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I know that…ghostwriter who you took the cheap shot at, is in contact with Fritch’s mum, and the message re just a clean up and a couple of stitches, came from her (Fritch’s mum)… considering the subject we were discussing I just didn’t think it was necessary to state that.

If you’d bothered reading the thread, you’d be well aware that this was directly from the Fritsch family.

I do, regularly.

No doubt it would have been to get the wound properly cleaned and closed, to ensure that there was no chance of a serious infection such as the one that made Petracca miss a round due to an infected finger having had it bitten by his dog in 2018.

Maybe even a Frittata?

Probably that skin glue… it works a treat and he will have plenty of recovery time, almost a full fortnight, given that our opening game is on the Sunday.

No one is at fault…simply a pet-owning accident!

I believe it was Petracca.

I’m pretty sure they would give the US a very wide berth considering the state of that nation. Australia is their favourite country as we were the first to take to them with such enthusiasm. The other countries they tend to tour every with any sort of regularity are South Korea and Taiwan.

They are friends of mine and will let me know what their future plans are… they are desperate to get back here asap, but I’m wondering if Australia has some lock out period before they are eligible to reapply to gain admission. It’s a real worry as I’d hate to be in no fit state (or worse) to meet them when they eventually do return. Seiko san told me that she did consider telling them that she needed to meet with me and my partner, because of my condition.

Unfortunately Buddhadatta got turned back by customs in Cairns as they had the wrong visas (they admitted it was due to their own carelessness). They are now back in Japan considering what to do next.

ok, my apologies to all… I think. I did misread the room. It’s nice to see so much support for Luker, and like everyone else, I just want him to recover well and then have a good run at cementing his place in the team.

Sorry, but as terrible as this is for poor Luker, the comments here are just so typical of why the MFCSS acronym was ‘coined’. Sure he kicked 24 in 17 VFL matches last season, but it’s no guarantee he will have continued success at AFL level. I want him to succeed, and I also want Jeffo to succeed, but the fact that they are unavailable for the start of the season, is not the end of the world as the tone of some of the comments might suggest - I mean to say, we don’t even know the results of the scans yet, so how about we shelve the doom and gloom stuff at least until we learn what damage has been done (then we can panic!!! j/k). In the meantime we have Mihocek and Melksham who we know are proven goal scorers, and as was shown in Friday’s ‘game’, we are now looking for leading forwards as opposed to just bombing it long and hoping. If we can stick to King’s game plan, I see plenty of reason to be optimistic.

I’ve always been of the thought that it should be the action and not the outcome that gets punished.

Well, in all fairness, the entire squad is learning our system, as King is introducing pretty much an entirely different game plan to that of his predecessor. At the moment, my greatest fear is that we aren’t handling rebounds well at all, and unless our defence really tightens up, we’re going to suffer big time against better teams. I love Petty, but I wish he’d reign it in a little so that he’s not giving away so many free kicks.

Yes, as I understand it, the initial injury is painful, but as it often severs the nerve(?), the pain can be very short lived. From memory, when my son did his acl, he initially cried out in pain, but after that, was not feeling too much at all.

That’s ok Beelzebub… I’ll need to look a few more times.

I saw it that the Tigers player was in a contest with the other Melbourne player, had eyes for the ball, and unfortunately Luker got taken out. Clumsy yes, and he may do time, but I don’t believe there was anny intent involved.

Don’t worry, @Ghostwriter got in before you 😉

How did you see it @dice ?

Isn’t this the third time we’ve been involved in such stoppages… lightning in the west(?) and lights out in Brisbane…now this. If I were religious, I’d think god’s not a fan.

This is one thing I really dislike… there was absolutely no malice in what was essentially a footballing accident. Why is it that every time one of our players is injured, it must have been done with intent?

It’s an Australian Rules football.

And finally…

For whatever reason, I seem to be limited to thee links per post, so here’s three more..,