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I really don't think there is anything to be worried about Clark and his recovery. If there is anything going wrong there always seems to be a report on it by the club, and so since there have been no reports saying anything bad we should all be staying positive :)

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      On 14/10/2012 at 05:52, young dee enthusiast said:

    I really don't think there is anything to be worried about Clark and his recovery. If there is anything going wrong there always seems to be a report on it by the club, and so since there have been no reports saying anything bad we should all be staying positive :)

    Sorry, don't agree YDE. If you have read any of my posts, you will see that I am over optimistic and positive - except about some other posters :unsure:. But I doubt we'd hear anything at this stage (unless it was totally catastrophic). In the meantime I just hope and assume all is well.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 04:59, NowWeKnow said:

    No - sorry, no inside information from me. Just thought, given the injury, everyone harboured some anxieties about Mitch Clark's future but nobody was mentioning it much until now. This topic seemed to be "the elephant in room".

    You're right - I don't want to talk about it....it'll stress me out if he doesn't make a full recovery.

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    Simple we are one key forward short

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    Remember hearing from Mitch that he was recovering well and looked at completing most of the pre season.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 08:22, Demon Jack said:

    Remember hearing from Mitch that he was recovering well and looked at completing most of the pre season.

    Fabulous news.

    Now, has anyone any news on big Max's rehab and progress. If we get him up and at it, it will mean that Mitch may never have to ruck other than the odd cameo deep forward.

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    It would literally end me if Clark was never the same because of his injury, which he only sustained because he keeps having to contest against 9 defenders on his own.

    This is why we need to overpay average players like Dawes, because Mitch Clark is a diamond worth protecting with other big bodies.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 02:03, Choko said:

    I hate to say this, I really do, but I understand that a significant number of footballers who sustain his injury never play again, and of those that do, none are the same. So yeh, I think there is no doubt we would have some concerns.

    Where the hell did you get that from. This is an extremely rare break. The only known player that the medico's and Clark could talk to was Richo and he played his best footy after the injury although he thought it might have contributed to his hamstring injuries but because of the orthotics he had to wear in his shoes to protect it. They didn't know of any other players. So who are the "significant number of footballers..never play again" you are talking about.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 02:46, jnrmac said:

    Apparently he has just started skipping. I read that he posted it on twitter.

    Careful with what you say... on these forums that is likely to be construed as meaning Mitch has gone completely off the rails and is now skipping training sessions.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 12:12, It said:

    Where the hell did you get that from. This is an extremely rare break. The only known player that the medico's and Clark could talk to was Richo and he played his best footy after the injury although he thought it might have contributed to his hamstring injuries but because of the orthotics he had to wear in his shoes to protect it. They didn't know of any other players. So who are the "significant number of footballers..never play again" you are talking about.

    When his injury was diagnosed i did a bit online research. There have been other AFL examples from memory however there have been quite a few in NFL in the states. From what i read it is a serious injury, with some players not returning and the majority of players who were able to get back not being able to perfom at their previous level.

    Now i don't want to be a fear monger and the guy treating him is supposed to be the best so but it is certainly a worry given the way he plays and the weight the foot has to bear.

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    It is heartening to hear that Richo got through his injury. As yet we do not know the true severity of Clarks injury as he is not playing or running yet. Though both big units they play a lot different especially in the mental department. Richo is far more gifted but never worked really hard as he could when things were not going well and disappeared quickly when he could not get good supply. Most of Clark's productivity came from converting gut busting 1%ers against the odds with a dash of recklessness last season. If he does recover fully what effect will that have on his approach to the game? Our midfield and forward structure will have to become a hell of a lot better so he does not have to risk himself at most contests.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 22:34, binman said:

    When his injury was diagnosed i did a bit online research. There have been other AFL examples from memory however there have been quite a few in NFL in the states. From what i read it is a serious injury, with some players not returning and the majority of players who were able to get back not being able to perfom at their previous level.

    Now I wonder why anyone needs to go to a doctor when we have google; thanks for the insite Binman for your detailed knowledge of Mitch's injury and the human anatomy.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 22:52, america de cali said:

    It is heartening to hear that Richo got through his injury. As yet we do not know the true severity of Clarks injury as he is not playing or running yet. Though both big units they play a lot different especially in the mental department. Richo is far more gifted but never worked really hard as he could when things were not going well and disappeared quickly when he could not get good supply. Most of Clark's productivity came from converting gut busting 1%ers against the odds with a dash of recklessness last season. If he does recover fully what effect will that have on his approach to the game? Our midfield and forward structure will have become a hell of a lot better so he does not have to risk himself at most contests.

    When Clark recovers fully I don't think there will be any effects on his approach to the game. Gut busting 1%ers with dashes of recklessness will still be there.

    Just as evident the characteristics were this season after being crunched by Johnno Brown in his time at Brisbane prior.

    Leopard never changes it's spots they say, and Mitch 's competitive streak & physicality will remain.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 22:53, ickey_11 said:

    Now I wonder why anyone needs to go to a doctor when we have google; thanks for the insite Binman for your detailed knowledge of Mitch's injury and the human anatomy.

    Good on ya. Perhaps i'll google what the impact of negativity and rude sarcasm is on the human psyche.

    By the way if you are going to have a go at someone at least make an effort to spell correctly.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 23:17, binman said:

    Good on ya. Perhaps i'll google what the impact of negativity and rude sarcasm is on the human psyche.

    By the way if you are going to have a go at someone at least make an effort to spell correctly.

    The negativity is purely all yours (and that was the point); I agree the sarcasm was mine. We can both debate about the rudeness. And 'insite' is no more incorrect that your use of the the word 'ya'.

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      On 14/10/2012 at 23:00, H_T said:

    When Clark recovers fully I don't think there will be any effects on his approach to the game. Gut busting 1%ers with dashes of recklessness will still be there.

    Just as evident the characteristics were this season after being crunched by Johnno Brown in his time at Brisbane prior.

    Leopard never changes it's spots they say, and Mitch 's competitive streak & physicality will remain.

    If anything he'll go harder. He's the sort that figures he's got half a season to catch up.

    We struck gold with this one.

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      On 15/10/2012 at 00:10, ickey_11 said:

    And 'insite' is no more incorrect that your use of the the word 'ya'.

    It is actually. 'Insite' is a mis-spelling. 'Good on ya' is a way of rendering vernacular speech.

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      On 15/10/2012 at 00:21, Dr John Dee said:

    It is actually. 'Insite' is a mis-spelling. 'Good on ya' is a way of rendering vernacular speech.

    Hate to say this, but you spelt "misspelling" incorrectly ;-)

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      On 15/10/2012 at 00:35, hardtack said:

    Hate to say this, but you spelt "misspelling" incorrectly ;-)

    That's debatable hardtack. A hyphen can be used legitimately for the purpose of emphasis.

    A good example, especially on Demonland, is it's use in the term 're-sign'

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    Oh good-pedantic semantic time.

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      On 15/10/2012 at 00:57, Biffen said:

    Oh good-pedantic semantic time.

    are you a neo-semanticsist? or a pedantic narcissist?

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      On 15/10/2012 at 01:04, daisycutter said:

    are you a neo-semanticsist? or a pedantic narcissist?

    I think I'm a neo romantic pedant with narcissistic liaisons.
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    No one would ever guess it's the off season now would they !

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      On 15/10/2012 at 01:08, Biffen said:

    I think I'm a neo romantic pedant with narcissistic liaisons.

    that's nice. I'm a misogynist, I think (the definition seems to be in flux)

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