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This is very weird, supposidly done on Thursday where the only action to speak about was grappling training! Sorry but you aint cracking or breaking ribs in a grappling drill WTF is going on??

 
14 minutes ago, picket fence said:

This is very weird, supposidly done on Thursday where the only action to speak about was grappling training! Sorry but you aint cracking or breaking ribs in a grappling drill WTF is going on??

Conspiracy theory PF?

37 minutes ago, picket fence said:

This is very weird, supposidly done on Thursday where the only action to speak about was grappling training! Sorry but you aint cracking or breaking ribs in a grappling drill WTF is going on??

I wouldn’t worry Picket, the report said it was done at training on Friday afternoon.

 

Heard from a friend of a friend that, Traccs cracked ribs are on the minor side of things. They said, he said, "if it was in season he would be playing next week".  

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25 minutes ago, kev martin said:

Heard from a friend of a friend that, Traccs cracked ribs are on the minor side of things. They said, he said, "if it was in season he would be playing next week".  

Negligence! (Alleged)

Trade demanded!! (By the media)


9 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Apparently it takes 6 weeks for a cracked rib to fully recover, so if you go by that timeline he’ll miss the first practice match (V maybe North around 20 Feb??). This is on the assumption they go fully conservative on him.

Makes you wonder how and why May missed just one game with his fractured rib.

The first key to success for 2025 is to have a strong and healthy pre season. Already we have our best 2 players missing the entire January…

You can still train with a cracked rib….don’t panic…..yet!

3 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

You can still train with a cracked rib….don’t panic…..yet!

No contact for 2-3 weeks to be on the cautious safe side.

He will be fine one would think.

1 hour ago, kev martin said:

Heard from a friend of a friend that, Traccs cracked ribs are on the minor side of things. They said, he said, "if it was in season he would be playing next week".  

That is great news.

 
8 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

Agree - this is a minor disaster.

a group of chickens with the words we must n't panic above them

 


My memory tells me Jimmy played on through cracked ribs, as a ruckman!

 

I don't expect the same from Trac but this is not a disaster.

23 hours ago, Garbo said:

Not good particularly when he was already behind the 8 ball fitness wise, was hard to see him been 100% this year before this, even more so now

I understand from 'sources close to the Club', Trac's been so far behind the 8-ball lately, he might start as a tagger in games—just to see if he can catch up.

2 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

No contact for 2-3 weeks to be on the cautious safe side.

He will be fine one would think.

Had the same thing going on with a girlfriend a few decades ago.

49 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Had the same thing going on with a girlfriend a few decades ago.

I had a girlfriend like that when I was a young feller. The relationship didn’t go well 😵‍💫😵‍💫

2 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

My memory tells me Jimmy played on through cracked ribs, as a ruckman!

 

I don't expect the same from Trac but this is not a disaster.

Just hope he is mentally strong enough now to be able to move forward and put his body on the line when needed... feel for the guy. I don't know if I could do it.. but il back him in. Just hope this is the very last time we hear the words petracca and cracked ribs again.


2 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

I understand from 'sources close to the Club', Trac's been so far behind the 8-ball lately, he might start as a tagger in games—just to see if he can catch up.

Nope not the Case, from what Ive seen from training sessions is that he was and is in great nick. My concern from what my source is, that the same rib as previous has been damaged! This is shizzen news if coŕrect!!🤯

2 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

I had a girlfriend like that when I was a young feller.

Ah yes, good old Stroppy Poppy.  I wonder whatever became of her.

9 hours ago, picket fence said:

This is very weird, supposidly done on Thursday where the only action to speak about was grappling training! Sorry but you aint cracking or breaking ribs in a grappling drill WTF is going on??

Rib injuries are actually quite common in the arts of grappling. 

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12 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

I had a girlfriend like that when I was a young feller. The relationship didn’t go well 😵‍💫😵‍💫

I expect a lot of your relationships ended like that.

9 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Rib injuries are actually quite common in the arts of grappling. 

I played a lot of footy and have never seen or heard of anyone cracking or breaking a rib this way.i know how this hapoened and apparently tracc copped a hard tackle!


1 hour ago, picket fence said:

I played a lot of footy and have never seen or heard of anyone cracking or breaking a rib this way.i know how this hapoened and apparently tracc copped a hard tackle!

Well whoever that tackler was should be unleashed on Maynard next season

Edited by DistrACTION Jackson

On 10/01/2025 at 20:43, Demon Disciple said:

Many have played with broken ribs before, so it can be done.

If he is not peak fitness in the first half of the season, play him forward. He’ll give many a defender nightmares as a permanent forward.

I would not be averse to him playing in that role anyway, notwithstanding the current rib issue. A great weapon to have there in the post ANB period and it would give our younger mids starting with Trent Rivers the opportunity to blossom in a new look midfield.

 
22 hours ago, seventyfour said:

Having broken ribs myself, the recovery is mainly about pain tolerance. You can do pretty much everything you would normally, but some things are just a lot more painful. Even things you wouldn't expect, like pull ups. It's an upper body exercise, but having your arms in the air pulls on your ribcage. Hurts.

So you can train and play but it'll be uncomfortable. Trac I expect it will be in the yellow bib at training for a bit so it heals fully.

Sneezing was the worst for me.. 

3 hours ago, picket fence said:

I played a lot of footy and have never seen or heard of anyone cracking or breaking a rib this way.i know how this hapoened and apparently tracc copped a hard tackle!

It's very common PF..

https://www.jiujitsubrotherhood.com/blogs/blog/rib-injuries-in-jiu-jitsu?srsltid=AfmBOopENIKMNFZnBKD0t4L-TK2YOAHnbahgaRdQ7Hge9jJZuK9GCEVt

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