Scully and Patton ......

[minneapolis]

Both in trouble.... a bit of a personal issue between them? Intimate relations perhaps?

[Sanctorum]

Shouldn't go there to be honest, both players, and there are probably a few others as well, are struggling with personal issues and their privacy should be respected by both supporters and the media.

It's none of our business!

[The_Dud]

Maybe Patton has also been barraging Scully with unwanted photos...?

[Joffa Burns]

Hawthorn midfielder Tom Scully weighing up AFL career due to personal circumstances

Hawthorn ball-winner Tom Scully has taken time away from the club to consider his football future – and the reason why has been revealed.

Marc McGowan
January 26, 2021 - 6:54AM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom

Hawthorn wingman Tom Scully is seriously weighing up his football future and may have played his final AFL game.

The 29-year-old former Giant and Demon – the No.1 draft pick in 2009 – has missed the past fortnight of training and has requested to take time away from the club.

The Herald Sun understands Scully is dealing with personal circumstances, including in his marriage with wife Zoe.

“Tom has requested time off from his football commitments due to personal circumstances,” a Hawthorn spokesperson said.

“Hawthorn is fully supportive of Tom’s request and remains in regular communication with Tom to provide him with any support required.

“The club asks that Tom’s privacy is respected at this time and will provide a further update when available.”

It’s been a dramatic off-season for the Hawks, who are still investigating claims of alleged lewd social media behaviour from another No.1 selection and ex-Giant Jon Patton.

Greater Western Sydney was smashed at the time for offloading the pair so cheaply in consecutive years, but Leon Cameron’s men could emerge the winners, given they were able to shed significant salary.

Hawthorn’s veteran football and list boss Graham Wright has also defected to his old club Collingwood, where he replaces Geoff Walsh.

His leg crumbled underneath him in a Callum Brown tackle in the Round 2 clash with Collingwood, and the result was a fractured fibula in that ankle and a syndesmosis injury.

Scully was expected to miss about 12 weeks post-surgery, but he had a setback and didn’t play another match that year.

The bone healed well, but the syndesmosis issue and related bone bruising lingered.

The 187-gamer eventually requested a trade home to Victoria despite still having three seasons left on his contract.

The Hawks parted with only a fourth-round selection for Scully, who signed a three-year deal to head to Waverley Park.

He made what seemed a miracle recovery to break into Hawthorn’s senior side by Round 2 in 2019 and won a combined 50 disposals in his second and third matches for the club.

However, Scully’s form has been patchy ever since and he averaged a career-worst 13.6 disposals last season, even factoring in the shorter quarters.

Four-time Hawks premiership coach Alastair Clarkson conceded on the eve of the 2020 season that Scully would “never train like he used to”.

He’s rarely been out of the headlines since being the dux of the 2009 draft class, showing promise at the Demons before becoming one of GWS’s first marquee signings on a $6 million, six-year deal.

The Hawks already lost star winger Isaac Smith to Geelong as a free agent and Ricky Henderson retired, but they traded for Tom Phillips and have emerging duo Finn Maginness and Connor Downie.

[magnifisaint]

What it says to me is that footballers have too much time on their hands and mix that with social media and you have the ingredients for something explosive.

[skeptic]

I think it also suggests that building a good culture is not just about creating an environment where players train hard and do everything they can do to be their best.

These guys are essentially kids when they come into the system... if you can’t build character and maturity... you’ll always be at risk of collapsing in tough times

[B.M]

Scully and Patton were mid 20s when they went to hawthorn.

[Toy Saint]

Hawthorn supporter mate reckons Hawks are so desperate for a key forward they're looking at Paddy McCartin

[Harves Man]

Scully and Patton were mid 20s when they went to hawthorn.

Yeah, kids!

[Harves Man]

Hawthorn supporter mate reckons Hawks are so desperate for a key forward they're looking at Paddy McCartin

Not sure if your mate is pulling your leg, or if you're pulling ours! Edit: err, sorry if you were just cracking a one-liner - I was slow to get it.

[Wayne42]

The AFL has “taken control” of the investigation into Hawthorn forward Jon Patton, with Hawks president Jeff Kennett revealing the league will report back to the club
before “decisions will be made based on fact”.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-ne ... 2ed9fe28ba

[minneapolis]

The AFL has “taken control” of the investigation into Hawthorn forward Jon Patton, with Hawks president Jeff Kennett revealing the league will report back to the club
before “decisions will be made based on fact”.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-ne ... 2ed9fe28ba

Gees that's a great way for Hawks to dump his salary. Make the AFL do it. Someone calling in a favor.

Patton 5 years at $800,000 (?) and hasn't got a kick - cept maybe one he landed on Scully's butt.

[Wayne42]

The AFL has “taken control” of the investigation into Hawthorn forward Jon Patton, with Hawks president Jeff Kennett revealing the league will report back to the club
before “decisions will be made based on fact”.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-ne ... 2ed9fe28ba

Gees that's a great way for Hawks to dump his salary. Make the AFL do it. Someone calling in a favor.

Patton 5 years at $800,000 (?) and hasn't got a kick - cept maybe one he landed on Scully's butt.

Sounds like a bit of bonding between team mates, i wonder what Clarko thinks of it all.

[asiu]

hasn't got a kick - cept maybe one he landed on Scully's butt.

hmmmmm

blood is thicker than water
.... reproves itself as a viable cliche

[minneapolis]

hasn't got a kick - cept maybe one he landed on Scully's butt.

hmmmmm

blood is thicker than water
.... reproves itself as a viable cliche

Exactly. Sibling blood is stronger than team-mate blood.

[asiu]

... by the length of the straight + a bit

[saynta]

hasn't got a kick - cept maybe one he landed on Scully's butt.

hmmmmm

blood is thicker than water
.... reproves itself as a viable cliche

Exactly. Sibling blood is stronger than team-mate blood.

Not necessarily so. I hated my brother. He was an arsehole.

[asiu]

the best kind

mines an arsehole as well

our relationship is all over , after ... hello

[Joffa Burns]

Both in trouble.... a bit of a personal issue between them? Intimate relations perhaps?

Am I missing something?
I am a little slow.
I haven't made this link at all.

[saynta]

Me neither.

[asiu]

brother looking out for sister
involved with a third party
sparked a response

or so the chit chat was saying

[minneapolis]

Both in trouble.... a bit of a personal issue between them? Intimate relations perhaps?

Am I missing something?
I am a little slow.
I haven't made this link at all.

This is what was sent to me

"regarding Tom Scully....slept with Jon ‘the general’ Pattons sister and the general went nuts... he found out that night and went round to the sisters place without hers or Scully’s knowledge and beat him to a pulp. Long story short cops and paramedics were called and you guessed it they found Scully in possession with bags, caps, pingers and ket. An amount enough to be considered trafficking. "

[minneapolis]

Explains Scully's marriage news release and why Patton's case went to the AFL...

Also maybe why Graham Wright (who signed them both)(cheaply) left? Maybe confronted and told Haw to get knotted.

[Joffa Burns]

Thanks mini

[asiu]

retirement coming

or so the whispering says


gotta trust the little birds
... thats their job