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3rd ACL for Aaron Nietschke

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Absolutely shattering news.  The youngster must be feeling so down. Hope his teammates get around him and ex players like Schwartz reach out to him. 

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    Sloane? Not one of our players!

    3 knee reco's I would think he might find it difficult to get back. Good luck

    P.F

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    Absolutely devastated for the kid. 

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    Horrible news. Seems his body wasn’t made for professional footy. He’ll struggle to make it back now you’d think. As horrible as it is, it’s not wise for a club to use a list spot for 4 years on a lateish draft pick who can’t get on the park.

    Feel sad for the kid!

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    17 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Sloane? Not one of our players!

    3 knee reco's I would think he might find it difficult to get back. Good luck

    P.F

    Try again Picket

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    That is truly a bitter pill for young Aaron to swallow, how devastated must he feel, he can't take a trick.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Awful news for him. 
     

    The new list rules do provide some relief for all involved. We can replace him for this year, and next year we can possibly invite him to train with the group until he’s fully rehabbed and beyond. It’s too early for those decisions but we can do the right thing by him. 

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    57 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Sloane? Not one of our players!

    3 knee reco's I would think he might find it difficult to get back. Good luck

    P.F

    Sloane is a She  PF 

    Your AFLW knowledge is a bit limited!

    Associated with Rory Sloane!

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    17 minutes ago, 58er said:

    Sloane is a She  PF 

    Your AFLW knowledge is a bit limited!

    Associated with Rory Sloane!

    Sorry, but I have no interest in AFLW hence the lack of knowledge about our women personel. I hope she recovers well.

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    2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Sorry, but I have no interest in AFLW hence the lack of knowledge about our women personel.

    Sorry but with respect PF it's been Well publicised in photos and all over our website Plus D/L posts really pretty hard to ignore or miss.'

    Really  bad Luck again  for Aaron Hope he can recover and play again. 
     

     

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    I'm absolutely gutted for the kid.  Nobody deserves that sort of luck. Bloody hard, but 'keep your head up' Aaron. 

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    very cruel bad luck, gotta feel for the guy

    realistically it's probably the end of his afl career

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    42 minutes ago, 58er said:

    Sorry but with respect PF it's been Well publicised in photos and all over our website Plus D/L posts really pretty hard to ignore or miss.'

    Really  bad Luck again  for Aaron Hope he can recover and play again. 
     

     

    Ok, it might well have been well docoed and all, but honestly I have iterated my postion and so lets leave it at that. I trust, however both players make speedy recoveries.

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    Sad news.

    Have many/any players made it back from three ACLs like this? Morabito, maybe?

    You'd have to think the odds aren't great.

    Hopefully the club looks after him through 2021 and maybe considers giving him another shot in the 2021/22 off-season, if there is a spot available.

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    2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Sad news.

    Have many/any players made it back from three ACLs like this? Morabito, maybe?

    You'd have to think the odds aren't great.

    Hopefully the club looks after him through 2021 and maybe considers giving him another shot in the 2021/22 off-season, if there is a spot available.

    alex johnson of sydney and dan menzel both did to some extent

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    Not just 3 ACLs, but all in the pre-seasons of his first 3 seasons as a pro. Poor guy only got a chance to play a quarter of a scratch match in his time in the AFL, that’s awful luck.

    Good luck to him, whether that’s another crack at it, or something else post playing footy.

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    Devastating for the bloke. He has gotta be thinking - is his body up to the rigors of AFL if he cant get through preseasons.

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    6 hours ago, picket fence said:

    Sloane? Not one of our players!

    3 knee reco's I would think he might find it difficult to get back. Good luck

    P.F

    Good friend of Nathan Lyon

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    The curse continues... unfortunate for the young fella but a common occurrence over many decades at Demonland

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