Retired #39 Paddy McCartin - Thank you Paddy - Always a Blood!

[Jewelsbon]

Paddy reflecting on his first game back (practice game V GWS a couple of days ago);

Paddy McCartin on returning to footy

Paddy McCartin spoke after his first hit-out in 2 years in a practice match against the Giants.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Glad to see him playing again, fingers crossed it all works out for him both professionally and health wise.

 

[BloodySwan]

Playing this weekend

Paddy's back: Former No.1 crosses border to play in VFL season-opener

Paddy McCartin to play first competitive match in more than two years for Sydney's VFL team

www.afl.com.au

 

[The Gong]

Playing this weekend

Paddy's back: Former No.1 crosses border to play in VFL season-opener

Paddy McCartin to play first competitive match in more than two years for Sydney's VFL team

www.afl.com.au

Firstly, I hope he stays healthy.

Secondly, I hope he stays healthy.

Only then do I hope he carves it up and gets a contract to play senior footy for us and we have McCartin bookends.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Might actually need both McCartins down back. If he really comes on what a luxury that would be.


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[Caj]

If I recall the knock on McCartin at St Kilda was his lack of an engine, if he lacked that as a forward, hard to see him being able to play back

 

[kickthething]

If I recall the knock on McCartin at St Kilda was his lack of an engine, if he lacked that as a forward, hard to see him being able to play back

Seriously dont know how St Kilda could even make that assessment...he has had a fair bit of time to work on it though...

 

[scaryness]

Seriously dont know how St Kilda could even make that assessment...he has had a fair bit of time to work on it though...

Probably with half a decade of preseason time trials and GPS data

 

[Kiama Chris]

Probably with half a decade of preseason time trials and GPS data

Been a lot of water under the bridge since then. Tom has a great tank but diabetes can make a big difference on endurance.

 

[BloodySwan]

Under investigation for punching Black in the head

Former No.1 pick Paddy McCartin sent to VFL Tribunal over alleged sickening hit

Ex-No.1 pick sent straight to Tribunal over alleged sickening punch in reserves

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Superstar swan]

Not smart when your trying to get into a list

 

[legend166]

That's horrendous. Delist.

 

[Punts]

What an idiot

 

[Donza]

MSD is June 2.

He'll be still on the sidelines at that point.

Zero chance IMO.

 

[caesar88]

Career over

 

[Crust]

That's horrendous. Delist.

I wouldn't be too hasty to delist him - let's see what the Tribunal does first.
The reason I say this is that Paddy and Tom are close, and Tom is OOC at the end of the year, so we need to be seen to be very fair in our dealings with Paddy.

 

[Punts]

We must have dragged him after it

 

[zyzzbruh]

Hardly horrendous or conclusive imo. Seemed incidental doesn't look like a punch to the head to me. Looked like he was chopping his arms off and accidentally got him in the head. Could've even been an open hand or flailing wrist. These incidental things always happen when being scragged by a player in the heat of the moment, can't crucify him for it.

 

[WillHayward]

That's horrendous. Delist.

He's not listed

 

[Punts]

Don’t really care about the incident more the timing

What an idiot when your trying to get listed

Now clubs will only have 5 quarters to go off

 

[Mister B]

Trust he will get what the league sees fit, but a few things I do want to say and I don't want it to come across as defending the act, because putting yourself in that position is dumb.
The reporting of it is so wildly over the top it's not funny. Footage so grainy you'd be lucky to make out the numbers on the back yet talking like it is a clear closed fist strike. Inflamatory language like "sickening hit" is a joke. Comparisons to an incident where a jaw was broken and teeth knocked out. For all we know it was an open hand slap to the face seeing as the result was a "swollen jaw".

Have the media posted on article about the raised forearm of Fritch that was a deliberate fend off that could have broken an eye socket? Have they described that as sickening?

 

[MF]

Looks like a pretty solid right hook but obviously hard to get the full picture from that kind of footage. Pretty stupid thing to do and only has himself to blame if it impacts his comeback.

 

[legend166]

Yep it's definitely hard to figure out what's happening when you're only watching with one eye open.

He punched him in the head completely unprovoked.

 

[The Gong]

Intent probably doesn't matter because the end result is he clocked the guy pretty cleanly. I suspect he was trying for a chest punch and stuffed it up but if you're throwing a closed fist around at all then you have to own the consequences. Stupid and reckless at any point but certainly not great when he's trying to resurrect his senior career.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Yikes that looks to be 7-8 weeks Gaff like.

Hope the other player is ok.

 

[Tedeski]

Yep it's definitely hard to figure out what's happening when you're only watching with one eye open.

He punched him in the head completely unprovoked.

I see it as very clumsy.
First punch went where intended.
Second punch not.
Guilty of being stupid.