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From what Trac says in the interview, he had splenic embolisation - they closed off part of his spleen to stop the bleeding.  It's better than having his spleen out, it means he's still got part of his spleen doing the hard work of keeping infection out of his blood which is really needed back out on the footy field - lots of scratches and grazes full of glob knows what.  He looks a bit pale but maybe I'm used to seeing him all pumped up out on the footy field.

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Great to see Christian being interviewed on the MFC website he is starting the long journey to full recovery and the fact that as previously mentioned he is eyeing his spot on the bench when he is fit enough to rejoin the club fills me with confidence that he will be OK. Thanks Tracca and MFC.💕

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Not that there was malice with Trac, but Moore's knee taking no prisoners in 2024.

We can get a slightly better look at Ned Moyle at least.

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15 minutes ago, roy11 said:

We can get a slightly better look at Ned Moyle at least.

He re-signed with Gold Coast until the end of 2028, unfortunately for our prospects.

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Just now, Demonstone said:

He re-signed with Gold Coast until the end of 2028, unfortunately for our prospects.

Ah apologies, missed that in the EOFY madness. 

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There has to be one out there with our name on him??

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1 hour ago, roy11 said:

Not that there was malice with Trac, but Moore's knee taking no prisoners in 2024.

No malice? What about careless conduct or duty of care?!

Name another player in the AFL that leads with his knee like he does. He has already racked up 4 victims that I can think of (I am sure there are moore, pardon the pun):

Howe - concussed; Trac - almost killed; Witts - broken back; Noble - concussed

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26 minutes ago, dice said:

No malice? What about careless conduct or duty of care?!

Name another player in the AFL that leads with his knee like he does. He has already racked up 4 victims that I can think of (I am sure there are moore, pardon the pun):

Howe - concussed; Trac - almost killed; Witts - broken back; Noble - concussed

I’ve changed on this, at the time l thought it was a football act, now he’s broken Jarrod’s Witts vertebrae, this is beyond the joke, he’s a dud but so eloquent the footy world forgives without mention 

If it was May he would’ve been lynched by the AFL & media maggots 

Sick of this [censored], the AFL is rigged 

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3 hours ago, dice said:

No malice? What about careless conduct or duty of care?!

Name another player in the AFL that leads with his knee like he does. He has already racked up 4 victims that I can think of (I am sure there are moore, pardon the pun):

Howe - concussed; Trac - almost killed; Witts - broken back; Noble - concussed

I sorta argued with my good wife...a collywobbler ....at the time when Moore whacked Trac. Her view...how can you say that he's a good decent player...  Me..  no 'decent' player leads with a knee...and that's not how you 'spoil'.

Fell on deaf ears... and I decided I wasn't winning any debate.... (seldom do...lol ) 

Yes...the lad speaks well.....  he's also ....let's say....  very 'careless'

Fool me once shame on you....twice, shame on me...   what do we do for Four and above ??? 

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15 hours ago, beelzebub said:

I sorta argued with my good wife...a collywobbler ....at the time when Moore whacked Trac. Her view...how can you say that he's a good decent player...  Me..  no 'decent' player leads with a knee...and that's not how you 'spoil'.

Fell on deaf ears... and I decided I wasn't winning any debate.... (seldom do...lol ) 

Yes...the lad speaks well.....  he's also ....let's say....  very 'careless'

Fool me once shame on you....twice, shame on me...   what do we do for Four and above ??? 

He’s just as likely to take his own players out as the opposition.  So keep going I say.  But a special request.  Try and take out Maynard!

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30 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Jeepers, tough run for Trac. Let’s all hope this is his last trip to a hospital for a long time. 

https://x.com/davidzita1/status/1809561283538403452?s=46&t=TxNWR8IQfpnCS5ZUkmzG9A

Looks pretty happy with things to me - almost 'Smile File' worthy!

Although, possibly won't be taking Melky's place in the box, this week at least...

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On 01/07/2024 at 22:13, Demon Disciple said:

The hardest part no doubt for Trac would be that he has been unable to sculpt his magnificent adonis body.

Far better news than originally widely speculated - he has retained his spleen, or most of it, which is great immunologically.  He has also avoided abdominal surgery which means he will be able to get back to the 'body building' aspects of training pretty soon, and running gradually.  Presumably he will be told to avoid contact for a few months but he would be expected to be fully fit by preseason.

PS uncomplicated appendicitis treated by keyhole surgery shouldn't be a real setback.  On the bright side it at least didn't happen in season.

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Any doctors in the house who can shed some light on whether the two medical events are related, or a completely unfortunate coincidence? 
 

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5 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Any doctors in the house who can shed some light on whether the two medical events are related, or a completely unfortunate coincidence? 
 

I am no doctor but hard for me to see a correlation between the spleen and the appendix. Unless an infection can occur because the damaged spleen had a diminished capacity to keep the blood "clean".

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Best regards to Christian Petracca, having an horrendous run with injury and illness, hoping for a speedy recovery Tracc.❤️💙💕

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44 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Roffey said she believed it was unrelated yesterday… but who knows

And Richo said it would be a huge coincidence and that the injuries sustained probably did have some causal effect 🤪

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