15 hours ago, rjay said:

We did a very hard pre season...

The injury list was down last season and has jumped up this year. Good luck/good planing..bad luck/bad planning?

When you start to add up the soft tissue/overuse type injuries then maybe you need to look at the training methods.

Contact:
Tyson
JKH
Wagner
Joel Smith
Vince
??? Hibberd - reported someone stepped on his heel
Garland - not sure if it was contact but ACL's are kind of freak leg meets ground and buckles injuries a lot

Soft tissue:
Garlett
Gawn
McKenna
Hulett

Stress injuries:
Frost
Vanders
Kent

I'd say bad luck at this stage. To have 3 important players miss time due to stress injuries isn't great but at the same time they seem like 3 injury prone guys and it's hard to avoid that. A couple of young guys doing soft tissues isn't great but it happens. Gawn's really the big injury of the season so far and it's a shame his back tightened up and probably had a role in the hamstring injury. So it's really worth questioning the management there. 

Just a '4 letter word' from me ................... and now it's time move forward with Jake..  

12 minutes ago, Luther said:

Devastating blow, but Spencer will be a solid replacement IMO. He's been waiting for this chance for a long time and his endeavour and aggression can't be knocked.

#penciltime is now trending on twitter.

I take solace in the development of Stefan Martin at Brisbane. For a season and a half after we traded him he could not get a game until Leunberger got injured and has not looked back. 

Edited April 10, 20178 yr by america de cali

I don't think The Dees will risk him again this year! Spencil and King to front up!

The curse lives.......

Max is a huge loss. Hopefully Spencer stays fit and shows us he has improved.

6 minutes ago, picket fence said:

I don't think The Dees will risk him again this year! Spencil and King to front up!

Where is King at in his rehab?

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

I don't think The Dees will risk him again this year! Spencil and King to front up!

what?? what on earth would make you think that? If its 12 weeks then he would be back with like 7 rounds to go... maybe if there was only 1/2 rounds to go and we were out of contention they wouldnt risk it but with 7 left he will play.

Jason Johanissen came back from a similar injury last year and won the Norm Smith....he'll be back if we are in with a chance of finals for sure

Jake will step up and Pedo as well but they will never give us the edge that Max provides. In my opinion our best and most critical player. Sigh!!!!

Ps(I hope that it all goes well for you Max)!!!

I am basing my case on some experience in these matters.I was a Phys Ed teacher with a Sports Exercise and Science background. All I'm saying Is that depending on the severity of the tendon tear be it grade 1,2 or 3 will have a large bearing on his recovery. I may be conservative with my esttimation and I don't know the specifics of the injury but a hamstring insertion/origin tendon tear is a bad injury, especially for a big man, given the action of the biomechanical movements and pressure on that muscle tendon group. Happy if any Phsios or Docs that are posters want to varify or offer alternative views.

Let just hope the surgery goes well and he is back playing sooner than later!

Edited April 10, 20178 yr by picket fence

13 minutes ago, sisso said:

Jason Johanissen came back from a similar injury last year and won the Norm Smith....he'll be back if we are in with a chance of finals for sure

Nick Riewoldt did it in 2010 - played off in two Grand Finals that year!

3 minutes ago, picket fence said:

I am basing my case on some experience in these matters.I was a Phys Ed teacher with a Sports Exercise and Science background. All I'm saying Is that depending on the severity of the tendon tear be it grade 1,2 or 3 will have a large bearing on his recovery. I may be conservative with my esttimation and I don't know the specifics of the injury but a hamstring insertion/origin tendon tear is a bad injury, especially for a big man, given the action of the biomechanical movements and pressure on that muscle tendon group. Just sayin!

Yeah I think especially for someone his size and the player that jumps more then any other position I'm worried that he might need longer.

Great interview by Max on thclub website. Max at his dry best...

Confirming his surgery tomorrow: "I have to fast from midnight, which I'm not happy about. I'll have a big meal at 11.59"

On being asked if Jack Watts was pumping himself up after rucking out the game: "With 9 hit outs? I wouldn't think so!"

 

Gawn getting injured was a fairly high possibility, given his past history of two knee reconstructions and his past hamstring injuries. The club could perhaps have prepared better for this contingency. Let's hope Spencer can back up his form in the preseason competition. Also, we do now have some good midfielders who can shark the opposition ruck's taps if they set up well. All is not lost for this season. Another high quality tall ruck man wouldn't go astray in the drafting/trading for the future though!

11 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Great interview by Max on thclub website. Max at his dry best...

Confirming his surgery tomorrow: "I have to fast from midnight, which I'm not happy about. I'll have a big meal at 11.59"

On being asked if Jack Watts was pumping himself up after rucking out the game: "With 9 hit outs? I wouldn't think so!"

 

Classic. 

Good luc Maxy. 

1 hour ago, Deeoldfart said:

Just a '4 letter word' from me ................... and now it's time move forward with Jake..  

Ok. probably a good attitude...but can I at least extend out the vowel in that as in fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu%$. Then I can move on

Terrible devastating news for a player who was set for another huge year, and is really a very unique player who will be really hard to cover. 

Having said that, Spencer is an adequate centre square ruckman, and he has a golden opportunity to actually kick start his career. It's now or never for him, and from all reports, he is in good shape, and has had a good pre-season hitout. 

I believe our midfield is good enough to deal with this loss, it's the stuff Max does around the ground that is going to be difficult to cover. 

2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Terrible devastating news for a player who was set for another huge year, and is really a very unique player who will be really hard to cover. 

Having said that, Spencer is an adequate centre square ruckman, and he has a golden opportunity to actually kick start his career. It's now or never for him, and from all reports, he is in good shape, and has had a good pre-season hitout. 

I believe our midfield is good enough to deal with this loss, it's the stuff Max does around the ground that is going to be difficult to cover. 

It poses the question of how hard do we try to  keep spencer at the end of the year doesnt it.  We'd in BIG trouble without him on our list, 

My biggest worry is Spencer gets injured quite a bit too, touch wood he can stay fit for the most important stint of his career. If he goes down we are [censored]. 

1 hour ago, sisso said:

Jason Johanissen came back from a similar injury last year and won the Norm Smith....he'll be back if we are in with a chance of finals for sure

history  will repeat  :D

2 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

My biggest worry is Spencer gets injured quite a bit too, touch wood he can stay fit for the most important stint of his career. If he goes down we are [censored]. 

Gawn 

backup Spencer

backup Frost in an emergency

then we are fu#/#÷$d

Imagine Max went down this time last year? Demonland meltdown. We've come a long way with our MFCSS in a short space of time.