North Melbourne's Lindsay Thomas has been cleared by the match review panel of any case to answer, for his controversial hit on Collingwood's Ben Reid.
Lindsay Thomas in the Round 1 match against Collingwood. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
LINDSAY Thomas found himself at the centre of a storm in the opening round of the season when his off-the-ball bump left Collingwood defender Ben Reid bloodied and concussed, drawing strong post-match criticism from Magpies coach Nathan Buckley.
"When it first happened I didn't really think too much of it," Thomas said. "We just hit heads. We both went down and were a bit dazed.
"After that I had a few tough days. I was under scrutiny but I tried not to take too much notice."
HOW THOMAS TURNED IT AROUND
Thomas said any tension between the two clubs was quickly defused.
"I made sure Ben was all right. I asked the club to find out how he was, just to make sure he was OK."
North Melbourne V Collingwood at Etihad Stadium, 31/3/13. Clash of heads between Ben Reid and Lindsay Thomas saw Reid off with a bloody mouth and players in a scuffle after Scott Pendlebury tested Lindsay Thomas's Picture: Salpigtidis George Source: Herald Sun
Buckley also rang Thomas to clarify his stance on the incident.
"Yeah, Bucks shot me a phone call and explained where he was coming from.
"It was pretty simple. We had a friendly phone call and moved on. I don't know him personally but that was good by him."
He also appreciated the fact that his own coach had defended him so strongly in the post-match media conference.
"It's the little things like that that Brad does and he'd do it for any North Melbourne player."
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Thomas weathers the storm
Dengan url
http://astagaberita.blogspot.com/2013/05/thomas-weathers-storm.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Thomas weathers the storm
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar