Bartel doesn't have a double-break in his arm

[greenlight]

Wouldn't worry too much about having Bartel and Rooke out as u will smash us next week.
Maybe rest Gary Ablett and Chapman and u still should do us by 10 goals

Icant beleive that a supporter of essendon would go into the geelong room and say ohhh you will smash us....what kinda supporter are you....geelong are very good but the not unbeatable.....no disrespect geelong supporters but this guy is a goof ball and i hope he changes teams cause i dont want someone like him supporting or barracking for our team....he,s negative and stupid....

 

[And_ROOS]

Ill say, i mean yes formline says we should do Essendon in, but formline doesnt account for Hirds 250th sadly, and that has all the Geelong fans on edge.

Will the Bombers serve up the crap they did against Port? Or the efforts against Sydney and the WCE?

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

http://news.realfooty.com.au/cats-confident-on-bartel-despite-scare/20073930-ldg.html


Neil Balme said of Jimmy's injury, "He's all clear, fine, he'll be in hospital overnight, but we expect him to be 100 per cent. Whether he plays next week or not is another thing, if he comes up, but there's nothing serious."

 

[CF]

Bartel hospitalised but is ‘fine’

5:32 PM Sat 30 June, 2007 | Back

By Jennifer Witham

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GEELONG midfielder Jimmy Bartel will spend a night in hospital after suffering numbness in his arms owing to a concussion sustained during the Cats' 18-point win over Sydney on Saturday.

Bartel was collected during the first half of the match and went off, but returned later in the second term before complaining of a lack of feeling in his upper limbs.

The 23-year-old, one of the favourites for this season’s Brownlow Medal, was removed from the venue at half time in an ambulance, complete with neck brace and breathing through an oxygen mask.

Football operations manager Neil Balme said Bartel is recovering from the incident and will spend the night in Geelong Hospital.

“He's fine, he's had a CT scan and everything is clear,” Balme said after the game.

“When he came off the ground, he was feeling a bit numb in the hands, so everyone was a bit concerned about that.”

“He's all clear, he's fine, he'll be in hospital overnight. We expect him to be 100 per cent.

“Whether he plays next week is another thing, but I hope he comes up. There is nothing serious.”

Balme quashed initial reports that stated Bartel had injured his arm and then suffered a reaction to pain medication.

“There is nothing wrong with his arms. What he did, he felt numb and that's what he was a bit concerned about, but he's fine,” Balme said.

“He got a whack in the head and we haven't seen the incident ourselves, so we're not sure how.

“Whether he landed on his head or someone ran into him, we're not sure.

“It was a bit of a delayed onset, he was okay, and then all of a sudden when he was off he was feeling very ordinary.”

Defender Max Rooke was the Cats' other big casualty and looks set to be sidelined for a few weeks after straining his hamstring.

Balme said it “doesn't look good” for Rooke, while coach Mark Thompson said the tagger will “miss a fair bit of footy” after the 25-year-old limped from the ground early in the first term.

Rooke has endured his fair share of hamstring heartache this season after missing the first seven rounds with complaints, and was back in the side this week after serving a one-match suspension.

 

[SJ]

Doc Larkins rates him 90% chance to play.

 

[Ricardo]

Excellent news, just glad he is alright, by the way people were talking yesterday you'd think he'd nearly died.

 

[CF]

Doc Larkins rates him 90% chance to play.

the same Doc Larkins whom said he had a break in 2 places

 

[Kaiser Powser]

I was at the game and my hands went numb as well. Hmm wonder if there is some kind of psychic link there.

 

[Hood007]

What a champ:

Bartel: Night in hospital won't stop me
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22000648%5E20322,00.html