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Joined: 05 May 2010
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Post subject: 4 pre-season games - 2 season ending knees already | |
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Its a brutal sport. So sad for these guys. Really feel for the dogs and the Eagles who basically have had their season's ruined already. Both players incredibly valuable to their team.
I wonder if their coaches will be fired?
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Hiss
Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: Geelong
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Oh what rubbish. Its just they don't breed em tough like they used to. Remember some of the big players back in the 60's and 70's. Whale Roberts and Mick Nolan of North Melbourne come to my mind. Those sort of blokes never got these injuries. Today too many players are conditioned like Ballet dancers and they break down when subjected to the toughness of AFL. You should not train footballers for our game like those vile lycra wearing cyclists you see on Beach road. These are not men in the traditions of what a real aussie man should be. Men from the old VB commercials are the sorts I admire. How can any woman find a man in tight lycra attractive. The look like pussy wimps. Lets get the big men back into our game like we are now starting to go back to suburban grounds thank goodness. These modern footballers are in need of a good beer and meat pie after every training session.
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Troppo
standing on VB tins in the outer at Vic Park
Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Location: Singleton, WA
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Collingwood Crackerjack
Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Location: Canberra
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To quote a much younger Bono "Tonight thank God it's them instead of you"
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Dave The Man
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Glad it’s not Collingwood player
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Pies4shaw
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Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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So, have the appropriate questions been put to Collingwood's fitness staff or are we just going to let them get away with this again?
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thompsoc
Joined: 21 Sep 2009
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Hiss wrote: | Oh what rubbish. Its just they don't breed em tough like they used to. Remember some of the big players back in the 60's and 70's. Whale Roberts and Mick Nolan of North Melbourne come to my mind. Those sort of blokes never got these injuries. Today too many players are conditioned like Ballet dancers and they break down when subjected to the toughness of AFL. You should not train footballers for our game like those vile lycra wearing cyclists you see on Beach road. These are not men in the traditions of what a real aussie man should be. Men from the old VB commercials are the sorts I admire. How can any woman find a man in tight lycra attractive. The look like pussy wimps. Lets get the big men back into our game like we are now starting to go back to suburban grounds thank goodness. These modern footballers are in need of a good beer and meat pie after every training session. |
You have to love Hiss!
What a great rant!
You can't say you don't get 57 varieties on Nicks.
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Darkstranger
Joined: 06 Jun 2012
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Sad but don't give a crap about other clubs! Bottom line.
Floret Pica.
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Tannin
Can't remember
Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Location: Huon Valley Tasmania
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Knees and ankles .... everything else you can train, condition, massage, build up, strengthen, improve. But knees ... you get what you get. Maybe your knees will stand up to the strain, maybe they won't. Maybe you will just happen to flex it the exact wrong way today, maybe someone else will. Take a number and wait in line. Knees and ankles. Shoulders too. You just have to hope.
Tough luck on those two players, tough luck on their clubs. You feel sorry for them, but it could be Travis Cloke next week. Or Pendlebury. Or G Ablett. Or Watson. Or some Melbourne reserves player you never heard of. It's just random. You run out and you hope it doesn't happen, and if it does happen, you hope it isn't you. And if it is you, you go through all the drawn out agony of trying to make it back and you hope the other one doesn't go.
PS: great post Hiss!
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swoop42
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Location: The 18
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We've had our turn these last few seasons so it's about time our bad luck landed in the lap of others.
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Didaksgoal
Joined: 12 Mar 2004
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Yep, sh!t result for those club's. Libba is a massive loss for the dogs for sure.
Go the Pies!
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Jezza
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Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End
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It's a relief that it isn't us this time but we copped this back in 2012 when Macaffer did his knee against GWS in the NAB Cup so it's indiscriminate towards anyone.
Libba is a massive loss for the Dogs especially with their mass exodus at the end of last season of experienced players.
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rand corp
Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: south east asia
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Season ending injuries to young players is always sad news and an issue for our game.
All this debate about whether restricting the interchange rotations and having subs or not is good for the game should really only be about whether it reduces fatigue injuries or not.
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partypie
Joined: 01 Oct 2010
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rand corp wrote: | Season ending injuries to young players is always sad news and an issue for our game.
All this debate about whether restricting the interchange rotations and having subs or not is good for the game should really only be about whether it reduces fatigue injuries or not. |
I think it was the Age that reported recently that it is likely the sub will be abolished and interchanges restricted to 80 per game next year.
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Macedonian Marvel #35
Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Location: Mornington Peninsula
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It defiantly seems like there is more injuries occurring of this mould each year. I'm not sure if it's maybe due to the increase of pace and intensity to the game itself or just pure back luck. It's a horrible thing for these athletes to go through though.
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