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Unlike Lower on Thomas, Thomas did not intentionally hit Ibbotson in the head. The fact is that if there was any contact at all to Ibbotsons head it was incidental and virtually of no consequence. There is absolutely no comparison between the two on any level.
Oh for goodness sake. Jumping in the air on it's own doesn't mean a player is seriously injured and there isn't a rule against it. It takes head contact to cause "concussion related illness" so why on earth are you mentioning Scott Stevens? He has nothing to do with this incident considering Thomas did not make head contact.
Not sure on that, but he copped plenty of high hits when out on the field.
Oh for goodness sake. Jumping in the air on it's own doesn't mean a player is seriously injured and there isn't a rule against it. It takes head contact to cause "concussion related illness" so why on earth are you mentioning Scott Stevens? He has nothing to do with this incident considering Thomas did not make head contact.
Yes he was concussed three times. Once in a marking contest against Freo, and the last two times at training, so I have no idea why this Bradesmaen is trying to link that to Dale Thomas. Extreme spin at it's best.
Perhaps he was trying to shepherd and decided that he needed to add force by jumping! Who cares? There's no rule against it and it was a perfectly legitimate thing to do. It's a far cry from lining up a head high snipe like Lower did and I can't imagine why anybody would even compare the two. Lower's was a dog act, Thomas's was good play that had an accidental side effect!
I'd understand your argument if Thomas had jumped into Ibbotson's head and caused him to be dazed/knocked out, but that didn't happen. Thomas jumped and made forceful contact to Ibbotson's chest.
Collingwood haven't won the Qualifying Final yet.Thomas to Flagstaff, Arizona?
Seriously, it is now 24 days before our last training session before the prelim (Assuming Friday Night final, Thurs training session), so Thomas could spend as much as 14-17 days over there if he leaves later this week and still be back well in time for the build up to the prelim.
Buy the tickets now I say.
Elbow hit the chest, Shoulder got the head, so it spread the contact out, hence the low impact.
No it didn't! Contact was not made to the head! No wonder you're off on the topic.
Yeah, but if we sent him today or tomorrow and we did happen to lose the first final, he could always come home next Tuesday or Wednesday and still be right to go, and he still would have gotten some benefit out of 4-5 days at altitude.
I'm not sure he would get any benefit. Apparently players have to prepare first and then spend close to 2 weeks training. Going over without any preparation work and then being there for a few days would probably just cause stress and fatigue more than anything else.
God I hope so.
It takes a while to get over the effects of a 16 hour flight each way, so he would have to be back on Qualifying Final weekend so he can train with the team in case he is needed in week two. He would have to leave tomorrow, but I don't think it will happen because he doesn't appear to be carrying any injuries as Dane Swan was, or out for an extended period as Heath Shaw has been. I think there is a chance they may appeal as well, even if they risk a week because contact was not made to the head.
Ummm, Collingwood has not won the Qualifying Final yet!
