Paddy out for the year

[kosifantutti]

https://www.saints.com.au/news/2019-05- ... njury-list

Just before the mid season draft.

[HighettMan]

We need to have a big loss against the blues to improve our draft order.

[shrodes]

Good move for everyone. Gets us an extra pick and Paddy can't reinjure.

Sad for him but he should probably retire and have a normal life, hopefully unaffected by his knocks.

[ace]

We need to get rid of the political correctness disease.
Political correctness that did not call out the stupidity of taking a player suffering from type 1 diabetes.
If this continues we will soon draft a player who is disabled by only having one leg.
We may even select an indigenous player for the indigenous round despite poor form.

[freely]

It's not political correctness to select a player with diabetes. Diabetes doesn't send you headfirst into the contest!

[older saint]

Obviously have identified someone at in mid season they want to grab

[Jacks Back]

Obviously have identified someone at in mid season they want to grab

This smells of desperation to pick yet another underdone bloke from the 'burbs (unless we can get what would be a low pick in the national draft at the end of the year).

[kosifantutti]

Obviously have identified someone at in mid season they want to grab

This smells of desperation to pick yet another underdone bloke from the 'burbs (unless we can get what would be a low pick in the national draft at the end of the year).

We've promised East Doncaster we'll leave them alone in this draft.

[The_Dud]

This is my shocked face...

[shanegrambeau]

It's not political correctness to select a player with diabetes. Diabetes doesn't send you headfirst into the contest!

Diabetes is linked to deficient visual/spatial orientation.


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3836550/

I agree that pc considerations also affects win/loss but it is only a game.

[DJ Higgins]

Do we need to pick anyone? We filled up earlier this year with mid season drafted types eg rowe, marsh so why waste time and money on someone we don't need. My limited knowledge is that the drafted will contain players not in the top 90 draftee players six months earlier. Seems like long shots, all of them

[kosifantutti]

Do we need to pick anyone? We filled up earlier this year with mid season drafted types eg rowe, marsh so why waste time and money on someone we don't need. My limited knowledge is that the drafted will contain players not in the top 90 draftee players six months earlier. Seems like long shots, all of them

Lots would have shown a bit in the first half of the season.

[WellardSaint]

Do we need to pick anyone? We filled up earlier this year with mid season drafted types eg rowe, marsh so why waste time and money on someone we don't need. My limited knowledge is that the drafted will contain players not in the top 90 draftee players six months earlier. Seems like long shots, all of them

Lots would have shown a bit in the first half of the season.

really? They had a chance to show a bit last year before the draft camp.
Didn't happen, they are players in the Bargain Bin- "clearance" items.
Seen these at the supermarket, damaged packaging, or close to use-by date.
Discounted for a reason.

[Annoyedsaint]

Needs to be delisted. Harsh but that’s the way it is.

[freely]

Saw him interviewed before the game today. What a sad situation.

[Bruce G McAbee]

Paddy should never play again. I saw the knock that concussed him and really it wasn't that hard a knock.
I don't care what the doctors say, he is in danger of permanent brain injury if hasn't already got it.

[Waltzing St Kilda]

Looking bad.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-05-26/ ... njury-list

[kosifantutti]

Do we need to pick anyone? We filled up earlier this year with mid season drafted types eg rowe, marsh so why waste time and money on someone we don't need. My limited knowledge is that the drafted will contain players not in the top 90 draftee players six months earlier. Seems like long shots, all of them

Lots would have shown a bit in the first half of the season.

really? They had a chance to show a bit last year before the draft camp.
Didn't happen, they are players in the Bargain Bin- "clearance" items.
Seen these at the supermarket, damaged packaging, or close to use-by date.
Discounted for a reason.

Like Wilkie, Parker, Tim Kelly etc.

[Viscount Jeremiah]

Poor guy, I'm shattered for him.

This is bloody serious, there is no way he plays again for mine.

I think Paddy will come to that conclusion eventually too, right now I don't think he's ready to make that decision.

[Yorkeys]

We need a big forward; priority pick next draft for #1 draft playing less than 50 games, Bytel and King to be good players sooner rather than later, and a dynamic successful coach. But its mid season draft not Aladdin's lamp.

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

Listen to the Triple M interview online pre game.

Paddy needs to retire for his own good. Forget football. Its heart breaking to listen to. He still gets headaches sleeping. He can't even drive a car to the shops at the moment. This all relating to his head knock pre season. Unbelievable.

[The_Dud]

Listen to the Triple M interview online pre game.

Paddy needs to retire for his own good. Forget football. Its heart breaking to listen to. He still gets headaches sleeping. He can't even drive a car to the shops at the moment. This all relating to his head knock pre season. Unbelievable.

Head knock or corked butt?

In all seriousness though, I can’t believe he’s even considering playing AFL (or football) again. Is he just sticking around to get the free medical care or something?

[Joffa Burns]

Listen to the Triple M interview online pre game.

Paddy needs to retire for his own good. Forget football. Its heart breaking to listen to. He still gets headaches sleeping. He can't even drive a car to the shops at the moment. This all relating to his head knock pre season. Unbelievable.

Storm in a tea cup, he’ll be right, I’m backing him to return in 2020.

Don’t give it away Paddy, give it one last shot.

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

Nice to see you make fun and bait about a Saint whose life is on the rocks. Nice job!

[saintkid]

Listen to the Triple M interview online pre game.

Paddy needs to retire for his own good. Forget football. Its heart breaking to listen to. He still gets headaches sleeping. He can't even drive a car to the shops at the moment. This all relating to his head knock pre season. Unbelievable.

Those comments alone should make it clear that he should be retiring this season. A head knock that appeared innocuous almost 3 months ago is causing such significant and life disruptive symptoms? Seriously, even if his symptoms subside by next year, he will be back fighting them off again the minute he is involved in another bump or collision.