Col Garland

[Eth 4]

I saw Col Garland being assisted off the field in the last quarter - can anyone explain the injury?

[Jaded No More 68,867]

Stupid SEN gave me this.... "Col Garland with a medial ligament". That's it.

SEN are dead to me with their crap reporting. That could bloody well mean anything!

Edit: should note that I saw him jumping up and down on the boundary and he walked unaided on the field after the game. Still could mean anything.

Edited April 3, 2011 by Jaded

[Melb2012 0]

Hope he is ok, he fights so hard, Buddy kicked 2.6 last week against Davis from Adelaide and everyone lauded him. We gave over 70 I50s away and Buddy kicked 2.4.

[Chook 15,012]

Hope he is ok, he fights so hard, Buddy kicked 2.6 last week against Davis from Adelaide and everyone lauded him. We gave over 70 I50s away and Buddy kicked 2.4.

After Lance Franklin had out-marked Colin Garland in a wrestle, Brad "the Genius" Johnson goes " Buddy would win 9 out of 10 of those."

I'm like "Hey doofus, there's been three of those so far, and that's the first one he's won. Looks more like 3 out of 10 of those to me."

In other words, Judy's a gun and I hope he's okay.

EDIT: Don't you hate it when the commentators go "so-and-so's coming off with a knee." I would hope that everyone comes off with two knees. You'd think it'd be unlikely that they'd lose one while playing.

Edited April 3, 2011 by Chook

[e25 5]

Looked to me like he rolled his ankle, but I'm not sure.

I did notice at one stage late in the 3rd when he ran towards the bench, labouring to get there... then was waved back onto the field because the guys on the bench were still recovering and none were ready to replace him.

He stayed out there another few minutes and looked completely cooked when he did run off.

I'm pretty sure his fatigue could easily have contributed to the injury.

I also think the rest of our players were exhausted, and it might take a decent period of adjustment before we learn to cope with the new loads on players.

With the new interchange rules, we may even find our gameplan and the way we defend will need to change, as we seem to be running ourselves ragged well before the game is near it's conclusion.

I also saw Jetta and (iirc) Martin cramping late against the swans.

There is a large element of "suck it and see" with the changes; the way we manage loads will evolve over time, but as yet it is the great unknown.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,025]

SEN reported a grade one Medial. That's a pretty minor problem apparently. They were talking one week off.