libba knee

[Doctor Feel]

What's your gut feeling doc?

gut feel is i fear the worst, it was very typical of an acl in regards to immense pain initially followed by being able to get up and walk off.

*obviously I'm not a real doctor, but i am a doctor of feel, and i feel for libba and the bulldogs fans.

 

[TN25]

s**t news. All the best for Libba and McKenzie

 

[Ashton Agar]

It would seem so


http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-28/mackenzie-acl-confirmed

WEST Coast has been dealt a serious blow ahead of the home and away season after scans confirmed defender Eric Mackenzie will need a knee reconstruction.

The 26-year-old tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in the Eagles' NAB Challenge win over Carlton on Friday night, after falling to the ground in an innocuous marking contest.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-28/mackenzie-acl-confirmed

Yep

That's crap. ACL's are a dog of an injury.

 

[ManOfClay]

Footy at whitten oval was meant to be a party

 

[bresker]

The studs catching in the turf as he twisted his knee is a bad sign, as others have said I've seen a few ACLs done in this fashion.

Libba senior did an ACL in the 1990s and came back from a full reco in 16 weeks. A silver lining I suppose :-/

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Most likely the end of his career, reports are saying.

WTH? Is this serious?

 

[Super Hans]

s**t but facts are facts has your board not being talking about smashing the tigers all week?atm tigers appear to be getting on top

How dare we talk about a upcoming game!

 

[Ashton Agar]

WTH? Is this serious?

No. No mention of it on TV and how could anyone make that judgement so quickly?

 

[ManOfClay]

The fact seems to be very non factual

 

[Baz_hawk]

Didn't look good, how he did it reminded me of Gilham a few years back. Feel for the kid, hopefully he's avoided major damage but it doesn't look good.

 

[Zerg]

Didn't look too bad as he walked off.

Makes no difference and i have seen players like Anthony Daniher run around the boundary for 10 minutes, only to be diagnosed with an ACL. David Hille jogged off as did Mckenzie the other night.

Hope he is ok but it looked like the classic ACL to me.

 

[Ambrosia]

The twisting motion is a worry

 

[ManOfClay]

Assuming the worst - at least Libba in terms of playing style doesn't rely on speed or agility.

 

[SterlingArcher]

Assuming the worst - at least Libba in terms of playing style doesn't rely on speed or agility.

Also, guys like Gray and Goddard who had multiple I believe have played some awesome footy after theirs.

Libba will be golden in the long-term, still sucks though.

 

[ManOfClay]

Agree it's a s**t run, but what to do...no practice games?

At this stage I'm happy to endorse this

 

[bradrowe#32]

Gee have too feel bad for the dogs new coach big loss of experienced/well liked players, struggling against undermanned tigers and boyd hardly getting a sniff. Tassie maybe on the cards soon

wtf has Libba's knee got to do with Tassie?

Jesus.

 

[hamohawk1]

the winner here: rumour and innuendo.

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Agree it's a s**t run, but what to do...no practice games?

Its an interesting question - Phil Walsh said the most important thing he wants from their 1st practise game - is no injuries - then said supporters will get a look at a few new young players

Ive got no interest in watching any of these practise games - its a bit like watching the Pro-am in golf - a waste of time - theres nothing riding on the result at all

Might watch half an hour of Geelong on Sunday - and i should emphasise might

 

[SterlingArcher]

ManOfClay other Dogs supporters, where is Clay Smith at with his knee? In the draft year with Patton, Wingard, Tyson, Coniglio, Ellis, D.Smith, Newnes and Hill and looked like he could be up there with the leaders of that pack before he had his ACL woes, how is his comeback tracking?

 

[ManOfClay]

Hoping to be back early this year

 

[SterlingArcher]

Hoping to be back early this year

Will we see him in the NAB Cup for a trial run or do you mean back playing any type of footy early this year?

 

[ManOfClay]

Will we see him in the NAB Cup for a trial run or do you mean back playing any type of footy early this year?

Not nab cup. Club is being cautious

 

[SterlingArcher]

Not nab cup. Club is being cautious

Fair enough too. Hope he gets a full run at it soon though. Will still be a player and a half.

 

[ManOfClay]

Fair enough too. Hope he gets a full run at it soon though. Will still be a player and a half.

I'm not confident. Two acl injuries and he's a real bash and crash type. Lots of stress on the body

 

[Testekill]

Will we see him in the NAB Cup for a trial run or do you mean back playing any type of footy early this year?

Safest bet would be back by about halfway through the season. He's going into full training from next week so he could be back earlier.