Steven May Suspended by the Club

[Lord Nev 13,512]

8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

 

[monoccular 17,637]

8 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Hypocrite! I blame the defence and you blame the midfield. And my comment is awful. No one should except mediocrity. They are mediocre players that should be replaced hopefully they will be replaced by Hibberd and Turner respectively. I do think they cost us the game and I don't see anything wrong with that.

Yes I said the midfield as a whole contributed, as did the defensive unit, but I didn’t pick out individuals as the ones who cost us the game.  The team (or lack of) cost us the game. 

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54 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Agree re the first part but its usually at training not a boozy night out.  Dust ups/incidents with other knuckle head members of the public on a boozy night out .....yes.

I agree fisty cuffs in a Prahran restaurant is a bad idea. Optics are terrible but the same principal applies. as long as they have made up, genuinely, there shouldn't be an issue

[Kent 2,917]

20 hours ago, Demon Jim said:

Absolutely had to suspend him. Destroys culture when you don't.

What culture are you destroying? The one that was  ok to go out drinking and fighting after a loss?

 

[poita 3,902]

Absolutely disgraceful comment by May if true, and on the back of the terrible decision to drink while under concussion protocols. He clearly has issues with alcohol, and if he is serious about getting the most out of the remainder of his football career, should give up drinking during the season. 

Violence is never the answer, and should be punished as well, but I can certainly understand why Melksham would be upset by the comment. Nevertheless it's an awful example for him to set for his kids.

[Nascent 9,305]

So May has allegedly been punched in the head, while recovery from a concussion... while alcohol affected? This could have ended so much worse. Just dumb from everyone involved.

[Ungarieboy 447]

So if Melks can be so easily triggered by such a comment, then watch what opposition players are going to serve up (relentlessly) on the field! 

My kids serve up worse to their siblings but don't go around decking each other in response.

The extent of the GF thrashing, makes the seriousness of the comment even more laughable, further demonstrating the reaction was way over the top.

May though should be punished for drinking with concussion as it definitely could inhibit his recovery (short term and possibly long term).

[Pates 9,667]

I don’t know what to think about all of this. May is my favourite player and I’ve been so impressed with the way he’s carried himself since he first arrived and was out of shape and with a poor attitude, to develop himself into a leader and one of our most important players. For him to act like a bloody teenage with this stupidity of drinking whilst recovering from concussion, then clearly getting inebriated enough to say something as to hurt a teammate, all this with other players around him. It smacks of us regressing back to the club of old.

This doesn’t have to define our season, and it can be used to tighten us as a group if done right, but I also have to ask why didn’t another leader/player step in from the start? We’re they all stuck with bystander syndrome expecting someone else to stand up and stop this train wreck?

After our last two weeks this was the last thing we needed, but perhaps this can be our lowest point of the season. Maybe this can be the time our leaders step into the spotlight and lead the way out of this dark patch. Whatever has gone on between Melksham and May needs to be put to bed. 

For me this looks like the biggest Queens Birthday match that I can remember, we have to win. 

[DeeZee 7,445]

I saw them all earlier in the day at the boxing, May, Melk, Jacko , Kozzie and a few others. None of the leaders.

They probably went out for dinner afterwards and had been fired up with all that testosterone flying about 

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4 minutes ago, Pates said:

For me this looks like the biggest Queens Birthday match that I can remember, we have to win. 

The measure of how this incident has affected, or defines us as a club can't be looked at by just the outcome of the game on Monday.  We have to have a bigger perspectie than that.  The next 4 months will give a greater perspective, but even then, when it comes to questions of culture, even that is too short a view.

[Demonland 73,358]

[Mach5 4,768]

11 hours ago, Spaghetti said:

IMO it's only a matter of time until footage leaks. I would be shocked if there isn't footage from someone

Holding back the footage for a day or 2 is a sure fire tactic for getting another couple of news days out of the story.

[roy11 3,936]

 

 

 

[Mach5 4,768]

2 hours ago, dees189227 said:

I still can't fathom how may knowing he was in the middle of concussion protocols, he knew he couldn't drink but sat there & ordered one in front of his teammates. 

A 30 year old should know better especially after this isn't his first incident

It was the 8th of the 12 day period, but I can imagine the key focus would have been that if the next match occurs within that 12 day period, you then miss the match. Everything else is just details. 
Simplistic, I know, but they are footballers after all.

[Lord Nev 13,512]

5 minutes ago, roy11 said:

 

 

 

 

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40 minutes ago, Ungarieboy said:

So if Melks can be so easily triggered by such a comment, then watch what opposition players are going to serve up (relentlessly) on the field! 

My kids serve up worse to their siblings but don't go around decking each other in response.

The extent of the GF thrashing, makes the seriousness of the comment even more laughable, further demonstrating the reaction was way over the top.

May though should be punished for drinking with concussion as it definitely could inhibit his recovery (short term and possibly long term).

I imagine the source of the insult, being a trusted mate whose opinion of you you value, would have added extra sting to the jibe. Also the fact that deep down Melksham would have some insecurity that it is true.

The opinion of an opponent clearly aiming to get under your skin would have much less of an impact.

[Lord Nev 13,512]

“Melksham has floored him, according to the reports. With all the evidence around coward punches and one-punches and all the damage they can do, he’s floored him, punched him, he’s already in concussion protocols, and we know how serious that is, so he’s potentially suffered two concussions in the space of a week, and Melksham has got nothing.

“Work that out for me.”

The aspect of the Melksham/May brawl that “doesn’t quite add up”

 

[Fritta and Turner 4,652]

Jake hurt his hand punching Maysie.  What a circus.

[Pirlo 813]

My partner and I were at Entrecote on Sunday night as well and we heard/saw nothing. Didn't think it was that big a restaurant. The desk looked fine when we left after 10pm as well...

[Satan 2,915]

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Say what? 

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14 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

I remember in one of the docos earlier in the year (Momentum maybe) Max said these are the type of comments to teammates they were trying to cut out, bringing someone down when they’re supposed to be feeling good.
 

Gus admitted in the same doco that’s a pretty big commitment to make to each other.  You could easily pass that type of comment as a joke if indeed that’s factual, but that’s how they want to change the culture. How angry was Melksham to respond with a punch?

I could see this incident turning our season around. Positively.

I can just imagine the leaders (coaches, Gawn, Viney, Pert, etc) coming down hard and using this to shake the team out of its lethargy. It should remind everyone that it's time to pick up their game. Passengers won't be tolerated and they all need to get back to the selfless mantra they espoused last year. 

 

[Wodjathefirst 2,667]

What has become of me? I went out of my way to source the Feral Hun to read the reports about the texts and the punch up.

I wish I didn’t now.  It really is a crap paper that sensationalises stories such as these. It gets worse. I then note that there is a story saying that the AFL should apologise to Essendrug, and sympathetic stories about the frosby flopping free kick seeking twerp Ginnivan.

Loading or not loading, I hope the Dees are spurred on the beat the Ferals this weekend.

I keep saying, for those of us who can, turn up on Monday. Do it for Daniher, do it for the Dees. Right now, they need all the support they can get from us. And make some bloody noise!

[dazzledavey36 55,624]

2 minutes ago, Wodjathefirst said:

What has become of me? I went out of my way to source the Feral Hun to read the reports about the texts and the punch up.

I wish I didn’t now.  It really is a crap paper that sensationalises stories such as these. It gets worse. I then note that there is a story saying that the AFL should apologise to Essendrug, and sympathetic stories about the frosby flopping free kick seeking twerp Ginnivan.

Loading or not loading, I hope the Dees are spurred on the beat the Ferals this weekend.

I keep saying, for those of us who can, turn up on Monday. Do it for Daniher, do it for the Dees. Right now, they need all the support they can get from us. And make some bloody noise!

You're being incredibly harsh mate..

The Herald Sun paper has many great benefits, such as starting my firepit up in my backyard on a sunny Sunday afternoon with a couple of 🍻🍻

[Lefty 412]

The restaurant is a newly fitted out restaurant in Greville St, Prahran. They would 100% have CCTV footage in the reception desk area where the cash register is and also outside the front door. If they do there is definitely footage of it and if the damage is as bad as they say it is ie: breaking the desk then why have we not seen the footage or a photo of the broken table?

I'm sure the media outlets are salivating at the prospect of such footage emerging and would no doubt pay for it.

Where is the footage or at the very least a photo of this damaged table?

I'm not doubting that the table was broken but they seem so upset about it (and rightly so if damage has occurred with no apology) but nevertheless I'd like to see the damage that has caused the outrage.

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I'm not saying it's time to panic but I am saying the uneasy spirit of Norm Smith has awoken and we're doomed for another 57 years 😁