Max Gawn's knee

[Wrecker45 3,378]

Is there any news on Max Gawn's knee?

Please don't be an acl.

[Max Power 37]

Please don't be an acl.

Would be shocking to see him out on another one.

[george_on_the_outer 7,107]

I'm hoping it is only a strain, as it was bandaged rather than iced after the match

[Demon3 2,541]

Scans this morning, club insiders fearing ACL.

[Sir Why You Little 35,322]

Could be curtains for Max. Man his size with wonky knees.

[TheoX 1,218]

Yep, if it's an ACL, that will surely be career over. Hopefully it's not.

[Whispering_Jack 28,118]

Hoping it's not an ACL but if it is, there's no way known that its career over for Max. He's still young enough and knows what it takes to recover from such an injury. Max Bailey played in a premiership after 3 knee recos and our own Ox won a b & f.

[ILLDieADemon 804]

Dame thoughs tasty LCM's, dame them to hell.

[Earl Hood 5,875]

Looks like we will be in the market for an experienced ruckman at trade time. King is raw, Jamar perhaps a year left, Spencer marginal at best injury wise and talent wise.

[juzzk1d 1,354]

Looks like we will be in the market for an experienced ruckman at trade time. King is raw, Jamar perhaps a year left, Spencer marginal at best injury wise and talent wise.

I know he isn't experienced but could Peter Wright come into fruition in the draft then? Not only can ruck but can find the footy, play forward and is a great kick. Might be a versatile player that could be highly beneficial in the long term.

[low flying Robbo 979]

he looked shattered as he came off

[What 18,810]

would just be our luck (and his) that its an ACL

How many blows can this club take?

[deeflog 679]

Does anyone know how it happened? I have seen any footage of it

[gsmith12 491]

With the way the game is played in recent years maybe the days of the bean pole ruckmen are over.

Sandilands and Leuenberger spend more time injured than on the field, perhaps we should look to types like Maric, Minson and Martin.

Very disappointing for Max after all he has been through to get on the field and his form has been encouraging.

Best of luck big fella.

[Earl Hood 5,875]

I know he isn't experienced but could Peter Wright come into fruition in the draft then? Not only can ruck but can find the footy, play forward and is a great kick. Might be a versatile player that could be highly beneficial in the long term.

If Roos has any say we won't be taking Wright early, it will be a mid unless we trade for experienced mids early and look to pick some talls later in the draft or thru a trade.

[rjay 24,193]

Unfortunately seemed only a matter of time for big Maxy. Maybe it's being a Melbourne supporter but....

[Cards13 9,117]

Shattering if an ACL was secretly hoping for a big bust out year from Maxi next year, he was going to be completing a pre-preseason with at an up and coming sports science fitness centre.

It getting him so late in the season is another blow as it puts him out for all preseason and most of season, next year would be a total wash for him... MFC happiness.

[Redleg 38,578]

Really hope it is only a strain. He deserves some luck, as do we.

[olisik 4,060]

Gawn Frawley and Clark all lost in a year.

[Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,166]

Have heard from someone close to family that they are hopeful that only a clean out will required which sounds more like cartiledge strain to me, however they won't know for sure until tomorrow.

Let's hope that's all it is as he'd barely miss pre season if that were the case!

[Little Richard 5,943]

With the way the game is played in recent years maybe the days of the bean pole ruckmen are over.

Sandilands and Leuenberger spend more time injured than on the field, perhaps we should look to types like Maric, Minson and Martin.

Very disappointing for Max after all he has been through to get on the field and his form has been encouraging.

Best of luck big fella.

At 122kg I wouldn't call Sandilands a 'bean pole' ruckman. Leuenburger is a sturdy 102kg and our own Max is 111kg - again, not a size I'd call 'bean pole'.

They may appear slightly slimmer because they are taller but the players you've mentioned aren't much smaller - 202cm, 199cm and 198cm. In the scheme of things, a few centimetres and kilograms aren't worth much.

At the end of the days Max is just more injury prone than most of the other ruckmen in the league.

[IvanBartul13 2,564]

Does anyone know how it happened? I have seen any footage of it

He seemingly did it when he knocked back the tap that led to Lynden Dunn's goal. Extremely innocuous incident and didn't seem to be much hyperextension. I was positioned behind the benches last night and I have not seen as dejected a figure leave a ground before though which had me fearing the worst.

Edited August 31, 2014 by goodoil

[Max Power 37]

"The initial reports from the scans have shown that his ACL is stable but there is damage to his medial meniscus."

From Dees website, so it appears not to be an ACL. But this of course will be confirmed during surgery.

[titan_uranus 23,226]

Would be horrifically terrible news if it's a serious knee injury. Gawn's progress this year was one of our few positives. To lose that is to just plunge this season further into nothingness.

[chook fowler 18,588]

Means Fitz may have won a reprieve, both on form and with Maxxy under a cloud.