anyone know how is he going this pre season so far?? is he still injured or fit and ready. i believe bartram is a really important player for our future and with godfrey now gone i expect him to take over the main tagging role

Godrey only got another year on account of Bartram's injury.

Clint is very important to this side and his absence was sorely missed last year.

I understand he is not yet training with the main group yet.

We missed Bart's ability to tag an opposition mid and his ability to damage going the other way when he used his pace to carry the ball out of the backline and through the midfield.

Unfortunately, Godders was a one-trick pony. He could certainly stop opposition mids, but that was about it. His skills let him down over his career (although I admit they improved markedly this year).

anyone know how is he going this pre season so far?? is he still injured or fit and ready. i believe bartram is a really important player for our future and with godfrey now gone i expect him to take over the main tagging role

when you say main tagging role , thats all there should be.B\Lions and Eagles midfields of previous years played with the mindset were going to win the ball and you can chase us. when we dont have the ball we have 18 taggers

Why is he not training with the main group? He hasn't played since about round 2. Surely must be ready and raring to go by now.

Didnt Bartram only play round 1 last year?

Didnt Bartram only play round 1 last year?

That's correct. Did his knee at training just before our Round 2 match vs Hawthorn.

Not training with the main group yet?

This is either superb management of his recovery or Clint has some real problems we don't know about.

Not training with the main group yet?

This is either superb management of his recovery or Clint has some real problems we don't know about.

or terrible management of his recovery up til now

I don't know whether I'm at liberty to discuss in any depth, so I won't go into details (which i know very little of), but the reason for him not training is not due to his ankle (ment to type knee). There's been a breakdown in another area.

We were warned that Clint might not make a full recovery, and even if he did, there would be a long road before he would be at 100% capacity.

Disappointing, I agree.

I don't know whether I'm at liberty to discuss in any depth, so I won't go into details (which i know very little of), but the reason for him not training is not due to his ankle (ment to type knee). There's been a breakdown in another area.

We were warned that Clint might not make a full recovery, and even if he did, there would be a long road before he would be at 100% capacity.

Disappointing, I agree.

It was his knee that was injured early last year and his recovery was set back by some complications which sound like a possible infection. [censored] like this does happen sometime and he has to be managed through it properly. Sometimes this means patience and Clint is an important member of the team and so be it. He's young and the wait will be worth it.

This pisses me off so much...so will he be fully fit do u think by round 1? Who else do we have as good taggers? dunn? i would hate to see dunn become a tagger

It was his knee that was injured early last year and his recovery was set back by some complications which sound like a possible infection. [censored] like this does happen sometime and he has to be managed through it properly. Sometimes this means patience and Clint is an important member of the team and so be it. He's young and the wait will be worth it.

Its shocking news but i for one dont want to see him rushed back. He is important to the side however bringing him back early could create further injuries down the road. I hate when players are rushed back and im at the game. I always wait for that news on the radio of that person injuring himself again.

whats the crap going on demonology that he may not play football ever again??

Its shocking news but i for one dont want to see him rushed back.

Yep. I think his work ethic may be his worst enemy...

whats the crap going on demonology that he may not play football ever again??

Unfortunately it's not crap.

I don't know whether I'm at liberty to discuss in any depth, so I won't go into details (which i know very little of), but the reason for him not training is not due to his ankle (ment to type knee). There's been a breakdown in another area.

We were warned that Clint might not make a full recovery, and even if he did, there would be a long road before he would be at 100% capacity.

Disappointing, I agree.

Sad to hear

I say take the long road to recovery rather than rush back

I was at training last week. I met a fellow supporter who spoke to Climt in my prescence. He asked Clint when he would resume full training. The reply was an unequivocal Jan 2nd!

Unfortunately it's not crap. Get used to life without Clint. At best will not play this year. At best. Finks knows the drum.

I read a long thread either here or on demonology where someone descibed Clint's knee injury in great detail.

It sounded IDENTICAL to the experience I had with a knee injury and subsequent athriscope.

My knee never fully recovered or even came close to full recovery, after 18 months or so I could run a bit but my knee always became very swollen and painful, it still does 7 years later.

I know Clint will have a lot more support and care for his injury than I had but after reading that post I felt a long career for Clint was very very unlikely.