#17,#11 Dayne Beams

[Kill for Collingwood]

Seriously negligent recruiting disaster full stop.
Can't say weren't warned about all his health issues.
Why should we pick up his pieces after the shit way he left.
Sucked in big time!!!!

[Kill for Collingwood]

Claiming "depression" is a modern populist excuse for failure and incompetence making it "politically incorrect" to question.'
CFC doesn't owe Beams or anybody a career or a living.
He should piss off and try somewhere else for a handout and another shoulder to cry on. Everyone's old man dies. Mine did when I was 12.
Get over it.

[K]

[Kill for Collingwood]

Did Beams' " mental health" issues compromise his most recent contracts with Brisbane and Collingwood. "Give us a break" !!!

[tbaker]

[RudeBoy]

Very sad for Beams and I hope he finds a way back from his bouts of depression.

As for Collingwood, it is clear now that we paid way too much (2 first round draft picks) for a player, known to be battling physical and mental health issues.

[David]

All I’ll say is – for those of you who think mental illness is suddenly trendy among AFL players or some kind of get out of jail free card – that what we’re seeing now is almost certainly still a vast underrepresentation of the number of players with serious mental health issues. Known rates of mental illness in ordinary society are much higher than the relatively low percentage of AFL players who’ve gone public, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the high-pressure, high-surveillance life of an elite footballer would make you even more, not less, susceptible to poor psychological health outcomes.

So those like Beams who are coming out publicly with it and getting the help they need are doing something brave (particularly considering the stigma and all the "man up" stuff they’re going to cop on social media for doing so), and will hopefully help others who need it to do the same. In the meantime, if we consider ourselves "supporters" ... well, it should be pretty obvious what our job is. Get well soon, Dayne.

[watt price tully]

[K]

[Culprit]

There's no doubt Beams has issues and in saying that he will receive the best help and support money can buy. The average citizen would struggle to get any assistance. So yes feel for him but don't make out he's the only person having an issue. If he was Joe Smith playing Country Football somewhere he wouldn't rate a mention in any news service.

[Culprit]

[warburton lad]

I just want the best outcome for Beams and his family.

It (depression/mental health issues) is a killer.

I love the Magpies and those who wear the jumper, but all of that pales into insignificance when one looks at the bigger picture which is the welfare of a fellow human being.

As one who suffers from depression, I can empathise with Beams; I cannot remember what it is to laugh and be happy some days even though I know I am loved by Mrs Warburton Lad, my children and my grandchild.

There is an old French saying, "When I am happy, it is hard to remember when I was sad; when I am sad, it is hard to remember being happy".

As one 'broken' Magpie to another, I wish and pray that Beams gets back to a state of happiness and contentedness with his life.

For me, at least, this is far more important than whether he returns to the playing field to delight us with his skills as an elite footballer.

Floreat Pica, everybody.

[K]

[robevpau1]

Personal judgments can lack understanding and required empathy of a broad spectrum communal issue, by becoming part of the problem. We need to come to the realisation that casting particular assumptions and judgments upon another, can further accentuate current mental health issues. Healing comes through empathy and support, not opinion and assumption. Take all the time you need Beamsey!

[think better]