Just saw the same thing. The kid can't take a trick! Sure hope it aint serious!

Bad luck Max

Hopefully you're only gawn for 6-8 weeks ...... until the start of pre-season

Hello,

I just read KC from Casey tread and saw this

Young ruckman Max Gawn suffered a setback when he strained a medial ligament in his knee.

Any info for us. Is it the same knee? How bad?

Good luck to the big boy. Hopefully he can come back again.......

I spoke to him yesterday at the game, it is the same knee, he said it's just a little tweak and he was getting around on crutches. Kid looked and sounded disappointed about it

Cheers Comrade Ruski

Thanks for the update. Max was allways going to be a long term option. Hopefully he can recover 100% from this in the next 12-16 months

did max gawn do his knee or is this a bad piece of information?

did max gawn do his knee or is this a bad piece of information?

He didn't 'do' his knee to the extent he did last time, in his words he tweaked it. Connolly also confirmed this in an after match function

He didn't 'do' his knee to the extent he did last time, in his words he tweaked it. Connolly also confirmed this in an after match function

Also the initial article referred to a medial ligament strain. Medial ligament is not nearly as serious as anterior cruciate ligament damage. Hopefully he won't be gawn for long.

That will surely be the end of his year. Priority #1 would have to be hitting the ground running on Day 1 of pre-season.

Perhaps a run around in the China game for a bit of fun if he's fit??

That will surely be the end of his year. Priority #1 would have to be hitting the ground running on Day 1 of pre-season.

Perhaps a run around in the China game for a bit of fun if he's fit??

*cringes* - off to the cotton wool.

From my recollection, it sounds like Gawn has done exactly what Morton did to his knee earlier in the year. Though it's a set back, the good thing is that he hasn't done the acl again.

Best of luck to Max ... he's a nice young bloke and he'll be back.

In the meantime, here's a nice story about Max from the local Cranbourne newspaper - Gawn puts brain

MELBOURNE Football Club player Max Gawn was welcomed by students from St Agatha’s Primary School Cranbourne last week.

As part of the Read and Write Like a Demon literacy program, Demon player Max spoke to participating students and attended a full school assembly on Friday 30 July.

The program is a partnership between the Melbourne Football Club and the Casey Cardinia Library Corporation. It offers primary aged students the opportunity to take part in various reading and writing workshops, receive visits from Demon players and popular children’s book authors, and have the opportunity to share reading and writing experiences as a part of the program’s blog.

From my recollection, it sounds like Gawn has done exactly what Morton did to his knee earlier in the year. Though it's a set back, the good thing is that he hasn't done the acl again.

Morton, to my understanding did his PCL (posterior cruciate ligament), rather than a medial ligament strain.

Either way, a sight better than the ACL.