent what looks better, being down 20-6 at half time or being down 14-6?"
"I find it funny the media are only showing pictures of him wearing a Parramatta jersey. You know he did play for Cronulla, Canberra, Eastern Suburbs and Leigh but let's only post pictures of him in a Parra kit. Fucking arseholes."
"This block is pissed he didn't get a invite. "
"What a complete f####t, completely lost the plot. At least ba got him out of the club before his next brain burst. "
"Lol do you even watch Reggie's that you are giving Brazel a go lol "
"You don't have any other real options so this isnt an attack on your side but that is the worst backline we have fielded since 2012.
Gutho on 1 leg - If we push him to the brink this season he's probably about 18 months away from being medically…"
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"Go ask them Michael, or Alan if that's your real name. We will get flogged by them if we keep playing the way we are. If you ask really nicely they might keep it close or destroy us just the second half like most other teams this season. "
"18. Carty if fit comes in for probably Paulo. "
"1. Blaize
2. Russell
3. Penisini
4. Cini
5. Simonson
6. Gutho
7. Brown
8.Rcg
9. Hands
10. Greig
11. Hopegood
12. Keir
13. Ofahengaue
14. MA
15. Moretti
16. Brazel
17. Paulo "
2. Russell
3. Penisini
4. Cini
5. Simonson
6. Gutho
7. Brown
8.Rcg
9. Hands
10. Greig
11. Hopegood
12. Keir
13. Ofahengaue
14. MA
15. Moretti
16. Brazel
17. Paulo "
"Lane defending N Brown like he didn't see that short shuffle pass for 2 years defending against our reserve grade. Fresh air. He's terrible ."
"Agreed we were all calling for his head and then out of no where him and DB were great. "
"As bad as this sounds, but Lane passing the HIA was not good for eels. "
"Our outside backs will be torn to shreds by broncos.
Russel has shown he has good footy skills but minimal athletic ability. Unfortunately you need both to be a consistent nrl outside back. He is the opposite of W Blake who had so much athletic…"
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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.