NO TROLLS Elijah Hollands (GC-Carlton): Recent Developments & Mental Health Wellbeing

[Rod Stroker]

They let Basher Balta play for them while he wasn't allowed to go out at night. They have no culture or credibility.

true. one of the more bizarre decisions I've seen in footy.

 

[cherrypie]

Bump

 

[Kipz]

Bump

Yep. He had a few too many prior to tonight's game

 

[DZ4]

Not a good look. That’s career done unless he has an unreal explanation.

And the club deserve a fair whack for sending him out there and also leaving him out there if they knew what was going on. Likely they are at fault here.

 

[Fambam84]

This is a hard watch.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

AFL equivalent to

 

[Yoda_]

wont be surprised if we see a quiet sacking or retirement in the coming weeks

it was a really bad look. I just hope he gets the help he needs

 

[XhazzafootyX]

Crazy what addiction can do to you

Hope he finds the help he needs

Hope people don’t shit on him

 

[Yoda_]

Crazy what addiction can do to you

Hope he finds the help he needs

Hope people don’t shit on him

society has some really sad individuals that wont care what he is going through, will pile on in a desperate attempt at a few easy and cheap likes

 

[Chadwiko]

Occam's razor likely applies here.

Given that he's previously had legal issues with drugs, and then very likely had some "time off" last year also around drugs... it paints an unfortunate picture about what was likely going on tonight.

Hope he gets some help and has some strong support around him because tweaking like that during an actual AFL game, let alone a prime-time game, is going to get you a metric ton of negative media and community attention.

 

[Spacedog]

How the hell can Carlton let him go out there like that? Surely pull him in the warm up or something if you can tell he’s cooked? Probably cost them the game as well

 

[pjcrows]

The fact that he clearly wasn't right and they continued playing him, is very average.

People will assume he's high, perhaps he's actually unmedicated (as in, he forgot to take prescribed medication).

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

How the hell was he out out there

 

[Cunnington Cartel]

The fact that he clearly wasn't right and they continued playing him, is very average.

People will assume he's high, perhaps he's actually unmedicated (as in, he forgot to take prescribed medication).

Great point. Another possibility is that he took a dosage of his prescription meds (forgot he’d taken them) and then inadvertently doubled up.

 

[local hack]

One of the more bizarre things i have seen on a footy field!

 

[pjcrows]

How the hell was he out out there

This is the real question. It was obvious.

 

[Former Decathlete]

Great point. Another possibility is that he took a dosage of his prescription meds (forgot he’d taken them) and then inadvertently doubled up.

Yeah I kinda wondered something similar...

 

[Rob R]

Watch the Afl make sure he doesnt get tested on game day so he avoids (allegedly) proper punishment under wada rules and is allowed to go fully paid leave due to personal issues under the afl pro drug as long as you are discrete policy.

 

[Plugger35]

You would think the other Carlton players would have mentioned to their coaching staff that he wasn't right and to take him off.

They probably should have seen that for themselves though.

 

[Purple Suit]

How the hell can Carlton let him go out there like that? Surely pull him in the warm up or something if you can tell he’s cooked? Probably cost them the game as well

Are you looking for that though and maybe it only kicked in as the game started? Fans at the ground watching the warm ups might have noticed and I'm sure footage will be checked.

He should have been given a concussion test though after he started acting like that which he probably would have failed.

Horrible for everyone involved. I know addiction is terrible but some of the decisions made by people are baffling.

 

[Bostonian]

Originally, I wondered if he was having a mental breakdown on the bench. Such was the look on his face.

 

[footballsack35]

Does anyone have videos of him on the ground/bench? Besides the one in the goal square

 

[The Feeder Club]

As google reminds us:

Carlton Football Club's traditional club motto is Mens sana in corpore sano, which is Latin for "a sound mind in a sound body".

 

[pjcrows]

Jon Ralph spoke to Carlton - they said he's been dealing with anxiety, and it's a sensitive issue that the club will work through.
However, Pies players said that Hollands was saying to them "im not 100%".

 

[LordLucifer]

If it is as suspected, then he has to be sacked ASAP.