Collingwood Magpies vs Melbourne Demons, Angus Brayshaw, knocked out, concussion, Brayden Maynard, match review, Simon Goodwin, press conference

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says star Angus Brayshaw has been left “fairly shattered” amid fears his finals marketing campaign may very well be over after he was concussed on Thursday night time.

The midfielder was knocked out after a collision with Magpie Brayden Maynard who was coming in the other way within the opening time period of the qualifying ultimate on the MCG.

Brayshaw, who has a troubling historical past of head knocks, lay sprawled on the MCG turf for a lot of minutes in devastating scenes earlier than being carted off on the stretcher.

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Talking after his aspect’s seven-point loss, Goodwin recommended the Collingwood defender ought to face penalties for the hit.

“I assume that will likely be sorted out in the course of the week, however we’ve acquired a fairly shattered participant in there … you’ll be able to solely go by the info,” Goodwin mentioned.

“He jumped off the bottom and knocked a man out (shrugs), so I assume time will inform.

“He’s upset, he’s clearly had a historical past with concussion a very long time in the past, so he’s coping with some emotion there, however he desires to play finals footy – he’s going to be lacking for a couple of weeks and that’s disappointing.”

Brayshaw sat out half of his second season in 2016 and the vast majority of 2017 as he suffered 4 concussions over the course of 12 months.

Goodwin remained assured his concussed midfielder had dodged any critical facial harm from the Maynard hit.

“He’s acquired a little bit of a shiner, however outdoors that he’s alright,” he mentioned.

When requested for his ideas on the incident, Collingwood coach Craig McRae prolonged his ideas to the injured Brayshaw.

“I hope Angus is OK – that’s my first thought is I hope he’s OK,” he mentioned.

“He’s a ripping man … Hopefully it’s not too unhealthy for him as a result of he’s had a number of concussions.

“Our ideas exit to him.”

Goodwin mentioned a poor first quarter had let the Demons down greater than their horrible conversion, managing solely seven targets from 69 inside 50s to Collingwood’s 37.

“There‘s plenty of optimism, we performed the suitable means for an enormous a part of that recreation … to dominate territory, to dominate inside 50, to win the (contested possessions) by 15 by the tip of the sport, that’s a fairly large turnaround within the recreation of footy, and that provides us plenty of coronary heart, as a result of that’s what stands up in finals footy,” he mentioned.

“However you’ve acquired to do it for the entire time, and within the first quarter we weren’t ready to try this.”

Goodwin mentioned Brayshaw’s withdrawal from the sport within the first quarter had left Melbourne unable to deploy Christian Petracca ahead as a lot as deliberate, contributing to the poor offensive efficiency.

“There’s all of the domino impact utilizing your sub early, shuffling Christian again up into the midfield on the again of that incident,” he defined.

The coach mentioned he had not seen a lot of the incident involving Jacob van Rooyen, who appeared to gather Dan McStay within the chin with a bump in the course of the first time period.

He mentioned van Rooyen was unlikely to be in hassle with the MRO as a result of McStay remained on the bottom, though the important thing ahead in reality spent 20 minutes on the bench as he obtained a concussion take a look at.

-With NCA Newswire