AFL Player 37: Nic Martin - Re-injured ACL, see you in 2027 - 28/11

[TheGrizz]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2027
2024 My Boy Draft: Pick 1, Beerfish

 

[Old Campaigner]

Pay $500k and they’ll just let you do the entire op. **** caring about if it actually fixes him.

Until Red Sash gets a turn on the knives

 

[ant555]

A high schooler could work out that letting him run around and kick footballs only 4 months after an ACL isn't a smart idea. Surely a bloke with over 20 years experience and a PhD in the field could speak up and say "maybe just keep away from the footballs until the new year" while he helps develop a return to training program. 6 weeks is plenty of time

Thanks. We will take it on board.

He was not actually running around kicking footballs. It is quite normal do be doing some kicking off one or two steps.

 

[BomberFan355]

Live stream of the op? Why are your expectations so modest?

I expected to actually be able to be there in the theatre and watch him go under the knife live.

 

[Mr Bultitude]

Thanks Mansell, now Mr. Bultitude is crying.

 

[quotemokc]

He was unlikely to play next year at least

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Oh well at least now he has 16 months to recover for start of ‘27 season. Don’t rush it and ensure come back as strong as ever

 

[brutus76]

We need OCP to take over Essendon and get him a RoboCop knee with a lifetime warranty

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

These **** supporters can’t let it go can they ..like weasly hfc70

 

[Zach Package]

Is there any actual confirmation he has reinjured his ACL?

 

[Lore]

Is there any actual confirmation he has reinjured his ACL?

Officially? Only that he injured the same knee again, which he then chose to have surgery on.

ant555 seems to have unofficially heard a partial tear?

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

****. Hope someone at least has a quiet word to that rfc flog that caused the initial acl next time we play them.

Accident or not, he was being a dickhead and trying to be a tough guy

Fake tough guy Mansell, I hope other Dons fans don't forget.

 

[Duckworth]

These **** supporters can’t let it go can they ..like weasly hfc70

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[jmoo wan]

Is there any actual confirmation he has reinjured his ACL?

stage 1. denial

 

[NAB777]

If he hasn't ruptured it again, he likely stretched the graft. When I did that, it wasn't bad enough to have another reconstruction...just.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

as weird as it is to say this, if you're going to do a knee, now is kind of, sort of, maybe the time? In terms of games missed it's really not that many extra... best case he would have gotten back mid-year so he absolute max number of additional games on the sideline is, like, 10 or so.

I realise that's an enormous service of cope, but still, right???

 

[Mr Bultitude]

as weird as it is to say this, if you're going to do a knee, now is kind of, sort of, maybe the time? In terms of games missed it's really not that many extra... best case he would have gotten back mid-year so he absolute max number of additional games on the sideline is, like, 10 or so.

I realise that's an enormous service of cope, but still, right???

Much easier to digest in the off season.

 

[Foxx]

as weird as it is to say this, if you're going to do a knee, now is kind of, sort of, maybe the time? In terms of games missed it's really not that many extra... best case he would have gotten back mid-year so he absolute max number of additional games on the sideline is, like, 10 or so.

I realise that's an enormous service of cope, but still, right???

He wont have to rush the recovery this time.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I reckon if he was on track for like Round 18 knowing us we would've rushed him to a reinjury ruling him out until 2028. In a weird way we might've dodged a bullet.

 

[Zach Package]

stage 1. denial

It's not denial, it's because the messaging around this has been ****ing weird as hell.

'Suffered an accident at training'?

What the hell does that mean? Did he spill hot tea on himself or burn his hand on the sandwich press?

I don't even think the initial comms even confirmed it was the same knee. The subsequent comms has confirmed that he has had surgery on the previously reconstructed knee but it doesn't actually make reference to the ACL.

 

[faible]

It's not denial, it's because the messaging around this has been ****ing weird as hell.

'Suffered an accident at training'?

What the hell does that mean? Did he spill hot tea on himself or burn his hand on the sandwich press?

I don't even think the initial comms even confirmed it was the same knee. The subsequent comms has confirmed that he has had surgery on the previously reconstructed knee but it doesn't actually make reference to the ACL.

Unlike in a match they're not under full time video recording, so they may well not have any more detail than what he told them; 'I slipped at training and felt something in my knee'. We knew from the first update he'd slipped, and that it was the knee he'd had reconstructed. We know from the second update that there was damage to the reconstructed knee which can be any manner of things without being a re-tear of the ACL.

What more is it you want? Personal medical records? A phone call from the surgeon?

Injury Update: Nic Martin

An update on Nic Martin.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Update 1:

Nic Martin has undergone scans on his reconstructed knee after slipping at training last week.

Injury Update: Nic Martin

Update following further assessment of knee injury.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Update 2:

Martin suffered a setback after a minor training incident a couple of weeks ago. Follow-up scans confirmed damage to the recently reconstructed knee.

 

[jmoo wan]

It's not denial, it's because the messaging around this has been ****ing weird as hell.

'Suffered an accident at training'?

What the hell does that mean? Did he spill hot tea on himself or burn his hand on the sandwich press?

I don't even think the initial comms even confirmed it was the same knee. The subsequent comms has confirmed that he has had surgery on the previously reconstructed knee but it doesn't actually make reference to the ACL.

stage 2: anger

 

[NAB777]

Unlike in a match they're not under full time video recording, so they may well not have any more detail than what he told them; 'I slipped at training and felt something in my knee'. We knew from the first update he'd slipped, and that it was the knee he'd had reconstructed. We know from the second update that there was damage to the reconstructed knee which can be any manner of things without being a re-tear of the ACL.

What more is it you want? Personal medical records? A phone call from the surgeon?

Injury Update: Nic Martin

An update on Nic Martin.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Update 1:

Injury Update: Nic Martin

Update following further assessment of knee injury.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Update 2:

The reason I think it's a stretched graft, is that any decent club medic would have known he ruptured it within 5 seconds of checking it.

 

[faible]

The reason I think it's a stretched graft, is that any decent club medic would have known he ruptured it within 5 seconds of checking it.

Agree, nothing reported makes it sounds like a re-rupture, and given he wasn't due back until mid-year next year it's probably safer just to put him on ice for 2026 and use the LTI spot to pick someone up as a train-on or save a slot for the MSD. What's the point in him coming back for a game or two at the end of the season (aside from his personal motivation) when we could potentially pick up a project player for year.

 

[King Patty]

We all thought the worst initally (re rupture)

But from club communications felt it might not have been a re-rupture. (saw surgeon, no annoucnement, assessing options)

I guess we imagined if it was acl rupture, he would have already headed in for surgery as they would do that ASAP, and it would have been announced as you can't keep that quiet. And we would have had a SSP spot available for the rookie draft.

Maybe they were waiting for inflammation to go down. Or scans to come back, or the preferred AFL ACL doctor was on holidays in Aspen.

Or there was no rush as we Rosa preferred to keep a list spot over for SSP rather than get someone in the rookie draft.


Theres likely a number of reasons, or maybe Nic martin wanted to play in the clubs ashes cricket game before under going surgery

 

[EnolaGay]

as weird as it is to say this, if you're going to do a knee, now is kind of, sort of, maybe the time? In terms of games missed it's really not that many extra... best case he would have gotten back mid-year so he absolute max number of additional games on the sideline is, like, 10 or so.

I realise that's an enormous service of cope, but still, right???

At this point in time, I'm buying what you're selling!