Past #17: Mitchell Hibberd - won't be offered a new contract - thanks for your efforts Mitch

[The Nostradamus]

GREAT NEWS

Tweet was removed but it mentioned the following:

a little scare! But all good! Knee is as good as gold.

Like!

 

[Jazny]

I wonder why the tweet was removed

 

[giantroo]

 

[muttley45]

You're the man GR, tweets removed = in the famous words of Dimma "Just a speed hump"

 

[Jasemon]

Thank God for that. After the shocking luck we had last year with Durdin, Nielson and VW we're surely due some luck this year with the new crop. Especially Hibberd as he's just come off a couple of years of bad injuries.

 

[Harry Groves 19]

Good news! How did Hibberd go on Saturday night?

 

[year of the roo]

I wonder why the tweet was removed

Because we're unleashing him this week against the Bummers.

 

[Harris 10]

It didn't look good so that's super news.

 

[Rooboy 96]

so happy for the kid, it sounded really bad reading the Werribee reports.

 

[Heaps of fun]

What a let off. Poor bugger has already been through so much. Really so glad.

 

[giantroo]

Better news than a season.


Youngster Mitchell Hibberd will miss two to three weeks, after he suffered a displaced kneecap during Werribee’s loss to Williamstown on Saturday night.

“During the game his kneecap was displaced slightly but thankfully there is no long term damage. Mitch should only be on the sidelines for a fortnight or so before he’s able to make his return to competitive action,” Walsh added.

Mitchell Hibberd (knee) – 2-3 weeks

 

[roos_fanatic08]

what the hell is a displaced knee cap? Never heard of that before in my life, but I'm bloody happy it exists as the alternative ligament damage or dislocated knee is much worse!!

 

[DarkPhoenix]

what the hell is a displaced knee cap? Never heard of that before in my life, but I'm bloody happy it exists as the alternative ligament damage or dislocated knee is much worse!!

Basically a dislocation of the Patella, they're not that rare really.

Basically stabilising tissue and or ligaments around the kneecap tear allowing the kneecap to move out of the place it should be.

Think of it as the knee version of a dislocated shoulder.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Basically a dislocation of the Patella, they're not that rare really.

Basically stabilising tissue and or ligaments around the kneecap tear allowing the kneecap to move out of the place it should be.

Think of it as the knee version of a dislocated shoulder.

Dislocated knee cap is what ruined the career of Chris Knights, by the sounds of things it wasn't a complete dislocation...

 

[Arden]

Two weeks.

See you in 2017 Mitch.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Dislocated knee cap is what ruined the career of Chris Knights, by the sounds of things it wasn't a complete dislocation...

Yeah, theres varying degrees of dislocation with a kneecap, it can be a few CMs off meaning the majority of ligaments and tissue are in tact, or it can physically be pushed to the side of the leg meaning everything is torn up pretty bad.

 

[muttley45]

Dislocated knee cap is what ruined the career of Chris Knights, by the sounds of things it wasn't a complete dislocation...

I vaguely remember Darren Cresswell used to manipulate his knee cap back into place on the field by himself, anytime it popped out

 

[SMaturin]

I vaguely remember Darren Cresswell used to manipulate his knee cap back into place on the field by himself, anytime it popped out

There's footage of him whacking it back into place during a game in the 90s. Tough ombre.

 

[Pres]

Dislocated knee cap is what ruined the career of Chris Knights, by the sounds of things it wasn't a complete dislocation...

Chris Knights ruptured his patella tendon (as did Jaeger O'Meara) - an extremely serious injury and quite different from a dislocated kneecap which is the injury Cresswell had.

 

[giantroo]

 

[LB2Snake]

Looks bloody massive. A great size.

 

[muttley45]

Should be a good confidence booster playing Tigers VFL side, who couldn't kick a goal for 3 Q's against Coburg last week, and Dimma will be raiding them to replace the injured senior A graders

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Massive unit, pencil him in to replace Firrito once Spud calls it a day.

Does he remind anyone else of Narni in the face a bit?

 

[Roo Beauty]

Massive unit, pencil him in to replace Firrito once Spud calls it a day.

Does he remind anyone else of Narni in the face a bit?

They're both from Tassie, Hibbo is probably just Narni's second head.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

They're both from Tassie, Hibbo is probably just Narni's second head.

Oi

Me and my cousin/girlfriend resent this implication.