I'm thinking that Sam Blease has caused himself to fall behind a season due to his getting injured.

I wonder if it would help his knowledge & experience, if he were to sit in the Casey coaches box of the 2nds or seniors to help learn some of what he's missing?

Sure it was a blow what happened to him at school.

Im not worried though the slightest. He out of everyone was not ready this year due to his size being compared to a garden rake.

He is still at school in year 12 like a lot of kids who are yet to be drafted this year.

He is still gaining experience being in a club atmosphere, he will be hitting the gym hard i imagine as we speak and will be physically ready next year to earn a spot on the park.

Nothing to worry about at all there

He's already in front of most kids his age by being drafted young. This year is like a bonus year in his development. He gets to be a part of an AFL club, that's pretty good experience for a 17 year old student.

It is such a shame that this injury occurred but (to pick a small positive out of a giant negative) at least he injured his leg and not his arm. I'm sure the dees have him in weights room pumping some serious iron and getting his upper body strength up to scratch.

It is not a massive loss to have this guy out of the team and into the gym ATM.

Regardless of whether he would have played AFL footy or not, I think the injury is a huge blow for someone who needs significant development and a year with some time at Casey 1sts/2nds would have been invaluable.

I hope there are no legacy mental or physical scars from the injury.

Its a sad loss in my opinion.

I know this is speculative, but where do you think he would have gone in this years draft had he made it through. itd be nice to hear Sheahan's opinion on this if anyone gets the chance to ask him haha

The reason I posted this is not about his physical conditioning, as I believe the club would have him pushing the weights & no doubt some boxing when he's up & running.

What I'm on about is the things he's missing out on learning, by not getting the feedback from the coaches during training & playing games. The messages & instruction given out from coaching personnell that teaches the requirements & aids developement.

The accolades & the kicks in the butt.

I can't take any positives out of this situation. He will miss out on valuable match experience, training and most importantly he may have damaged one of the keys to his game, his pace. As far as I am concerned he is a write off until further notice.

I can't take any positives out of this situation. He will miss out on valuable match experience, training and most importantly he may have damaged one of the keys to his game, his pace. As far as I am concerned he is a write off until further notice.

Agreed, I know it might be drawing a long bow but I can't stop thinking about Nathan Browns similar break. It can only hamper the stand out parts of his game PACE & BALL USE

FFS, he is a kid not a twenty six year old calm down and by the way do you really think the club would say sorry kid broken leg go away and learn what you can by yourself and come back when your better......think about it heh?

Agreed, I know it might be drawing a long bow but I can't stop thinking about Nathan Browns similar break. It can only hamper the stand out parts of his game PACE & BALL USE

Why do people think it was the same break as Nathan Brown???

Nathan Brown broke BOTH bones in his lower leg. Blease only broke the fibula, which is the non load bearing bone in the leg anyway. He'll be 100% right when it heals.

Why do people think it was the same break as Nathan Brown???

Nathan Brown broke BOTH bones in his lower leg. Blease only broke the fibula, which is the non load bearing bone in the leg anyway. He'll be 100% right when it heals.

Only an assumption, I heard compound fracture and thought the worst. I hope your right.

Only an assumption, I heard compound fracture and thought the worst. I hope your right.

Compound fracture means it pierced the skin. Doesn't mean both brones were broken.

Why do people think it was the same break as Nathan Brown???

Nathan Brown broke BOTH bones in his lower leg. Blease only broke the fibula, which is the non load bearing bone in the leg anyway. He'll be 100% right when it heals.

I have experienced a broken fibula down near the ankle joint. The main problem is the extent of the damage to the ligaments. It took hundreds of hours of rehab and 12 - 18 months before I felt like my mobility was nearing something like it was.

To say that he will return to 100% health is an uninformed view in my mind. Its not to say that he won't but Sam, the club and his physios won't know how well he will recover for a long time.

I don't know why people are concerned.

Thats football, the only difference is that he didn't do it playing for the dees.

Hopefully he will be ready to go for a full pre season!

I have experienced a broken fibula down near the ankle joint. The main problem is the extent of the damage to the ligaments. It took hundreds of hours of rehab and 12 - 18 months before I felt like my mobility was nearing something like it was.

To say that he will return to 100% health is an uninformed view in my mind. Its not to say that he won't but Sam, the club and his physios won't know how well he will recover for a long time.

Correct. Regardless of whether it was one or two bones, it was a bad break.

I don't know why people are concerned.

I have experienced a broken fibula down near the ankle joint. The main problem is the extent of the damage to the ligaments. It took hundreds of hours of rehab and 12 - 18 months before I felt like my mobility was nearing something like it was.

To say that he will return to 100% health is an uninformed view in my mind. Its not to say that he won't but Sam, the club and his physios won't know how well he will recover for a long time.

I've done exactly the same as Blease too, broken fibula, compound fracture, dislocated ankle - popped it back in myself.

Was out near Wilson's prom so it was a 2 hour drive to hospital.

Lots of ligament damage, moonboot for a few months.

Was good as new again in 6 months, a few weeks of rehab, not much more. A couple of screws in the ankle, removed about a month later.

I was back playing footy that same season.

My ankle is now stronger than before, as the surgeon told me happens in almost all of these cases.

I've done exactly the same as Blease too, broken fibula, compound fracture, dislocated ankle - popped it back in myself.

Was out near Wilson's prom so it was a 2 hour drive to hospital.

Lots of ligament damage, moonboot for a few months.

Was good as new again in 6 months, a few weeks of rehab, not much more. A couple of screws in the ankle, removed about a month later.

I was back playing footy that same season.

My ankle is now stronger than before, as the surgeon told me happens in almost all of these cases.

I ran into a bloke @ the local footy yesterday who was a friend of The Blease family.

Had an interesting chat about Sam Blease & managed to extract the following in general conversation.

* Leg is healing fine & they are expecting zero complications.

* He is wrapt to be @ Melbourne however up until 60 seconds before his name was called he thought

he was going to The Hawks. Last minute change by The Hawks & he landed in our lap.

*I asked him who he most reminded him off from Demons of the past & he stated one Robert Flower.

*Stated if he was in this years draft he has no doubt he would of been a top 3 selection.

* He is very good mates with Tom Sculley & would be wrapt to have him on our list.

There was alot more that I won't mention however I walked away from this converastion

one very happy Demon supporter very much looking forward to this kid's debut in 2010

I ran into a bloke @ the local footy yesterday who was a friend of The Blease family.

Had an interesting chat about Sam Blease & managed to extract the following in general conversation.

* Leg is healing fine & they are expecting zero complications.

* He is wrapt to be @ Melbourne however up until 60 seconds before his name was called he thought

he was going to The Hawks. Last minute change by The Hawks & he landed in our lap.

*I asked him who he most reminded him off from Demons of the past & he stated one Robert Flower.

*Stated if he was in this years draft he has no doubt he would of been a top 3 selection.

* He is very good mates with Tom Sculley & would be wrapt to have him on our list.

There was alot more that I won't mention however I walked away from this converastion

one very happy Demon supporter very much looking forward to this kid's debut in 2010

Thanks for that info mate.

I cant wait to see Strauss and Blease on our team. I think we will see a big difference, they are speedy players we crave, add Tom Scully to this we are looking a lot better in our struggling midfield.

It seems Watts and Blease are mates with Scully being vic metro boys, all good for future

Could be a blessing ... a sign ... a message ... we draft kids far tooooooo young ... then over burden them with way toooooo many expectations.

Has plenty, plenty time.