Former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas is going through a social media backlash for a suggestion Max Gawn let his teammates down on Friday evening.
The Demons captain went down with a knee damage simply minutes into his group’s dramatic loss to the Lions, the place the match was suspended because of a lighting tower break down.
Demons midfielder Jack Viney innocuously ran into Gawn’s left leg within the early levels of the primary quarter.
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The ruckman was instantly in ache and went off the sector and down into the rooms for evaluation together with his head in his palms.
He was changed by Melbourne’s substitute Jake Melksham, leaving new recruit Brodie Grundy to shoulder the ruck work towards Brisbane’s Oscar McInerney and Darcy Fort.
Gawn was noticed within the rooms nursing an ice pack on his knee, trying extraordinarily dejected.
Demons coach Simon Goodwin stated Gawn can have scans when the group returns to Melbourne. Club officers on Friday evening have been unable to rule out an ACL damage.
Thomas on Friday evening stated he didn’t just like the look of Gawn sitting within the sheds because the Demons started to get pulled aside by the Lions early within the second half.
He stated Gawn would have given his teammates a morale increase by returning to the sector and cheering them on from the bench.
“Possibly wouldn’t have changed much but Gawn sooking downstairs instead of icing on bench and connecting with team he is captain of didn’t help,” Thomas wrote on Twitter.
His submit was met with a right away backlash, however Thomas refused to again down.
He went on to say: “If Gawn alternatively walked straight upstairs and started encouraging team mates I’m certain you’d all be praising his leadership and he uplifted instead you are feeling sorry for him because he was downtrodden,” he posted.
He additionally responded to at least one Twitter consumer: “Of course I hope he’s fine and don’t want him badly injured — that’s not and never was my point”.
Thomas did finally admit he bought it incorrect by utilizing the time period “sooking”.
“Understand some are offended with the word “sooking”, it was a foul selection of phrases,” he posted.
“Looking downtrodden and sad probably better but my summary of that is sooking which sounds a tad harsh. Apologies to those few.”
The instant response from most commentators was sympathy for the star ruckman.
“That image is worth 1000 words if you are seeing it,” Gerard Whateley stated in commentary on SEN.
“And if you’re not, it’s despondency if ever you’ve seen it.”
The premiership captain and six-time All Australian tore the ACL in his proper knee twice early in his profession.
Fox Footy’s Jon Ralph reported the “best case scenario” can be a medial ligament pressure that may rule Gawn out for a few months.
“The silver lining is it’s not his right knee, which has been surgically reconstructed,” Ralph stated.
“But didn’t that body language just tell you a tale of desolation.”
Demons head of soccer Alan Richardson stated Gawn’s preliminary prognosis was “reasonable”.
“Clearly a sore knee,” Richardson informed Channel 7 at halftime.
“We don’t know much more really. I know there’s an image going around that suggests he’s feeling really down and that leads to potential ACL stuff. That’s not the case.
“We’re going to have to scan it. Our doctors are saying he feels reasonable…”
Brisbane dominated the midfield battle to steer by 40 factors halfway by way of the fourth quarter earlier than an influence outage noticed the floodlights flip off and the sport suspended.
Once play resumed, Melbourne kicked 5 straight targets however it was too little, too late because the Lions held on for a 14.9 (93) to 13.4 (82) victory.
Source: www.news.com.au
