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Christian Petracca - Season Ending Knee Injury

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Hogan

wait a year...breath in ...breath out

Truck wait a year....continue breathing.......

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    It's that stupid nickname Petrattack that cursed him I tells ya!

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    What the f#ck.

    this is horrible news for Christian and the club.

    My heart sunk in my chest when my brother told me.

    Of course it happened, we probably should have known something was going on, how could the mfc have such a positive pre season.

    It was all looking so great and up beat.

    Well let's hope he's right for next year, this could seriously impact his longevity.

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    Very disappointing to the club and supporters wanting to see him in the red and blue and most importantly the kid himself. However keeping it in some sort of sunny side perspective:

    Doing it now is better than during the season.

    Doing it now in his career is better than once he gets momentum with maturity in years to come.

    We lose nothing from last year with his loss this year.

    Injuries will happen and the loss of a player with zero games is better than numerous others in the team (who I won't mention so as not to mozz them).

    Unlike Hogan last year this is not a position that we cant cover in some way.

    Knee's with the right surgery and rehab don't have lasting effects.

    A knee is not a foot injury.

    I refuse to get caught up with any curse or over reaction. Injuries happen. It sucks regardless of who it is but its just part of the game. Best of luck Christian in your recovery. I look forward to seeing you in the red and blue in 2016.

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    Its what we lost by not having Hogan playing last year and again the club will loose in more ways than one without Petracca.

    What? He would have been lucky to finish in the top20 in the best and fairest, stop crying like little babies and harden up

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    What? He would have been lucky to finish in the top20 in the best and fairest, stop crying like little babies and harden up

    Yep C and B

    You would think we just lost the 2014 Brownlow medallist they way some are carrying on this afternoon.

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    Yep C and B

    You would think we just lost the 2014 Brownlow medallist they way some are carrying on this afternoon.

    Not 2014 old dee but possibly 2015!

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    Lions v Christian

    Another win for Lions

    Rich has recovered from his ACL I may have to swap the Petracca with Rich.

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    What? He would have been lucky to finish in the top20 in the best and fairest, stop crying like little babies and harden up

    A little harsh C&B. Supporters here have the right to be disappointed by this news. Perspective will come later.

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    Yep C and B

    You would think we just lost the 2014 Brownlow medallist they way some are carrying on this afternoon.

    Pearce Hanley is out for 3 months, he their VC and finished 4th in the BnF last year, much bigger loss than what we suffered today and there will be plenty of others league wide

    Enough with the WAWAWAWA we're cursed rubbish

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    A little harsh C&B. Supporters here have the right to be disappointed by this news. Perspective will come later.

    they have the right of course, but they are blowing it way out of proportion and making it worse

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    Pearce Hanley is out for 3 months, he their VC and finished 4th in the BnF last year, much bigger loss than what we suffered today and there will be plenty of others league wide

    Enough with the WAWAWAWA we're cursed rubbish

    Yep and Carlton lost Kruezer for 6+ weeks with another foot injury.

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    Not 2014 old dee but possibly 2015!

    You really don't believe that Demonox

    He would have been lucky to get three votes for the season.

    He has not played one game.I understand the disappointment but a little perspective would not go astray.

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    they have the right of course, but they are blowing it way out of proportion and making it worse

    It's to be expected though. It will blow over once the season gets rolling and more realise that he wasn't going to play as much footy as they hoped anyway.

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    It's to be expected though. It will blow over once the season gets rolling and more realise that he wasn't going to play as much footy as they hoped anyway.

    Or he could've been Ollie Wines or he could've been Christian Salem (showed a fair bit of promise in limited games) or he could've been Brad Green -lead us in to finals in his first year.

    I understand being upset at the time and I get that people should now have calmed down a bit but it's amazing how we've swung from putting too much expectation on our draftees to completely the opposite direction and seemingly putting limits on them.

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    Or he could've been Ollie Wines or he could've been Christian Salem (showed a fair bit of promise in limited games) or he could've been Brad Green -lead us in to finals in his first year.

    I understand being upset at the time and I get that people should now have calmed down a bit but it's amazing how we've swung from putting too much expectation on our draftees to completely the opposite direction and seemingly putting limits on them.

    pft 95% of first year players do squat in their debut season and you know it

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    So could it be too much overloading that provoked this injury? Or is it simply a case of misfortune? Or both...

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    Yep and Carlton lost Kruezer for 6+ weeks with another foot injury.

    Like anyone will notice that. He's a spud.

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    So could it be too much overloading that provoked this injury? Or is it simply a case of misfortune? Or both...

    I thought it was caused by an innocuous bump that caused him to land awkwardly in general training.

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    Like anyone will notice that. He's a spud.

    His was a no.1 pick.

    On that basis pat could be one too.

    I doubt it but that is the analogue you put up

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    His was a no.1 pick.

    On that basis pat could be one too.

    I doubt it but that is the analogue you put up

    Kreuzers career has been destroyed by injuries. Good analogy.

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    Rotten luck & I really feel for the kid but unfortunately that's footy sometimes. This will open the door for another player possibly Vandenberg.

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    Or he could've been Ollie Wines or he could've been Christian Salem (showed a fair bit of promise in limited games) or he could've been Brad Green -lead us in to finals in his first year.

    I understand being upset at the time and I get that people should now have calmed down a bit but it's amazing how we've swung from putting too much expectation on our draftees to completely the opposite direction and seemingly putting limits on them.

    True. We don't really know if he was going to have a terrific year or struggle and spend most of it in the magoos.

    For the record I've never put too much expectation on the kid and only hoped to see him earn his spot later in the year.

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