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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"No Galvin is good, the rest of the team apart from Kikau and Crichton are average"
"Got to agree Angry Eel"
"Thanks parra Greg . I'm not the only one saying its not the game we grew up with hey"
"You're right to some degree Muttman but I disagree to a certain extent. We have plenty of talent that can score points but I also feel we overlook player like Guymer and Samrani because they're not Kikau or Herbie Farneorth etc etc. Guymer and…"
"Let's be honest the dogs spine is horrendous. They have 2 x 6's that they're trying to make work. They're also trying to manufacture a 9 in Hayward. Conner Tracy is a good footballer but is probably well down if you were to rate fullbacks. They have…"
"I rate Jenkins but what shits me is we could have recruited 2 years ago for bananas before he went to Newcastle. Newy didn't really give him a go because they had young and marzew. Good pick up and is exactly what we need but we shouldn't be paying…"
"I've always disliked games where too many points are scored.Games like Basketball and AFL lose appeal in my opinion because there's too much scoring. Soccer is the biggest game in the world somewhat because when a team scores it's likely to…"
"Galvin is quality and would have complimented Moses beautifully. Bulldogs got greedy and trying to use him as a 7 is ridiculously dumb. I think Galvin screwed up not coming to us "
"The dogs problem is they have two left side 5/8's. Galvin would have been great for us, he is a natural 5/8 with a decent running and defence game. "
"Do you know what benefit the club gets from it?"
"I hope Debelin starts, and I wish Araz was named instead of Albert. Parra showed they can score points, its our defence which let's us down.
We need to take Manly on up front. In defence going looking for the collision."
We need to take Manly on up front. In defence going looking for the collision."
"No, it's a bad move by any club to do it. "
"Galvin struggles to pass right or left while trying to strengthen the attack. He needs to turn his hips and top half to pass. It's why you see alot of his passes miss the mark."
"No, Galvin isn't the problem at the dogs, well he is part of it but he shouldn't be. He was not and is not ready to be the 7 for a team that was/is good enough to compete for the comp.
It was a bad decision on Galvin's part to take the dogs offer…"
It was a bad decision on Galvin's part to take the dogs offer…"
"No you're reading it wrong. The option is to extend. It's not an option to leave, as per the RLPA. It's the media that has created this narrative around 'get out clauses' that has caused the RLPA to take action around public disclosure of the…"
"But it's fine when the Storm do it?"
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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.