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4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

This pic....

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THis is a wonderful moment; I was really moved the first time I saw it.

 
4 hours ago, Sideshow Bob said:

If I was him at 28, in this squad in this year. I would roll the dice on a synthetic LARS ligament and potentially be back playing in 6 weeks.

Rather than go traditional and be back next year. Can always go down that road if the LARS fails. 

?will cause much greater damage in the long-term.  He is only 28 and it’s early in the season.  Get it done right and he’ll be back for the start of the 2022 season 

4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

This pic....

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Did you see where Jones was slapping him on the knee? I though what the hell??

 

They just had on ‘on the couch’ Tommo is number 1 in the AFL in defence for 1 on 1s. Only been beaten once out of 21 contests. 

a big loss for us

Gutted for him, every time the camera was on him at the game you could see he was devastated and the players were trying to comfort him. I think there was another shot with him on crutches after the match and Lever with his hand on his shoulder. Defensive brothers in arms. 


56 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Did you see where Jones was slapping him on the knee? I though what the hell??

Yeah, that was a little strange. I think Jones was quite overcome with pity for him and that’s how it was expressed. 

28 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Yeah, that was a little strange. I think Jones was quite overcome with pity for him and that’s how it was expressed. 

on his 'good' knee, wasn't it?

 
11 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

on his 'good' knee, wasn't it?

I should hope so! ?

Saddest thread title change ever. 
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14 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Yeah, that was a little strange. I think Jones was quite overcome with pity for him and that’s how it was expressed. 

What was scary was the bit before that as he was coming back into the dug out, he obviously still had his boots on, and looked like he skidded on the studs as he was walking on the concrete, almost looked like he was going to do his other knee the way he started to fall!

The bloke was having a great year and a foundation player to our strong defence. 
May, Tomlinson, Lever, Salem, Hibberd, Hunt. Probably the best defence structure that I can remember.  

It’s a cruel game. 
 

14 minutes ago, Ouch! said:

What was scary was the bit before that as he was coming back into the dug out, he obviously still had his boots on, and looked like he skidded on the studs as he was walking on the concrete, almost looked like he was going to do his other knee the way he started to fall!

It would definitely be difficult to do something as simple as just walking when you are literally reeling, which I’m sure was the case. 

Burgo confirmed he had the operation today. Hopefully he will be ready for a full pre-season and back on the park for Round 1 2022 to defend our premiership :)

Edited by CYB

Had a chat with him this morning at our local cafe, seemed fairly philosophical about the whole thing and was in pretty good spirits.

Just gutted for him. Fantastic bloke and was just settling in beautifully. 


22 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Very few other sports are "360 degree" sports like AFL

And yet Burgo doesn't see any reason why 6 months is not considered enough........ That's OUR high-performance manager plus a doctor who was with our team a long time ago and was with the Socceroos and the Olympics team both DON'T SEE ANY REASON why 6 months is not long enough.

Surely, given the credibility of the sources, there is reason enough to think there just might be something in it....

He'll have more time to complete his Masters degree in whatever it is he's studying. (Anyone know what it is?)

Mind you. I'm sure ACL re-hab is a long and time consuming process for professional sports people.

2 minutes ago, Grr-owl said:

And yet Burgo doesn't see any reason why 6 months is not considered enough........ That's OUR high-performance manager plus a doctor who was with our team a long time ago and was with the Socceroos and the Olympics team both DON'T SEE ANY REASON why 6 months is not long enough.

Surely, given the credibility of the sources, there is reason enough to think there just might be something in it....

It's a bit academic in this instance. It will be 10.5 months, or thereabouts between now and the beginning of the 2022 season, so the real question is not whether 6 months is long enough but whether 10.5 is.   

Injury List: Round 8

Jay Lockhart (calf) — Test

Jack Viney (toe) — 2 Weeks

Aaron vandenBerg (quad) — 3 Weeks

Joel Smith (knee) — 5 to 6 Weeks

Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — 6 Weeks

Marty Hore (knee) — Season

Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season

Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

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It will be weird having an injury list next year with none of Smith, Nietschke, Vandenberg and Hore on it. It probably hasn't been that way since late 2018.

Sadly none of them have bodies that are able to stand the physical stress that comes with being AFL players.


Glad to hear Viney’s issue is a separate one from all the other foot issues. The way his luck is going with these problems though, there won’t be much room left in the feet to state it’s unrelated. 
Let’s hope it’s only two weeks. 

A story in The Age promoting Neale Daniher's Big Freeze features Jack Viney who says he expects to be "cherry ripe" for the Queens Birthday day game in round 13.

This has been a very long 2-3 week injury.  Hope he's fully recovered.

 

So much for 2-3 weeks. 

Having let the bone heal and gradually increased his loading, Viney said he plans to resume running on Tuesday and is confident he will be back to face the Magpies in five weeks’ time in round 13, in what has become the annual FightMND Big Freeze fundraiser led by inspirational former Demons coach Neale Daniher.


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