Opinion Joe Daniher missing a final to attend the birth of his child

[Evolved1]

Grand Final would be pause for thought.

Book the Mrs into a Melbourne hospital and hope she isn't in labor during those 3 hours?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Forward line looks better without him. Smaller, more mobile and desperate.

 

[Evolved1]

Forward line looks better without him. Smaller, more mobile and desperate.

and less shanks.

 

[parano1a]

Good win for Joe, handy in against the Cats..

 

[CH Jazz]

There are some memories you'll take to the grave. A semi is not one of them. Good luck to him and his partner.

I’d suggest a semi is what got him into this pickle…

 

[PerthBoy86]

I think it made them less Joe centric and bombed it in less, so may have helped.

 

[iameviljez]

Perhaps...But you can always have that chance of playing another Grand Final, cant ever experience your first childs birth again.

And this is assuming that all goes well.

If something went wrong and you weren't there, you would never forgive yourself. Ever.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

I'd miss the final. 100%

 

[iameviljez]

Imagine how you'd feel if you were about to be sliced open through the belly while still awake, or you knew you'd be in horrible pain for up to 24 hours trying to push a baby through your body, at serious risk of deep genital tears.

Not to mention what might happen if baby doesn’t start breathing, or the foetal heartbeat starts to go haywire, or you have a massive post-partum haemorrhage.

Footy - even a Grand Final - is not worth not being there for your wife and baby going through that.

 

[Alberto_Magnifico]

It's just a job, life shouldn't ever be 2nd to a job.

 

[Sassermon]

Don't really think its a question. yes its an important experience for him to be there to meet his child so he can have that experience but he needs to experience the rest of it too. Childbirth is scary, it's traumatic, it's dangerous. His partner deserves to have her partner there while her body tears itself apart, he deserves to really know what that moment is like, not just hear about it after the fact

 

[Hoops]

Having been at the birth to all 3 of my children i can tell you it's overrated. I would have played.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Surely a midweek induction was in order…

 

[iameviljez]

Surely a midweek induction was in order…

Serious medical procedures should never be done for convenience

 

[evo]

Having been at the birth to all 3 of my children i can tell you it's overrated. I would have played.

Same!

 

[Orange crush]

Perhaps...But you can always have that chance of playing another Grand Final, cant ever experience your first childs birth again.

How many blokes even know when their 1st child was born

 

[Gazza Greatness]

Having been at the birth to all 3 of my children i can tell you it's overrated. I would have played.

Been to the birth of all 4 children whom are adults now and there was never a moments thought that I wouldn't be there to support my wife, especially the first born where child birth can be exceedingly more painful, in fact my wife was in so much pain leading up to first born she 'bit my arm' and said in excruciating pain at the time she would never have a baby again, we still from time to time have a giggle about that. Fortunately, the proceeding 3 births all become less painful for her with the last & final birth of my wife being only in labour for 2 hours before a little boy popped out but if anything did happen to go wrong in any of those births of our children and I wasn't there for support, then I know to be certain I'd never forgive myself, regardless of how unlikely something going wrong might have been.

 

[RUNVS]

I am glad his baby was born healthy as that is the most important thing but another important question that no one is asking, and it is important for the welfare of the baby. Does it look more like its mother?

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

Meh who cares. Grand Final you’d have a genuine dilemma but other than that, no big deal.

Also, might be well wide of the mark here but is it just me or do footballers have children inordinately early? Most people I know seem to have kids in their mid to late 30s. Yet you seem to see plenty of footballers getting around with 2 or 3 kids in their late 20s, early 30s.

Possibly they get so much easy booty as soon as they’re drafted that they get it all out of their system and are ready to settle down early. And nesting chicks would love a well-paid footballer.

Or maybe I just hang around immature people.

Lot of free time for rooting I'd assume, and financial security for starting a family.

 

[Schauermann]

See no big problem in it. Probably nearly all employers will do their very best to make this possible in most cases. Can't think of a more accepted reason to gets days of work.

Bradshaw all over again!

Reminds me of Leigh Matthews who was then coach of the Lions telling the players not to have sex in December!

Sounds harsh. But we actually know how making children works nowadays. So I would at least try to have a month of having sex to get pregnant. Unless you are very desperate for some reason. But most playing and partnersa are still young, so being desperate probably start late in their career at earliest.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Serious medical procedures should never be done for convenience

My comment was tongue in cheek but FWIW an induction is not a serious medical procedure and they are often scheduled well in advance.

 

[BigPond101]

I'd still print the divorce papers. Family comes before work.

Bigfooty's misogynistic side on full show tonight. If he was missing for mental health reasons or say, a parent's funeral it would be all "family is bigger than the game" or "health is more important than a game". But being there for the birth of a child which is actually a really serious medical procedure? Nup , play on Joey.

What was the point of making this thread then if anyone who disagreed would just be laballed a "misogynist" lol. Not that I even care, Daniher is my least favourite player I wouldnt mind if he never plays again

But saying its "just a football game" when this is what your family relies on is disrespectful. If your husband filled vending machines or cleaned toilets for a living it would be equally disrespectful to say "Well if my husband wasnt there because he was filling vending machines I would divorce him"

 

[Hoops]

Been to the birth of all 4 children whom are adults now and there was never a moments thought that I wouldn't be there to support my wife, especially the first born where child birth can be exceedingly more painful, in fact my wife was in so much pain leading up to first born she 'bit my arm' and said in excruciating pain at the time she would never have a baby again, we still from time to time have a giggle about that. Fortunately, the proceeding 3 births all become less painful for her with the last & final birth of my wife being only in labour for 2 hours before a little boy popped out but if anything did happen to go wrong in any of those births of our children and I wasn't there for support, then I know to be certain I'd never forgive myself, regardless of how unlikely something going wrong might have been.

Fair call, was being facetious. We did have one with complications and although you cant do much it's important to be there for support.

 

[iBeng]

How many blokes even know when their 1st child was born

Weird excuse to miss your first childs birth because some fathers in the world are deadbeats?

 

[iameviljez]

My comment was tongue in cheek but FWIW an induction is not a serious medical procedure and they are often scheduled well in advance.

Only for medical reasons… and birth is a serious medical procedure.

My fiancée is an obstetrician, she is clear that they didn’t even induce for FIFO workers who couldn’t be there.