dazzledavey36 56,333 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Reported to have injured his ACL last friday session. Confirmed to miss all of 2019. Poor kid. http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2019-02-18/nietschke-out-for-the-season 2 3 Quote
Nelo 813 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 We seem to have a knack of first year players to the club doing their ACL. Quote
DeeSpencer 26,675 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Bummer, he looked ready made enough to make an impact at Casey. The silver lining for him is he’s got a long time until next season and maybe the extra rehab and sidelines time can be used to work on his strength and some extra coaching time. For the team: we’re now have 2 list spots open, do we add a player before the March deadline? 3 Quote
Lord Travis 10,819 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Horrible luck for the kid. It would be really tough going through that before you’ve even played a game and gotten into everything properly. Here’s wishing him a speedy and solid long term recovery. 2 1 Quote
Demon Jack 7,194 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Terrible news. Absolutely devastated for Aaron. After all the excitment of being drafted and training with the boys with the possibility of some JLT appearances, I'm sure its a tough blow for the kid. Fingers crossed on his recovery. 2 Quote
chook fowler 19,772 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 all the best to him. May be not the ubermensch after all. 1 Quote
monoccular 17,760 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) What a horrific blow to any young kid. A real kick in the guts Still, it will give him an extra year in the system to get stronger and wiser and perhaps hungrier - Tracc has turned out more than OK. PS. does anyone know how it happened? Fall? Twist? Poor surface? Edited February 18, 2019 by monoccular 2 Quote
poita 3,944 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Terrible news, hopefully he can come back bigger and better next season. Why does it take three days for this news to be released? If it was an open session there would be posts on Demonland within a couple of minutes. What if it was a big name player, eg Tom Mitchell at Hawthorn? This club has to get much, much better at keeping members informed. Quote
Moonshadow 17,678 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 10 minutes ago, poita said: Terrible news, hopefully he can come back bigger and better next season. Why does it take three days for this news to be released? If it was an open session there would be posts on Demonland within a couple of minutes. What if it was a big name player, eg Tom Mitchell at Hawthorn? This club has to get much, much better at keeping members informed. Probably had scans either Sat or today. Club would've waited until he saw the surgeon today to get full picture. Can you imagine how it would look if they came out with full ACL reco news on Friday and the scans showed different? I'm only speculating, but perhaps Nietschke requested it not be made public until he had recieved all the info and spoken with the club. I personally don't have a pressing need to know the moment things like this happen. Having said that, had it been Oliver or Gawn they probably would've fast tracked the process and come out earlier. 2 1 Quote
La Dee-vina Comedia 17,137 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, monoccular said: What a horrific blow to any young kid. A real kick in the guts Still, it will give him an extra year in the system to get stronger and wiser and perhaps hungrier - Tracc has turned out more than OK. PS. does anyone know how it happened? Fall? Twist? Poor surface? "Is Wagner a human being at all? He contaminates everything he touches" - Nietzsche. Perhaps it wasn't either of our Wagners he was complaining about, though. More relevantly, Neitzsche also said "That which does not kill us makes us stronger". Even though it's now a cliche we've all heard before, knowing it was a phrase originally coined by Neitzsche, it seems appropriate to include it here. Good luck to the young fella. 2 1 Quote
Bonkers 994 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 It's hard enough succeeding at AFL level whilst remaining uninjured let alone starting off your career with an ACL injury. Wishing him a successful rehab and full recovery. Quote
DV8 2,271 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Goodluck to you Aaron with your recovery. ...you'll be right kid. Quote
DV8 2,271 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, monoccular said: What a horrific blow to any young kid. A real kick in the guts Still, it will give him an extra year in the system to get stronger and wiser and perhaps hungrier - Tracc has turned out more than OK. PS. does anyone know how it happened? Fall? Twist? Poor surface? Well, the upshot is, he certainly won't be one of those who takes things for granted when he returns. But, He will come back with a lot of AFL info, on preparation, game tactics, & his development from the Gym . Edited February 18, 2019 by DV8 Quote
Bang Bang Bang 5,875 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 2 hours ago, poita said: Terrible news, hopefully he can come back bigger and better next season. Why does it take three days for this news to be released? If it was an open session there would be posts on Demonland within a couple of minutes. What if it was a big name player, eg Tom Mitchell at Hawthorn? This club has to get much, much better at keeping members informed. [censored] me some people will be able to complain about anything the club does. It probably took some time for the scans to confirm it to be an ACL. Just like Jake Lever, whose prognosis was in limbo for a good day or two after he did his. Yes, Jake Lever, one of our highest paid players who did it in A REAL GAME. Let's be honest if they'd confirmed the news yesterday you'd be whinging about the club detracting attention away from the AFLW game. Had they done it straight away on Friday and it proved not to be an ACL then you'd be criticizing them for jumping the gun! As for the young fella, shocking luck! But he'll be like a new recruit in 2020. Best wishes to him! 4 Quote
Sydee 4,684 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Terribly disappointing for the young man - I wish him a speedy recovery and come back bigger and better next season Quote
bing181 9,473 Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 5 hours ago, poita said: Terrible news, hopefully he can come back bigger and better next season. Why does it take three days for this news to be released? If it was an open session there would be posts on Demonland within a couple of minutes. What if it was a big name player, eg Tom Mitchell at Hawthorn? This club has to get much, much better at keeping members informed. Predictable. Quote
Demon Disciple 12,536 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 slow and steady young fella, it's a marathon not a sprint 1 1 Quote
DV8 2,271 Posted February 27, 2019 Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Demonland said: ? ? Good onya Aaron. Take your time, build it strong... slow and steady is the way. Don't be impatient with it. You've lost nothing so far, accept potential numbers. Your time will come, and your games will come. get strong. ? . Edited February 27, 2019 by DV8 1 Quote
Deeoldfart 8,201 Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 The genuine team spirit at our Club is enormous, and a critical part of our future. Love it!! 1 Quote
La Dee-vina Comedia 17,137 Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 What were they thinking? Surely it would have been more appropriate to buy him the collected works of Friedrich Nietzsche. He could start with 'The Birth of Tragedy' and then move on to 'The Case of Wagner'. What could be more appropriate than that? 2 Quote
John Crow Batty 8,892 Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said: What were they thinking? Surely it would have been more appropriate to buy him the collected works of Friedrich Nietzsche. He could start with 'The Birth of Tragedy' and then move on to 'The Case of Wagner'. What could be more appropriate than that? I don’t think he needs those books. Looks like the kind of guy that would be philosophical about his situation. 1 Quote
Biffen 12,949 Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 5 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said: What were they thinking? Surely it would have been more appropriate to buy him the collected works of Friedrich Nietzsche. He could start with 'The Birth of Tragedy' and then move on to 'The Case of Wagner'. What could be more appropriate than that? Yes,yes - I understand completely! Quote
Mazer Rackham 14,972 Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 Oh well. One has to be philosophical about these things. 1 Quote
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