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43 minutes ago, Sydney Pennski said:

Is there any official word on the Petracca knee injury?

I'm not sure you'd classify it as a knee "injury". Saw a post on Angus Brayshaw Instastory of Petracca playing lawn bowls. 

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15 hours ago, daisycutter said:

he was just trying to impress maxy. good chunder, good move.

Just remember folks, the 'chunder' was once a standard footy training regimen in days past, reserved for only the very best of coaches and it looks like young Spargo (and of course, his time-appropriate father and footy mentor) can impress by letting it all spew out at the feet of FD personnel. No self-respecting football coach above Under 16s level would ever omit the advisory mantra to his players from the centre of the training ground: 'Run until ya spew!'

Ah, Spargs, well done - not forgetting to include the classics of Aussie Rules seasonal preparation.

For a clever young player in the 'olden days',  if you had a spew on Tuesday night training followed up by a spew or two at Thursday night training the same week, you were virtually guaranteed a team selection spot for Saturday arvo's game against Manangatang Fifths! 

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19 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Just remember folks, the 'chunder' was once a standard footy training regimen in days past, reserved for only the very best of coaches and it looks like young Spargo (and of course, his time-appropriate father and footy mentor) can impress by letting it all spew out at the feet of FD personnel. No self-respecting football coach above Under 16s level would ever omit the advisory mantra to his players from the centre of the training ground: 'Run until ya spew!'

Ah, Spargs, well done - not forgetting to include the classics of Aussie Rules seasonal preparation.

For a clever young player in the 'olden days',  if you had a spew on Tuesday night training followed up by a spew or two at Thursday night training the same week, you were virtually guaranteed a team selection spot for Saturday arvo's game against Manangatang Fifths! 

Spot on. In the 80's we used to drink cordial for thirst quenching! No wonder we spewed so much.

I don't know about Manangatang, but I clearly remember near the end of some serious gut running during pre-season playing for Kyneton, where the coach stopped our running, and had the other players jog in a circle around me until I had finished spewing. 

 

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Training hard in hot weather leading to involuntary ejaculations of the contents of the stomach through the mouth was a old timers standard measure of effort and determination. Think RDB at kangas in the 70s.

In reality, it was a sign of ignorance about the need for constant hydration during exercise. All those "drink carriers" during the match are a response to modern understanding of hydration. Even cricket has adopted this regime with drink eskis strategically placed around the boundaries to hydrate fast bowlers.

That Spargo went too far is a fault of the club for not monitoring his efforts. Let's hope it doesn't happen again.

 

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On 12/8/2018 at 8:26 AM, Demonland said:

I'm not sure you'd classify it as a knee "injury". Saw a post on Angus Brayshaw Instastory of Petracca playing lawn bowls. 

The AFL website has an article about the injury lists at all 18 clubs and says Tracca had a knee op at the end of the season. Track watchers are saying that he was having the knee looked at by trainers on Friday and appeared to be in some discomfort. Perhaps it is an “injury”?

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