Autopsy 2026 Rd 6 Collapse. Copy. Paste.

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

You don't have to - but worth remembering that while it is the official explanation then suggesting otherwise would be considered slanderous and, at a more fundamental level - just really poor form.

Whatever his history, and whatever the eye might tell you, there are some things you don't jump to conclusions on publicly when presented with a viable explanation.

He has a well documented history of substance abuse...alcohol.
Functioning alcoholics are very good at hiding their symptons.

I feel its a more viable explanation than what's been put out.

 

[Bluebag13]

Sorry I was touching on the curnow and jsos departures

All good. No need for apologies btw

 

[passmark]

He has a well documented history of substance abuse...alcohol.
Functioning alcoholics are very good at hiding their symptons.

I feel it’s a more viable explanation than what's been put out.

Another expert

 

[gab213]

Cripps is a poor captain. Always has been...

Can't kick a clutch goal to save himself
His skills are quite poor
Can't rally the troops
Tries to do everything himself...does not trust team mates
Rarely takes first option
Thinks he owns the CBAs
His interviews are just waffle and platitudes and his (and the team's actions) on the field bear no resemblance to what comes out of his mouth pre-game

If that triggers people, press IGNORE and move on

Nowhere in my post did I make reference to his captaincy, it was abt players laughing with opponents after a game, which isn’t a captaincy issue. Not sure what triggered you.

 

[Blue Doormat]

I hope Lij is ok.
I say this casting no shade towards Lij.
I view last night a little differently now that we know a little more about what was happening for the poor bloke.
Our team played with 17 for 60% of the game last night. It could be argued (again with no shade intended) that while Lij was on he was counter productive.
This and we didn’t have our full forward for a good chunk of the contest who was arguably having his best game for the year.
Don’t like losing and I don’t like excuses but last night might be an exception.

 

[sevenwonders]

Hollands situation is terrible, the club is a complete embarrassment and an unsafe workplace, bereft of any standards

 

[T2B_]

Pretty stunned at some of the commentary around a young bloke with very serious health issues.

There's still unfortunately a part of our culture that kind of goes "toughen up, she'll be right" kind of thing.

We've seen more than enough tragedies over the years though to know it's not that simple, and then there's plenty of people that might not have ended in tragedy but are silently suffering.

 

[Blueballs38]

Honestly what has happened to this footy club and more importantly who is to blame? I for one dont know but the place needs an immediate extremely detailed review and the cancers removed whoever they are.

If that means burning the place to the ground and building from absolute scratch then so be it.

We have been a laughing stock f thirty years and are now going backwards at a rate of knots.

I will always love this club but am just floored with disbelief by the personnel in charge, running, coaching, selecting, recruiting and playing for it at the moment.

We are failing at all aspects of modern footy at the moment, we are a pi55 weak club, with mentally fragile players, lead by a coach who is completely clueless on a rudderless ship heading towards a waterfall that goes down an endless abyss.

We fans deserve so much more than this for our passion.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Another expert

worked with an alco who downed half bottle Vodka before work and was fine for the first hour or so until it kicked in.
So not an expert but definitely familiar with outcomes of such behaviour.
It may be exactly as indicated, " a mental health episode" but thats a bloody large umbrella these days.

 

[agro]

With all the pre game footage and that many staff how could anyone let that man play football for our club last night.

Results mean nothing. That's an international level shambles that a professional proud historic elite organization let someone play in that state.

Whether he wreaked of alcohol, was jittery or whatever. How does no staff member or leader allow that to happen.

This is worse than any blown result or missed finals outcome. Full review of last night and how someone intoxicated or having a mental health episode could represent our football club against our biggest rival. **** sake its a joke

Don’t worry all will be addressed at next Board Meeting, Item 8.

There’ll be top men working on it.

 

[Juddrockz]

They won because a 4 gamer missed the goals by a meter.

And the umpires overlooked Haynes jumper being held by Elliott in the goal square just before Nick sealed the game. Deplorable umpiring in the dying stages.

 

[sherb]

If he was in a manic state (for example, not saying that's what happened) then he's not in the right frame of mind to say 'hey, i'm not right'. Someone else, i.e. someone NOT in the middle of a mental break, would need to step in.

Exactly.

I'm astounded this even needs to be explained.

 

[Blue__Balls]

He has a well documented history of substance abuse...alcohol.
Functioning alcoholics are very good at hiding their symptons.

I feel its a more viable explanation than what's been put out.

And you're more than entitled to believe that.

But as a society we have some serious issues when it comes to mental health, and some especially significant issues around the seriousness which we attribute to men's mental health.

Take a look at any of the Facebook or Instagram posts about last night, and in particular the comments, and you will find some crass, hurtful and ignorant comments from idiots whose sole intent is to win magical internet points and make other idiots laugh.

It is problematic, it is dangerous. And so when a Carlton player has an awful game, displays worrying behaviours on-field, and the club subsequently confirm that he has experienced a mental health episode of some description...then as a society we are much better off taking that at face value, reminding ourselves and eachother that we have no ****ing idea what anyone else is going through, and doing the decent thing of parking any cynical speculation in favour of just wishing the individual the best in managing whatever it is they're going through.

Ire can and should instead be directed at the organisation which allowed him to remain on the field for as long as he did - because that is not subject to any doubt or conditions based on the nature of the episode. Mental health, drugs, alcohol, demonic possession for all I care - it's irrelevant, the club failed in their duty of care to the player, and in doing so probably also cost the team a win. Looking after their people and winning games of footy, that's pretty much the core function of a football club and they ****ed it up royally.

 

[Aphrodite]

Club Statement: Elijah Hollands

Carlton is continuing to provide close and ongoing care to Elijah Hollands, who suffered a mental health episode on Thursday night.

www.carltonfc.com.au

 

[JustOneTime]

I feel for Elijah but i still think WTF is our club doing signing this guy. Fool me once...

Our club is a total shambles.

We may as well bring back dick pick guy as well.

 

[Sucker for Trade Period]

Club Statement: Elijah Hollands

Carlton is continuing to provide close and ongoing care to Elijah Hollands, who suffered a mental health episode on Thursday night.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Staggering it took the club until 5 minutes before knock-off on a Friday night to vomit this out.

Just like last night, maybe a little bit too late.

 

[jd2010]

Club Statement: Elijah Hollands

Carlton is continuing to provide close and ongoing care to Elijah Hollands, who suffered a mental health episode on Thursday night.

www.carltonfc.com.au

What about the 100k members who suffer an episode in most second halves? Where's our ongoing care

What a load of BS

 

[Accidental genius]

Tell us more doc.

Great takes yesterday.

But you made a diagnosis anyway

We’ll never know exactly but I’m fairly confident of my judgement based on what I saw.

 

[Warsaw]

The club took a pretty hard line with him last year, so to be this negligent now is both surprising and immensely disappointing.

The on field leadership void extends beyond just the players right now, and of the many things going wrong at the club, this might just be the most concerning.

 

[Blue__Balls]

What about the 100k members who suffer an episode in most second halves? Where's our ongoing care

What a load of BS

Sorry, that's paywalled behind the Uber Premium Deluxe Coterie Membership. And you still need to fork out $30 a session if you want a chair to sit on.

 

[blueblooded]

knowledge? You’re kidding right.

Fans on level 4 could see he wasn’t right. His movements looked erratic. Are you telling me it took till Q4 to take action?

Yes he is an adult and a professional but you don’t understand mental health. If he was having a manic episode which is likely he would have felt super human. He was in no state of mind to make the call.

Where is the duty of care?

This is the thing for mine, from the 2nd quarter this became a thing in the crowd. If the coaches in the box couldn’t see that Elijah was all over the place and that something was clearly amiss let alone thr players and the bench then something is truly rotten in that place.

It’s actually negligent … where’s GW today … he should have fronted the media first thing this morning!!!

 

[Aphrodite]

And yet, other people have said they know people who work in the mental health industry and it looks like a mental health episode.
Point is, no one knows anything and we should stop trying to guess.

 

[Skull Face]

They won because a 4 gamer missed the goals by a meter.

They won because Byrne missed the goal
They won because Elliot was allowed to hold Haynes away from the ball and then jump on top of him so Daicos could kick that goal to start the final term.
They won because Mckay was punched in the face and knocked out halfway through the final term and didn't even get a free kick for it.
They won because again we got into our own heads and paniced the minute the opposition kick a goal in the final term due to the mental demons of what has occurred in previous weeks/years which was highlighted by the 6.6.6 goal we gave up after twice in a 5min span being so out of it they didn't even know who should be playing where.
They won because we are too incompetent to see LIJ wasn't there and allowed ourselves to play with 17 men for 60% of the game.

 

[Juddrockz]

Kudos to Mitch McGovern for stepping up and kicking goals this year. Fifth week in a row he has kicked 2 or more goals and now has 12 for the season so far.
12-3
His most goals in a season since 2019

Prop him permanently in the forward line. Big H being out Kempy will probably be double teamed now. We'll have to rely on Gov or other avenues to kick goals.

 

[sosos]

For now with Lij.. whatever Voss or the club is saying is damage control and should be taken with a grain of salt. Surprised AFLPA hasn’t stepped in yet and slammed Morris and media.

This will cause the club to incur a "bringing the game into disrepute" penalty.