This is disappointing news! He may have just blown his chance of being picked up in the mid-season draft.
It doesn't look good but I'd hardly call it 'sickening'. Yet more rabid reporting if you ask me. He'll miss a couple for that but the Swans should counsel him and find out why he appears so hot headed at the start of a game. Was his head in the right space to play?
As for the mid season draft.....any decision should take into account not just his form on his return after suspension but also the results of the above assessment. As it stands, I still hope he is in the frame to be added to the main list.
Last edited by stevoswan; 3rd May 2021 at 01:27 PM.
Wonder if there is a bit of previous history from AFL days between the two - seemed a pretty serious reaction so early in a game?
"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
What a @@@@@@@ idiot ! Dog act
It's not a great look that two Swans players now have hand injuries after punching an opponent. (I weasel worded that so as not to directly connect Paddy's hand injury to that huge punch he threw).
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Good.....because he apparently had it broken in a marking contest.
Very disappointing and disturbing act by Paddy. Can you imagine how we would have felt if it were the other way around given Paddy's concussion history? I would have been appalled. Unacceptable and concerning. I expect him to cop whatever punishment he has coming to him without complaint. Given the injury seems to be much less serious than with Gaff/Brayshaw, I would expect the punishment to be significantly less - but that's just luck that has saved him.
I think he will have done his chances at mid-season draft, whatever they've been, real harm, even if he gets only a couple of weeks suspension. (What does intentional/head high/medium impact (which is generous) get? What if it's high impact?) It's good that he's got Tom close by. While my sympathy lies with Aaron Black, I am also concerned for Paddy's mental health after this incident.
I agree with stevo that it is important to inquire why he acted with so little discipline. One possibility that comes to mind is that he has been impacted by the many concussions he has suffered. It is common for people with acquired brain injuries to be impulsive and reactive.
The problem for us is that, if we are interested in drafting Paddy, we don't want to miss a chance to get him relatively cheaply. If we wait until the end of the year, we may have to spend an ND pick on him. On the other hand, we have been prepared to take that risk until now so no reason we won't continue our restrained/patient approach, despite the fact we could really use a quality KPP.
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