Bad luck to vanders. Good luck with the recovery. Can't wait to have you back on the park.

48 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Bad luck to vanders. Good luck with the recovery. Can't wait to have you back on the park.

Gee, it doesn't take an ACL to miss a season.

Good luck Vanders, I didn't like the sound of it at the start of the year and his return date just kept getting pushed further and further back. 

Do it right and set him up for a good 2018. 

I wish him all the best I saw him yesterday in the airport lounge was in good spirits 

Best of luck.

Hope he is able to get it right, as he is an asset at his best.

as long as he is ready for next year's premiership tilt all is cherry ripe

A big disappointment. I had him making a difference in 2017. Fingers crossed.

Really like this bloke.

Best of luck to him as he hasn't had a good run at it for the last couple of years.  

You wonder about the surgery and it's success, as how he pulls up from it could decide if he gets another contract or not.  Hopefully all goes well as he is a very good player to have across half forward.

We have missed him. I look forward to seeing him 100% fit and firing. He has been under an injury cloud for most of his career thus far.

His best is yet to come.

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

as long as he is ready for next year's premiership tilt all is cherry ripe

Not sure he will get a contract..,

1 hour ago, Bates Mate said:

I wish him all the best I saw him yesterday in the airport lounge was in good spirits 

Not in the toilet? 

Get well  look forward to seeing back next year.

5 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

Not in the toilet? 

Now Earl, no need to lower yourself to toilet talk 

Heel be back ☺️

1 hour ago, bandicoot said:

Not sure he will get a contract..,

I have no inside info but would not be at all surprised if a one year contract extension was quietly confirmed in the next few weeks

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17 minutes ago, Stinga2 said:

Heel be back ☺️

See yourself out thanks Stinga

Still think he's best 22, even with the up and coming kids. 

1 hour ago, Stinga2 said:

Heel be back ☺️

Only if his heel heals. 

Any detail as to what is the diagnosis and what surgery he is having?  Plantar fasciitis?  

I don't think we've seen anything near AVB's best football.  Hopefully he can be ready for day one of preseason because he could be a serious player with a bit more luck on his side.

3 hours ago, Stinga2 said:

Heel be back ☺️

as a rookie ? is it a heel, or is it another bone in foot?

He's cooked .... sad.

 

Can't help but think this is a continuation of last year's injury and he hasn't been right since pre-season 2016. Sad for the lad, especially after the journey he took to get listed. And best of luck in the recovery - I too think that his best may provide a bit of a surprise.

Hope to see him back to his best next year....he's a beast of a man, would be important in the forward line mix with his tackling and goal kicking if he can get fit

Doctors missed a bone growing out of the crack in is heel... 

BIG miss and has cost him the season