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Christian Petracca - Season Ending Knee Injury

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Brendon Goddard did his ACL in 2007, came back in round 3 of the 2008 season, then went All Australian in 2009 and 2010, starring in the 2010 drawn grand final. Lenny Hayes did his ACL in 2011, then

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Ironically, I now lay here in my bed after having knee surgery yesterday. I feel sorry for Christian but I know he has the determination and desire to totally recover. I ruptured my ACL in my righ

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Yeah I can understand the comments like he wouldn't have been a major factor for us this year, it's better doing it now than at 25, this year was more a development year for him, he will be fresh to g

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Should we delist him and re-rookie him at seasons end?

All jokes aside, I'm shattered.

The positive is that...actually, there is no positive. Maybe that it frees up a chance for a rookie to put their hand up, but I'd much prefer Petracca running around than Vandenberg (no disrespect to Vandenberg).

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I've absolutely had a gut full of this s#it... Why can't something go our way for once. How many blows does this club have to take ? Hogan missing last year was enough. Toumpas having 2 hips operated on, Trengove stuffs his foot, tapscott bloody slips on a sprinkler head in his first pre season and never recovered... Why does this stuff happen to us

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So one report of him hurting his knee during training and some on here, who haven't even seen it, have written him off for the year with an ACL.

Gee these last few years have done things to us.

Told ya.

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Gentlemen, it is footy, injuries happen, absolutely shattered for the big guy, think he knew something wasn't right

Spot on Saty,

He is a kid that was probably not going to contribute much this year.

Life goes on, the sun will come up tomorrow.

We have all had a lot of disappointment the last decade so nothing new to get a little bit here.

There are 39 others on the list plus rookies.

Just proves to me you should go very easy on young draftees.

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He is a kid that was probably not going to contribute much this year.

We finally draft a big bodied kid with an early pick which everyone has been screaming for. He probably would have had an impact this year but we will never know.

Can't help but wonder if Ollie Wines would have done his knee had we drafted him...

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Spot on Saty,

He is a kid that was probably not going to contribute much this year.

Life goes on, the sun will come up tomorrow.

We have all had a lot of disappointment the last decade so nothing new to get a little bit here.

There are 39 others on the list plus rookies.

Just proves to me you should go very easy on young draftees.

Well said, OD. We all feel for the poor kid, as it must be a shattering experience. But as a club, we say that injuries happen, they are never good, but they are part of football. Didn't one of the filth's prize recruits do something similar last year? No one wants it to happen, but it does, unfortunately. So after a collective cry of "Oh #@$#!", we move on ....

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We finally draft a big bodied kid with an early pick which everyone has been screaming for. He probably would have had an impact this year but we will never know.

Can't help but wonder if Ollie Wines would have done his knee had we drafted him...

Oh Wrecker take a breath.

It is not the end of the world.

The answer is no he would have been just as good if he been with the dees.

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Well said, OD. We all feel for the poor kid, as it must be a shattering experience. But as a club, we say that injuries happen, they are never good, but they are part of football. Didn't one of the filth's prize recruits do something similar last year? No one wants it to happen, but it does, unfortunately. So after a collective cry of "Oh #@$#!", we move on ....

Well said on the well said... it's just a shame that one poster finds it necessary to gloat over the fact they correctly predicted it would be a season ending injury.

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Spot on Saty,

He is a kid that was probably not going to contribute much this year.

Life goes on, the sun will come up tomorrow.

We have all had a lot of disappointment the last decade so nothing new to get a little bit here.

There are 39 others on the list plus rookies.

Just proves to me you should go very easy on young draftees.

Yes, I find myself a bit callous about it; "he wouldn't have been much use this year so if it had to happen, better to do it now."

ACLs aren't the end of the world they used to be.

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