Retired #29: Patrick Ambrose - Officially retired - 11/8

[Lore]

Contract Status: Retired. 11/8
Last Game Played: Elimination Final 2019 (injured)
Injury Status: Injured, stayed in Vic with a young baby - 18/7
Sore, finished the VFL game on the bench - 29/6

 

[Runk]

Didn't he slam someone else into the turf on the weekend? Very reminiscent of the classic Hill one a few years back.

 

[Kakkle]

Where the hell did that come from? Let alone in a finals game.

17 disposals at 94%, 10 marks, including 6 intercept marks, 8 rebound 50's, and kept Darling fairly quiet.

Strong performance to end a very good year.

 

[biglaycock]

Hold your head high you hard sonofabitch

 

[fairbump_playon]

Deserves to sleep well. Has had a great year.. real steps forward.

 

[eth-dog]

I can't see how he isn't top 5 in the BnF. Such a consistent year.

 

[DapperJong]

Wasn’t mentioned in the injury update.

 

[Lore]

Wasn’t mentioned in the injury update.

Were you expecting him to be?

 

[DapperJong]

Were you expecting him to be?

No

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Essendon's "specimen" and the least glamorous of the boys.

Has shown his importance to the side over the years and am forever happy he's a Don.

Must be on the verge of 100 senior games now.

 

[eth-dog]

Essendon's "specimen" and the least glamorous of the boys.

Has shown his importance to the side over the years and am forever happy he's a Don.

Must be on the verge of 100 senior games now.

87

 

[fairbump_playon]

87

Soon his son will be eligible to hurt people for us

 

[TheGrizz]

I love this guy, but his injury history is beginning to be a bit of a worry

 

[eth-dog]

RedmanWasHere this is entirely your fault.

 

[Old Campaigner]

RedmanWasHere this is entirely your fault.

RedmanWasHere is Justin Crow?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

RedmanWasHere this is entirely your fault.

Nah.

I'm faultless.

Blame his body.

 

[eth-dog]

Nah.

I'm faultless.

Blame his body.

You made me say the number of games he was on, which just so happens to be the unluckiest number in Australian sport!

So yes, your fault.

 

[yodellinhank]

You made me say the number of games he was on, which just so happens to be the unluckiest number in Australian sport!

So yes, your fault.

Let's not forget

2020 games:

Ambrose: 20
Hooker: 18
Hurley: 19

I'm reasonably comfortable with the amount of key defenders we have.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Like I said.

The least glamorous of all Essendon players.

 

[Lore]

Just by way of some vague detail confirmation..

The only sour note to the game was the loss of key defender Patrick Ambrose to an injury sustained in a marking contest in the opening term. The 28-year-old will be sent for scans and essendonfc.com.au will provide an update on the tough backman in due course.

Dons race away with big practice match win

Essendon has flexed its muscles in a 74-point practice match victory over Melbourne.

www.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Confirmed PCL, will know more after seeing specialist but doesn’t sound great

Ambrose suffers PCL injury

The Bombers confirm a PCL injury for defender Patrick Ambrose.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Hooker back... um forw... fack?

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Confirmed PCL, will know more after seeing specialist but doesn’t sound great

Ambrose suffers PCL injury

The Bombers confirm a PCL injury for defender Patrick Ambrose.

www.essendonfc.com.au

Hooker back... um forw... fack?

****

 

[Vander18]

Shitty news, our best defensive stopper by some margin.

Silver lining is the fact it creates space for BZT who we need to get games into.
Couldn’t fit him in with Hurley, Francis and Ambrose all available.

Hooker can play forward most weeks but may have swing back occasionally to play on a gorilla type.

 

[DapperJong]

Could be most of the year if he needs surgery.

 

[JayJ20]

I'm fairly numb to injuries tbh. It's a part of Essendon's fabric.