Doubt has once again returned over the playing future of a Geelong premiership star.
Plus, St Kilda’s president has hit back over Ross Lyon’s intriguing press conference.
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NEW SHADES OF DOUBT HANG OVER FUTURE OF TYSON STENGLE
The AFL playing future of Tyson Stengle is once again uncertain, with inconsistencies in his training schedule reportedly leaving Geelong in the dark.
SEN’s Sam Edmund reported on Monday evening that the 27-year-old’s recent behaviour has led to a “falling out with some of his closest supporters and confidants”, which has subsequently left them frustrated.
The report states that after an interrupted pre-season that saw him required to build up conditioning, concerns this time around now revolve around welfare and wellbeing, opposed to a football fitness dilemma.
Stengle is currently contracted on a five-year deal that he signed in 2024, after only recently being reported as close to a VFL return.
The small forward is coming off back-to-back full seasons in the navy hoops, and is currently in his fifth year at the Cattery.
SAINTS PRESIDENT HITS BACK OVER LYON’S PRESSER
St Kilda’s president has backed Ross Lyon after Saturday night’s testy press conference.
Lyon engaged in some intriguing back-and-forth with a reporter after his side’s loss to Adelaide saw it drop to 2-4 on the season.
The Saints boss argued the club had improved “if you take out win-loss”.
“I would think we look OK. What are we, 2-4? Who did we play?,” Lyon said during the press conference.
“Brisbane they’re handy, they are back to back.
“Port Adelaide. Interstate, and then Adelaide. Did Adelaide play finals?”.
While Lyon copped some scrutiny in the aftermath, Saints president Andrew Bassat had no qualms with the post-match address.
“It’s a pretty tough situation we put coaches in,” the president told ABC radio.
“You have a one-point loss, you don’t have much luck in the running, you’ve got to front an interview.
“I think Ross is much better with good questions than he is with bad questions. I cop it myself from time to time.
“Ask stupid questions, win stupid prizes, is his view.
“I think if he gets an intelligent and fair question, he’ll respond to it fairly. If he doesn’t, he’s perhaps more honest than most coaches about the fact that he doesn’t feel that way.”
INNOCUOUS KNOCK THAT COULD’VE LED TO ‘DISTURBING’ INCIDENT … 45 MINUTES LATER
Melbourne defender Harrison Petty hinted at having blurred vision before he was ruled out with an unusual head injury.
Petty was unstable on his feet and needed assistance from the ground after taking an uncontested kick during the third quarter of the Demons’ win over Brisbane on Sunday.
The defender was immediately taken into the rooms and did not return to the field.
Melbourne coach Steven King said Petty could have suffered a serious delayed concussion from an earlier hit.
“We’re still having a bit of a look at that, potentially concussion or something,” King said, after a nail-biting win over the reigning premiers.
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“We’ll do all the right tests but we’re not 100 per cent sure, but he was complaining of some blurred vision so we’ll do all the test tonight and tomorrow. Obviously, not great.
“I think it’s something he received that ball in the goalsquare and he probably thought ‘I should’ve stopped the game’.
“Whether it was something more sinister, whether it was delayed concussion, we’ll have a look at it.
“I think he mentioned something (about blurred vision) before, slightly before that kick, we’re obviously going to take it pretty seriously.”
Dual All-Australian Leigh Montagna watched vision of Petty back closely and pinpointed a marking contest in the second term — where Petty’s chin makes accidental contact with Lion Josh Dunkley — that might’ve led to his on-field instability some 45 minutes later.
“We found that incident and then I watched the rest of the play up until this moment — and I didn’t see one sign of him, up until that point, showing any signs of distress or light-headedness or anything like that,” Montagna told Fox Footy’s First Crack. “So, it was interesting to see how quickly it came on.
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“The question is was it coincidence when it came on? It was the second time in the game where he kicked the ball directly to the opposition inside defensive 50 and had conceded a goal … it just then came on there.
“I watched even the 10 minutes before that, there was not one sign of him having any issues — and then, all of a sudden to come on like that, I thought was a bit bizarre.
“Even with a delayed concussion, to have your legs go under you like that out of nowhere, it was interesting.
“But again, we don’t know everything about delayed concussion. It was just the timing of it, I thought, was interesting.”
Dual premiership Kangaroo David King added: “I haven’t seen a delayed concussion hit like this … It is disturbing to watch.”
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