Riewoldt tore adductor 2 days before GF.

[bulletproof]

If Riewoldt was selfish for playing with that injury is Chapman selfish for playing on with a torn hamstring? Is Steve Johnson selfish for coming back to turn in one of the worst performers from an elite player ever? Non-story. He was beaten on the day by a brilliant performance he remains one of the best players in the league.

 

[LondonCalling]

I think what we're all missing here is the difference between going into a game injured, and being injured during the game.

As such, huge difference between Riewoldt's injury and Goddard/Chapman/Taylor.

 

[LongBomb]

The OP sounds obsessed.
A GF loss like this will take years to reconcille, if ever. So understandable really.

At any rate Harry Taylor beat him hands down playing with a broken hand.
Also the most amount of spoils ever recorded in a game.
Pretty damn gutsy from Harry. Won Geelong the flag

 

[St DAC]

How many threads have there been trying to reinvent the past?

As for the OP: perhaps he did have that injury. But IMO if you put your hands up to play, then you are deemed 100% fit.

No excuses. None.

 

[HulkHawkins]

At the end of the day this is what it all comes down to.

GEELONG 12.8.80 d ST KILDA 9.14.68

Hutchy must be bored and is looking for some attention.

Get over it FFS, if he was injured so badly he wouldn't have played, simple as that

 

[Xtreme]

Unlike the case of Knight Rider, one man can't make a difference.
St Kilda lost when it counted and there's no changing it.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

You already knew he was injured - didn't notice him grabbing his knee all the time for about the four games preceding the GF?

Now we know he also had an adductor tear to go with the knee injury.

And people think this is irrelevant, because "lots of players carry injuries into Grand Finals".

You lost get over it, stkilda ain't good enough they lost. 2009 premiers are Geelong which will forever be etched in history.

 

[Consumed]

My only guess is it wasn't Rooey who leaked this story. Everyone hates the piss-weak injury-as-an-excuse after a major loss.

Just another "shouldn't take an injured player into a GF" story.

Detracts from Taylor's great performance on the day. I struggle to think the injury was serious, Rooey played and moved fine on the GF, him and his team just got beaten by a better team on the day.

Should have just kept his mouth shut. Dipper and Dermie end up in hospital on life support after a GF and don't bitch and whine about it. Poor little adductor muscle, oh that must hurt........

 

[JUBJUB]

My only guess is it wasn't Rooey who leaked this story. Everyone hates the piss-weak injury-as-an-excuse after a major loss.

More likely someone with the intials GT.Look who wrote the story - his TV sidekick.

 

[Gooka]

If Taylor doesn't get kudos cause Roo was 'injured' does that mean Roo gets no kudos for his lucky goals on Morris in the PF who was playing with a fractured leg?

 

[ATSAM]

If it is true then bad luck, injured players lose Grand Finals. But a true story don't think so, he would not have been able to leap in the air, watch last quarter, and then crash to the ground without the ball if he was that injured.
That story is just trying to diminish Harry Taylors great performance on the day, Saint Nick was beaten on the day, yes thats right beaten and St Kilda kept kicking to him.

 

[Alatna]

If it is true then bad luck, injured players lose Grand Finals. But a true story don't think so, he would not have been able to leap in the air, watch last quarter, and then crash to the ground without the ball if he was that injured.
That story is just trying to diminish Harry Taylors great performance on the day, Saint Nick was beaten on the day, yes thats right beaten and St Kilda kept kicking to him.

Pfft.

You don't want to believe it, for reasons you've stated. It detracts from Taylor's "great performance" to know the guy he supposedly towelled up was playing with a) an adductor tear, and b) a munted knee.

Oh by the way - thank-you whoever you were for reminding me - Taylor DID NOT play with a broken hand. It was merely bruised.

And just for those who seem incapable of getting their heads around it, ie, all those people posting to inform us that Geelong won the Grand Final, this thread is not about Geelong somehow not deserving to win because Roo played injured. Not at all.

It's about Nick Riewoldt and his performance in the GF - which, in reality, was a damn fine performance all factors considered.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

You don't want to believe it, for reasons you've stated. It detracts from Taylor's "great performance" to know the guy he supposedly towelled up was playing with a) an adductor tear, and b) a munted knee.

You just don't get it, do you?

1) His knee couldnt have been 'munted' because he was BOG the previous 2 games. It wasnt hurt enough to prevent him playing well, yet was beaten on GF day.

2) You currently have an unsourced claim without quotes from a jouranlist who has a history of being rampagingly incorrect in regards to St Kilda, and you fail to acknowledge the club's refusal to discuss the issue with him may have anything to do with the fact he has ****ed over your club before.

3) This thread is getting pathetic. Riewoldt played well, but was beaten. You are now trying to make excuses. It's nearly November.

Just move on, seriously.

 

[HulkHawkins]

Pfft.


this thread is about Nick Riewoldt and his performance in the GF.

That's right and we all seen his performance in the GF on the big stage and he got well and truly beaten. I was there and have watched the replay about 100 times, he WASN'T injured, get over it

Harry bruised hand Roo bruised heart, what seems to be the problem here

 

[Spluff]

Wasn't this rumour already dismissed?

 

[Alatna]

You just don't get it, do you?

1) His knee couldnt have been 'munted' because he was BOG the previous 2 games. It wasnt hurt enough to prevent him playing well, yet was beaten on GF day.

2) You currently have an unsourced claim without quotes from a jouranlist who has a history of being rampagingly incorrect in regards to St Kilda, and you fail to acknowledge the club's refusal to discuss the issue with him may have anything to do with the fact he has ****ed over your club before.

3) This thread is getting pathetic. Riewoldt played well, but was beaten. You are now trying to make excuses. It's nearly November.

Just move on, seriously.

Jesus, you're annoying, aren't you?

If you find this thread pathetic, why do you keep returning to it? You've got a fair few posts in it now.

That article was only published yesterday, and yet I'm still making excuses when it's nearly November?

And that article, which you dismiss like it warrants no consideration whatsoever (despite the fact that it confirms something that was in fact reported prior to the GF), quotes a club official who Hutchison spoke to about the injury. They did not deny that it occurred. Which, had it not, it would have been very easy for them to say so, and so they would have.

His knee was munted. He is due to have arthroscope upon returning from the US. If you think that injury didn't hamper him, you're kidding yourself. Didn't notice him writhing in pain at various points in both those finals he was BOG in?

Then, two days prior the GF, he tears an adductor muscle.

Now, you, in your infinite wisdom, see fit to inform me I'm making excuses and need to move on. I'll say again, this article was only published yesterday, and if you think it's ridiculous to draw attention to new information, you must be a rather uninformed person.

I'll grant you one thing, this thread is now pathetic - it's been made pathetic by the flames and trolls posted in it by DHs who seem to think they're on Bay13.

 

[flamethrower]

Big deal.

Dale Morris played with a broken leg the week before.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

And that article, which you dismiss like it warrants no consideration whatsoever (despite the fact that it confirms something that was in fact reported prior to the GF), quotes a club official who Hutchison spoke to about the injury. They did not deny that it occurred. Which, had it not, it would have been very easy for them to say so, and so they would have.

What strange world do you inhabit where a denial equals a confirmation? You are desperate to find excuses. You want to believe he hurt himself.

There are many possible reasons why they didnt want to talk about it.

1) They dont want to give Hutchy a scoop.
2) Unlike yourself, they just want to move on.
3) It's not true

Your willingness to believe Hutchy is astounding, particulary from a team who he ****ed over 5 years ago with unsourced garbage.

It's entirely possible Hutchy wrote this because the rumours give it an air of plausibility.

Im not saying it didnt happen, just that we need more evidence.

Only those looking for excuses will be convinced by this.

His knee was munted. He is due to have arthroscope upon returning from the US. If you think that injury didn't hamper him, you're kidding yourself. Didn't notice him writhing in pain at various points in both those finals he was BOG in?

Again, I tell you.

If his knee was 'munted' he wouldnt have been BOG the previous 2 weeks. Don;t say that makes his performance in those games even better, because that is crap. he may have been hurt, but not badly enough to be BOG twice. A performance he could not repeat on GF day.

I probably saw 40 players writhing in pain at some stage. It's a grand final for **** sake.

WHere are the other 39 threads for excuses for those players?

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Big deal.

Dale Morris played with a broken leg the week before.

Exactly.

This thread is just started by a St.K fan desperate for an excuse.

Im sure Riewoldt himself would be embarrassed by this.

 

[Rik E Boy]

Just quietly - I think a bung knee and a torn adductor hampers a key forward a little more than a crack in their hand hinders a defender.

I agree. So why did he play again? He's either selfish, or it's all bulltish. Your call.

regards,

REB

 

[GuzzLG]

My only guess is it wasn't Rooey who leaked this story. Everyone hates the piss-weak injury-as-an-excuse after a major loss.

Just another "shouldn't take an injured player into a GF" story.

Detracts from Taylor's great performance on the day. I struggle to think the injury was serious, Rooey played and moved fine on the GF, him and his team just got beaten by a better team on the day.

Should have just kept his mouth shut. Dipper and Dermie end up in hospital on life support after a GF and don't bitch and whine about it. Poor little adductor muscle, oh that must hurt........

Yep. Riewoldt losing more and more respect by the week. First his embarrassing chokes in Rounds 20 and 21, his disgraceful diving in the PF, saving his worst performance for the year for the GF and then this BS injury excuse coming up.

 

[Alatna]

Exactly.

This thread is just started by a St.K fan desperate for an excuse.

Im sure Riewoldt himself would be embarrassed by this.

LMAO @ you.

"Morris played good with a broken leg!!!" "Exactly!!!!1"

Yet you refuse to believe that Riewoldt was carrying a serious knee injury in the finals because he played well.

You're a pretty unreasonable person, aren't you?

And you refuse to believe that he tore his adductor because there is no direct confirmation from the club of this.

And you continually dismiss the fact that Hutchison spoke directly with a club official about whether this had occurred and that club official's response was that they didn't want to talk about something that happened three weeks ago.

In your mind, that's a denial, is it?

You tell me I just want to believe he was hurt. The reality is he was hurt. You, for some reason I can't fathom, don't want to believe this.

Yep. Riewoldt losing more and more respect by the week. First his embarrassing chokes in Rounds 20 and 21, his disgraceful diving in the PF, saving his worst performance for the year for the GF and then this BS injury excuse coming up.

Get off the mainboard - you've forgotten how to converse in anything but flames.

 

[alfy!]

What a ridiculous thread. Who cares. No excuses if you run out onto the ground.

 

[Neville Bartos]

Maybe he should have told his teammates about the injury so they didn't kick it to him at EVERY opportunity. Anyway it was wet and Taylor played a freak game (always plays well on Riewoldt but average against the rest), so I doubt it would have changed the result much.

 

[Choota]

Weak excuse from a weak football club - who don't know what it takes to win a premiership.

Carrying injuries into Grand Finals happens every year. Half of Hawthorn's team in 2008 were ****ed going into it. I'm sure Geelong had plenty of injured players this year too. The best sides and the toughest players suck it up and still contribute.