Past #17: Nathan Grima

[Egga]

Such sad news. He had one of his best preseasons and still managed to end up under the knife.

If it was me, I'd be throwing in the towel. Hope he is made of better stuff than I am, but wouldn't blame him at all if he decided to hang up the boots and head down media street.

 

[boneofshin]

I'm sure Heath will take care of him just as he did last year and we'll see plenty of Narni in the media this year. That's the closest I can get to a positive out of this news.

 

[miss_kate18]

Neighbour next door just wondered why they heard a cry of "nooooo!".

 

[GS WARRIORS]

Great bloke and clubman.

Out of luck again. Maybe the end.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Shit news. Get well Narni!

 

[roos_fanatic08]

bugger…that sucks.

Good opportunity for news for Tippett and Tarrant though.

 

[Ocha905]

What does this guy have to do to have even an ounce of luck. Unbefitting of someone of his calibre as a person.

He was unbelievable last year against West Coast from memory spoiling every eagles f50 thrust coming his way.

Hope he can recover in time for the finals.

 

[muttley45]

Terrible news for Narni, 12-14 weeks, could possibly mean the season, best wishes for speedy recovery, and hope to see him in the media post-op, dude has talent in that area too

 

[mighty mick]

was watching seven news and saw nathan grima injured his back to have an operation and a possible weeks 17 off. can someone confirm the amount of weeks, it was a short story after some other club rap ups.

 

[Mr Reliable]

I'm sure Heath will take care of him just as he did last year and we'll see plenty of Narni in the media this year. That's the closest I can get to a positive out of this news.

Shocking news. Shocking.

And I am beginning to get a bit bored with Narni's media schtick. The old 'let the good times roll' attitude wears thin when he's not out there playing.

Also some advice for our recruiters, just in case: 'grima' is Maltese for 'injury prone'. Please, no more Grimas.

 

[mighty mick]

sad to see it happen was looking forward to the year, hopefully our recruiting of the last two yrs pay off

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Well that's just ****ed.

Tippett, your time is now.

 

[scooby1279]

terrible news for Grima but his time was coming to an end unfortunately. Glad we picked up 2 KPD players from the Nov draft. Tippet will play but its time for Tarrant to step up and play the CHB role.

 

[Horizons_00]

A door closes, another one opens.

This is devastating news for him, I hope he has a great recovery but I am the same as everyone else, I think these constant injuries are going to affect him not only physically but mentally

Our back line is looking like a sore bunch in 2015. Our injuries are starting to worry me but then I do have this confidence that this does give other players to step up (mind you we don't have many stepping up in that role)

 

[True North]

Any suggestions for a replacement Big Easy?

Awful news for Narni. My favourite NM player.

 

[Luke72]

Hopefully it's not as long as they are predicting. I'll be pissed if he throws in the towel there will be still a fair bit of a pretty important season to play out.

 

[Pykie]

Which means, with Hansen & Grima underdone, we could be seeing a lot of Tippett and potentially Nielson & Durdin.

Neilson has the body.

Tippett probably slides into the best 22, Tarrant first reserve, possibly best 22 if Hansen is underdone.

Suddenly Neilson and Durdin are very handy picks, as much as some of us liked Weller etc pre-draft.

 

[Engimal]

Bloody hell. It'd have to be horrible to be a guy like Grima where you're clearly AFL standard but just can't stay on the park.

 

[XU1-ROO]

86 games played? May make it hard for him to reach 100 now.
Hopefully he can do an Ian Fairly and play his last game & 100 game on GF day.

 

[Psicosis]

Welcome to the 22 Mr.Durdin

 

[scooby1279]

Welcome to the 22 Mr.Durdin

not so sure unless he absolutely kills it in the NAB

 

[Gasometer]

 

[Johndory]

So what do the haters have to say about our recruiters taking durdin/ nielson now? Seems like they got it spot on once again.

Tippett comes straight in raring to go and now we have Durdin, Nielson and Tarrant all fighting for Firrito's spot if he dips in form at all.

By the way, has anyone actually seen Tarrant down back yet in training? I have very little faith in him succeeding down back tbh..

 

[Dirty_11]

****

 

[Harris 10]

Get back and retire with a flag old boy.