Preview Tom Mitchell out for 2019 with broken leg

[Gralin]

Means they will now carry three major reinjury risks in their midfield. They are cooked. Arrogance of a hyper successful team not thinking you have to rebuild strikes again.

I didnt know a broken leg was a major reinjury risk

 

[andrewb]

I didnt know a broken leg was a major reinjury risk

Rebreaking is not a concern but few come back easily from something like this without a bunch of other challenges. Can’t think of a tib fib break where someone has gotten better, plenty where they got worse

 

[Gralin]

Rebreaking is not a concern but few come back easily from something like this without a bunch of other challenges. Can’t think of a tib fib break where someone has gotten better, plenty where they got worse

But you said we have 3 major reinjury risks in our midfield now

 

[BigVic]

It's a major injury. Mitchell out for 2019 may not see him return to his best next season. Virtually impossible for a comeback this year

 

[BEEG]

Is it a Nathan Brown broken leg? Or a Nat fyfe - technically broken but I'll still play - broken leg?

Ex Hawthorn player told me today it's a Brown type break will be 18 months.

 

[beta_condition]

Rebreaking is not a concern but few come back easily from something like this without a bunch of other challenges. Can’t think of a tib fib break where someone has gotten better, plenty where they got worse

Voss and Lyon

 

[HirdyLannister]

So he’s broken both bones. That would have to seriously put into doubt his ability to recover to be the same player right?

luckily he doesn't kick the ball.

 

[markm106]

He could come back and be just as good. The reality is there can be other injuries including stress related injuries and probably they’ll be more likely if he comes back to early. I remember the Nathan Brown open mike episode. I think he came back a bit early he said. Anyway he seems a very hard worker and a very diligent preparer.

 

[Taylor]

The bone isn't the problem. The lower leg isn't an area that handles inflammation well.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Rebreaking is not a concern but few come back easily from something like this without a bunch of other challenges. Can’t think of a tib fib break where someone has gotten better, plenty where they got worse

You’d probably say Voss was better. Came back and won 3 B&Fs, 4 AAs and 2 AFLPA MVPs.

 

[5ammy]

Lot of experts on this thread, and it’s only Day 1.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

I feel more sorry that the guy is getting robbed of at least one and probably two of the prime years of his career.

 

[Obeanie1]

As opposed to all the teams that lost a "soldier" who just played out matches with 17 players, thus costing them several flags?

You've included the 2 worst cliches in sport - firstly, they are not "soldiers", they are not being shot at to protect some country's oil interests; secondly, every team replaces a player who gets injured, it's part of the essence of contact sport.

Sucks for Mitchell and for Hawthorn, no doubt, but this thread has turned into a ******* eulogy. The blokes not dead, and to be really frank if you're going to break a tibia, offseason is the "best time" (for lack of a better phrase) to do it, cos there's no pressure on him to return this season. They can make sure the bones are properly reset, he can heal the surrounding joints and muscles without needing to put too much strain on the ankle/foot etc, and he can hopefully come back as good as every in 16 months.

Its a motto used by the Hawks brand for some time. Thats the point and the only point.

No need to be a dick. And you are!

 

[Benny78]

Jaeger O'Meara needs a big season

Definitely otherwise it will be Smith and Burgoyne carrying the whole team. But then I forget they have Scully and Wingard who if they could combine their powers into one, would be a better duo than Mitchell/Omeara

 

[Carson Dial]

Think Micky Barlow, made a full recovery and went on to play a lot of good footy.

 

[Socrates2]

I'm pretty sure Ratugolea broke both his tibia and fibia in May last year and he made it back to play VFL late in the year.

Ratugolea broke his ankle in May, and returned to training on Dec 12th

 

[Masher]

Was it Sam Mitchell who tackled Tom and broke his leg?

 

[Sixpence]

Definitely otherwise it will be Smith and Burgoyne carrying the whole team. But then I forget they have Scully and Wingard who if they could combine their powers into one, would be a better duo than Mitchell/Omeara

If they combined into one how could they be a duo at all?

 

[nobbyiscool]

Its a motto used by the Hawks brand for some time. Thats the point and the only point.

No need to be a dick. And you are!

It's a ******* stupid motto, and it's bullshit that supporters of other teams needn't buy into.

As I said, it's not like other teams play with 17 when a player gets injured. Every friggen team is "next man up"!

 

[stfan]

Ex Hawthorn player told me today it's a Brown type break will be 18 months.

Might be the case if it is a spiral fracture which tend to be nasty.

A girl I know did a spiral fracture of her leg when she twisted quickly, but her foot was pinned. Very slow healing and a massive pins to hold things in place. Took her ages to recover.

The reports seem to indicate that it was a similar torsional break action, and if so the damage could be similarly nasty. Much worse (as the damage goes up the bone/s) than a simple clean lateral break/fracture.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

If it is a small positive he is not an explosive player. So hopefully wont affect him in the long run. What on earth caused this ?

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Horrible part of our game unfortunately, seems like a nice bloke too, best wishes.

 

[AFLOnline]

Club just confirmed it’s a broken fibula and tibula...


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Tibula?

 

[Bradkli]

Tibula?

Tibia....tibula...means the same thing to 99% here..

 

[Downhill Skier]

Bugger , truly horrible news.