AFL Player 24: Nick Bryan

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 16, ant555

 

[bombreys]

I hate football

 

[yodellinhank]

I hate gyms

 

[fairbump_playon]

turns out the gym is closed for renovations. sorry

straight to the thymosin then I guess

 

[Nifft]

I hate gyms

You're just doing it wrong...

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

We have to have one of the worst records for ACLs as a club in my time watching.

Certainly having 2 in a week makes it feel like that. Devestating for Bryan and Edwards for sure. And some of our great players from Coleman, N Daniher, Salmon and Mick long have either had their careers curtailed or their brillianace dimmed by the dreaded knee. But unfortunately every club has their own story of this misfortune - I think Brisbane had 4 ACLs in 2024 alone. It's good that surgical repair has made such great strides that there is pretty good prospect of succesful return, but yeah, it's such a shame when a player who has struggled to get to the level cops one just as he is starting to show signs of having made the grade.

 

[Blind Turn]

Certainly having 2 in a week makes it feel like that. Devestating for Bryan and Edwards for sure. And some of our great players from Coleman, N Daniher, Salmon and Mick long have either had their careers curtailed or their brillianace dimmed by the dreaded knee. But unfortunately every club has their own story of this misfortune - I think Brisbane had 4 ACLs in 2024 alone. It's good that surgical repair has made such great strides that there is pretty good prospect of succesful return, but yeah, it's such a shame when a player who has struggled to get to the level cops one just as he is starting to show signs of having made the grade.

Add Tim Watson, Bewick, Solomon, Hille, and Draper as key players who’ve done knees off the top of my head.

 

[andleanback]

Add Tim Watson, Bewick, Solomon, Hille, and Draper as key players who done knees off the top of my head.

Alwyn Davey aswell who was electric in his first year, never got that elite speed and movement back to what it was.

 

[Nicholas61]

We have to have one of the worst records for ACLs as a club in my time watching.

Two in a couple of weeks. Was looking forward to seeing both he and Edwards this season (especially the latter with his half against the Dogs). Hopefully doesn't turn into Richmond 2024 where they had over 10% of their list go down with ACLs

 

[Nicholas61]

Add Tim Watson, Bewick, Solomon, Hille, and Draper as key players who done knees off the top of my head.

Was late to the 94 pre season match at Subi against WCE - got in and word was out Longy did his. Not sure he ever recovered the express pace he had. At least these days most seem to retain athleticism after ACLs.

 

[DERO]

Add Tim Watson, Bewick, Solomon, Hille, and Draper as key players who done knees off the top of my head.

Licha and Dempsey did one in the same game or did I imagine that? I may have had a couple of Carlton Drafts. It was against Carlton and we still won though form memory!

 

[cAsEy_18]

Licha and Dempsey did one in the same game or did I imagine that? I may have had a couple of Carlton Drafts. It was against Carlton and we still won though form memory!

Great memory, I’d forgotten this game.
Reckon you are remembering correctly, except that it was a draw (the fletcher run down Garlett late game)

 

[DERO]

Great memory, I’d forgotten this game.
Reckon you are remembering correctly, except that it was a draw (the fletcher run down Garlett late game)

Forgot that was a draw. Which segues into Fletcher's first game. It was a draw too (against Carlton). Fletcher played in the ruck that day.

 

[jmoo wan]

Add Tim Watson, Bewick, Solomon, Hille, and Draper as key players who done knees off the top of my head.

maybe get players to stop doing sick jumps off the top off your head?

 

[Blind Turn]

Was late to the 94 pre season match at Subi against WCE - got in and word was out Longy did his. Not sure he ever recovered the express pace he had. At least these days most seem to retain athleticism after ACLs.

Wasn’t Longy’s a patella first time round and an acl second time? Memory is a bit sketchy.

 

[Blind Turn]

maybe get players to stop doing sick jumps off the top off your head?

It’s a tradition.

 

[Calthorpe14]

Wasn’t Longy’s a patella first time round and an acl second time? Memory is a bit sketchy.

Other way around. Patella was his comeback game from an ACL (I believe) in the Centenary game against the Cats

 

[Old Campaigner]

Was late to the 94 pre season match at Subi against WCE - got in and word was out Longy did his. Not sure he ever recovered the express pace he had. At least these days most seem to retain athleticism after ACLs.

It really only seems to be the guys who suffer multiple ACLs like Alex Johnson who end up running like they're on train tracks. If it's just a one off it's hardly noticeable.

 

[EnolaGay]

Other way around. Patella was his comeback game from an ACL (I believe) in the Centenary game against the Cats

Yep, they took a graft from his patella for his ACL reconstruction, then said patella ruptured

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Lions had a pretty long list of ACLs last year didn't they? Ashcroft in rehab from previous year, Coleman, dodee (re-doing it too), and then gardiner/Mccarthy both in the same game.

 

[ant555]

Contract talks have started.

 

[nipst@r]

I'd sign him for two more. Shown enough and not going to cost heaps.

Is a serviceable afl ruck. Think for our projection of dominating 2027 onwards should be fully over the knee and in his prime as a ruck.

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Add Tim Watson, Bewick, Solomon, Hille, and Draper as key players who’ve done knees off the top of my head.

Remembered Tim missing a good part of 1986 with a knee injury but wasn't sure it was an ACL. I notice Richmond have 5 players currently on the AFL's injury list shown as ACLs, though some of those are left over from last season injuries. Granted not stars, but might well be playing otherwise.

 

[Blind Turn]

Remembered Tim missing a good part of 1986 with a knee injury but wasn't sure it was an ACL. I notice Richmond have 5 players currently on the AFL's injury list shown as ACLs, though some of those are left over from last season injuries. Granted not stars, but might well be playing otherwise.

Tim was out from rd3 ‘86 until rd6 ‘87 with his knee. Are you sure it wasn’t an ACL? I honestly can’t remember to be honest. Had just assumed it was for all these years.

With our history of big knees I was thinking more about the key players we’ve lost over the years as opposed to fringe players.

 

[DERO]

Tim was out from rd3 ‘86 until rd6 ‘87 with his knee. Are you sure it wasn’t an ACL? I honestly can’t remember to be honest. Had just assumed it was for all these years.

With our history of big knees I was thinking more about the key players we’ve lost over the years as opposed to fringe players.

N Daniher who my Dad regularly referred to as the best Daniher...

 

[Blind Turn]

N Daniher who my Dad regularly referred to as the best Daniher...

Yep, he was mentioned in the post I originally replied to. That knee injury was all tied up with the first time footy properly broke my heart. My hopes were high in ‘81 after we had defeated Carlton in the great comeback game. We’d won 16 in a row and Neale was leading the Sun player of the year award. I went to my first ever game the week after his injury when Geelong broke our winning run by beating us in the wet and denying us the double chance. We then lost the elim final and ****ing Carlton won the premiership.

I swear that if Neale didn’t do his knee we would’ve won the premiership and Neale would be a premiership player, and my first game live would’ve been a win. Footy ‘ey….