View Full Version : Do we ever expect Browny to play 1/2 decent footy again?
Bentleigh
17 Oct 2006, 15:16
If he can call himself lucky, Newman suffered a clean break compared to Brown whose leg shattered, leaving bone fragments and ligament damage.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,20593776%255E19742,00.html
Brown will be back in '07....:thumbsu:
Watch the Collingwood game from this season. I would call that 1/2 decent. After a full preseason i would expect him to be back near his best in 07 :thumbsu:
The Dice Man
17 Oct 2006, 15:38
I see no reason why he would be hampered in 07. Having had the same rod in my leg Im betting Browny has been feeling pretty good since it came out.
I do fear we missed his peak as a player though, but he will still be brilliant.
he is just so ****ing good can wait to see him back
kangas, pies, port etc just a class above the rest and when he gets to full fitness will be the big thing in 07
first half of 05 was a pleasure to watch
wart101
17 Oct 2006, 16:37
I see no reason why he would be hampered in 07. Having had the same rod in my leg Im betting Browny has been feeling pretty good since it came out.
I do fear we missed his peak as a player though, but he will still be brilliant.
I watched him play against the power and he was good, he wasn't scared to put him body on the line the only issue i seen was he's fitness which i think was just a bit behind everyone else for the whole season, with a good pre season he'll be right i think.
The Dice Man
17 Oct 2006, 16:46
I watched him play against the power and he was good, he wasn't scared to put him body on the line the only issue i seen was he's fitness which i think was just a bit behind everyone else for the whole season, with a good pre season he'll be right i think.
I noticed the exact same thing in the preseason praccie match against Sydney. I kept a real close eye on him and it was clear he was throwing himself into contests without fear, but what was even clearer was his fitness was well behind everyone elses, even at that early stage.
Completley understandable of course.
Is a class above the rest of our team...absolute gun when firing. I have seen him running the tan a few times by himself in the last few weeks and a few days ago i say him kicking a ball at Punt Road with one other person. Looks like he is so keen to get back to his best and prove he isnt finished...look out i say he is our definite wildcard for 2007. Freak.
Is a class above the rest of our team...absolute gun when firing. I have seen him running the tan a few times by himself in the last few weeks and a few days ago i say him kicking a ball at Punt Road with one other person. Looks like he is so keen to get back to his best and prove he isnt finished...look out i say he is our definite wildcard for 2007. Freak.
The only think he lacked last year was the agility and ability to change direction that is such an important part of his game. That was obviously because he was restricted by the injury. With the amount of work he has done, and with 18 months or more since he did the injury, he should be okay come round 1.
Half decent, for sure. Back to his best and up there with the game's elite, sadly no.
Anyone that's broken their leg playing competitive sport would know you never get over that split millisecond flashback that creates hesitation
I feel for the lad. He is a champion.
nbrown3votes
17 Oct 2006, 20:20
he will dominate next year:D
metallicamatty
17 Oct 2006, 20:29
Of course he will:D
Madtiger2006
17 Oct 2006, 20:37
I think there was 5 games in the 2nd half of 2006 where he was playing at his peak again. He should have a great season in 2007
We will know more this year .
It was the pain factor that ruined last season for him . With that removed we will get a much clearer idea about where he his headed .
Saw enough flashes of brilliance last year to suggest he can get back to somewhere near his best .
Gun player - gun bloke
wart101
17 Oct 2006, 23:47
Half decent, for sure. Back to his best and up there with the game's elite, sadly no.
Anyone that's broken their leg playing competitive sport would know you never get over that split millisecond flashback that creates hesitation
I feel for the lad. He is a champion.
dude, i have broken my leg in football, it's diificult at first but seriously you don't know what you are talking about, you can and you do get it back esspecially when you love what you do.
Darth_Tiger
18 Oct 2006, 01:14
voss got back to his brilliant best and his was just as bad.
Thrice3
18 Oct 2006, 01:42
After pretty much shattering my knee/tibea, it is scary when you first get back into and you DO hesitate when going in for a bump or diving on the ball, after a while you get desensitized to it and you continue on with business as usual, if he hasnt not recovered from it, id be very ****in suprised, considering i was 14 when it happened to me, and I was fine about 5months later playing with a screw in the knee.
Truetiger
18 Oct 2006, 08:14
Half decent, for sure. Back to his best and up there with the game's elite, sadly no.
Anyone that's broken their leg playing competitive sport would know you never get over that split millisecond flashback that creates hesitation
I feel for the lad. He is a champion.
Correct me if I am wrong. Did Michael Voss have a broken leg or something in 1998. Before coming back and winning a brownlow?
dude, i have broken my leg in football, it's diificult at first but seriously you don't know what you are talking about, you can and you do get it back esspecially when you love what you do.
You sure it was your leg and not your head?
Correct me if I am wrong. Did Michael Voss have a broken leg or something in 1998. Before coming back and winning a brownlow?
Yep, and Hird has come back from even worse injuries. But there is a good reason why Voss and Hird have been the competition's elite players in modern football. Its not just purely based on football talent. They are also mentally and psychologically the toughest out there.
I hope for the best for Browny but he may be as talented as anyone going around, but I'm not so sure he's as mentally strong as a Voss or Hird. Nor that his life revolves around footy as much as Voss or Hird's did. May just be nothing more than because they played in premiership teams. That always gives you a push mentally. But if we're a premiership club in Browny's lifetime, maybe we wont need to be debating this.
itsintheblood
18 Oct 2006, 12:05
Browny will be like a new recruit for us next year. And the good news is, WE PLAY COLLINGWOOD TWICE!!!!! Woohooo!!!
wart101
18 Oct 2006, 13:48
You sure it was your leg and not your head?
your an idiot!