Official Club Stuff Libba knee injury - 2015 season over

[TempletonTheRat]

So does Boyd go back to playing in the middle now?

yes please

 

[wian]

Seriously, this if F'n Bullshit now hearing about Hrovat also ! What a s**t end to what was supposed to be a great day

 

[Maddog1980]

How long will a punctured lung keep Rat out for?

 

[wian]

How long will a punctured lung keep Rat out for?

depends on the severity. Should be back by round 1 hopefully - God knows we will need him

 

[Maddog1980]

depends on the severity. Should be back by round 1 hopefully - God knows we will need him

Good, thought he was quite dynamic early in the game.

 

[charcoalchicken]

looked pretty much like an acl when he went down, terrible news, were going to being even shittier this year than what we already were going to be.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Hopefully you have better luck with Liberatore than we did with Mackenzie. He's a promising young player hope he dodges an acl.

 

[ossie_21]

Didn't know Hrovat got injured, but punctured lungs?!! Ffs

 

[lmach]

 

[ossie_21]

looked pretty much like an acl when he went down, terrible news, were going to being even shittier this year than what we already were going to be.

A comment I seen earlier I agree with. Even if only from the outside, expectations on us have dropped a lot. While today showed our forward structure that we've lacked for the last 3 years looked 10x better, we now have issues in midfield as well as question marks still in defence.

Midfield is the funny one because the upside of our last few struggling years was our "young midfield". Now, it literally is just youngsters & inexperience. M Boyd has just gone from fringe 22 to "get him the * in there", for example. Dwelling on it won't help, let's just hope we can get a couple of players step up to the next level & hope like * Clay comes back into the team & gets a good run started

 

[immortalmike]

Hopefully you have better luck with Liberatore than we did with Mackenzie. He's a promising young player hope he dodges an acl.

Appreciate the sentiment but Libba is far more than a 'promising young player' he has lead the league in clearances and tackles for two years running with a disposal efficiency comparable to Pendlebury. The game may have lost a season from one of the elite.

 

[CoastersFlag No.5]

Appreciate the sentiment but Libba is far more than a 'promising young player' he has lead the league in clearances and tackles for two years running with a disposal efficiency comparable to Pendlebury. The game may have lost a season from one of the elite.

Yeah he's off to a great start him and Wallis have great synergy. Wasn't trying to be disrespectful. Was kinda looking forward to him and Bontempelli.

 

[Crow_Sting]

Hate seeing anyone go down with a knee, but for someone so valuable to his team after last season is just horrible. Was so excited to see Libba get another year behind him! Hope to see him back bigger and better!

 

[BRWB]

So we have lost our two best mids from last year....two of the best in the league....and we were s**t last year.......REALLY??!!

A massive test for our youngsters, just got so much harder. F*ck I hate football sometimes. Libba gone - REALLY??!!

Just F*ck.

All the best to Libba and Hrovat in their recoveries. And to Clay Smith too....

F*ck.

 

[candymanwb]

I propose that we change the thread title to a more broader title along the lines of "NAB Challenge Round 1: v Richmond Injuries".

Too many injuries to cover

 

[Struggle]

Hoping he has his dad's recovery style, Liberatore ACL injuries are only 8-10 weeks aren't they?

 

[Eastdog]

Was a big downer in what otherwise was a great day out at the WO. I hope for a full and speedy recovery.

 

[theAthenian]

having seen the vision im going to wait for the scan tomorrow - not convinced its a rupture could be a 6-8 weeker

 

[Werewolf]

Libba Snr recovered in less than 4 months; he kept icing his knee during the night IIRC. If it is the worst, could Jnr pull off a similar comeback?

 

[Chicago1]

Unless the ice is made from Lourdes water, I don't know...

 

[Scary_Foot_9]

If Libba is out we lose so much of everything from our midfield, clearances, contested ball, composure, tackling and leadership. There's now way way too much on Macrae and Bonts, we will get absolutely smashed in the centre in the real stuff. If Nick Riewodt can remain in good health, this probably spells a wooden spoon for us.

 

[TempleKelvington]

That's footy. But we wait and see, you never know it may not be as bad as first thought. That said, if he is out for any length of time, I think it would be prudent to elevate Brett Goodes to play the Libber role, he would be very good at it.

 

[dogzrule]

That's footy. But we wait and see, you never know it may not be as bad as first thought. That said, if he is out for any length of time, I think it would be prudent to elevate Brett Goodes to play the Libber role, he would be very good at it.

I wasnt overly happy we retained matthew boyd this year but it is just as well now

 

[TempleKelvington]

I wasnt overly happy we retained matthew boyd this year but it is just as well now

Yep and also Goodes, we have young list and it does not take too many injuries before it's exposed for hardened bodies.

 

[vonn]

Hey guys.

Hoping it's not an ACL but just remember if it is he's young and tough enough to get through it. It'll be okay!

Malceski did his ACL with us in a NAB game and ended up a premiership player. It's not all doom & gloom.