Player Watch #4 Sam Lalor

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

That may delay the start of his pre season if it’s surgery

 

[Mr Magic]

That may delay the start of his pre season if it’s surgery

put him on ice for the season to get them right whatever the situation

 

[SumTingWong]

Get Reid. At least he gets on the ****ing park

 

[Buddy Tambling]

Lalor : bad hammies
Smillie : bad hammies
Armstrong : maybe a once off ?? Bad hamstring regardless
Hotton : coming off an acl
Trainor : concussion history
Faull : history with back issues

Yeah sick.

 

[Mr Magic]

I think we have to hit the draft hard.

too many iffs and buts for 2026 so we may as well be focusing on the future

 

[Hounddd]

I feel genuinely sick

 

[db26]

Should have eased back through the vfl half game etc or 60 minute's build him up , not sure putting him straight in the afl was the right call and a full game.

 

[Truetiger]

3rd hammy in a year ? I have serious concerns

Grimes turned out okay.

 

[living_in_syd]

Should have eased back through the vfl half game etc or 60 minute's build him up , not sure putting him straight in the afl was the right call and a full game.

Cos we are stupid club now. All our good decision makers are gone

 

[richcogs]

Smillie and Lalor were recruited for morale support for Gibcus. Best mates for life.

 

[db26]

Send him to Qatar the centre there are experts in hamstrings.

 

[Wooden Robot]

Should have eased back through the vfl half game etc or 60 minute's build him up , not sure putting him straight in the afl was the right call and a full game.

Yeah but folks urging us to rush Gibcus in and Smillie too.
Plain dumb?

 

[SnakeMan86]

Should have eased back through the vfl half game etc or 60 minute's build him up , not sure putting him straight in the afl was the right call and a full game.

I love how the Smillie and Hotton threads are full of posters ranting about rushing them back in...
And then their is this...

 

[db26]

Yeah but folks urging us to rush Gibcus in and Smillie too.
Plain dumb?

Forget about 2025 it's about 2026 with them and getting a full preseason. To start him from the first minute the intention was a full game. In the vfl ease him into it build on.

 

[tunksy]

Lalor : bad hammies
Smillie : bad hammies
Armstrong : maybe a once off ?? Bad hamstring regardless
Hotton : coming off an acl
Trainor : concussion history
Faull : history with back issues

Yeah sick.

gibcus

 

[biaseddustyfan]

play him next week. weeks off are not helping in the slightest

 

[biaseddustyfan]

Yze said he was right to play last week but they gave him an extra week to be safe

he was likely fine 4 weeks ago but this is what we do now

sit players out for so long that they can't even handle a standard play in a real game

 

[Punt Road Feral]

The clubs damned either way.

Imagine the rage if he played in tomorrows VFL and did it, the same people would be saying he shouldn’t have played VFL and would’ve had a different outcome at AFL level.

There was calls earlier in the year for him to have much more midfield time but it’s clear his body needs true adjustment to this level of footy.

Very sad stuff and I just hope it doesn’t impact his long term development

 

[rammmbo]

Yeah but folks urging us to rush Gibcus in and Smillie too.
Plain dumb?

No whats dumb is letting serpell anywhere near our players.

 

[brikzone]

Gibcus v2. Supremely talented and will not get to have a good career if his hamstring won’t allow him to play.
Please be a grimes and have a miraculous recovery but it’s not looking good. 3 hammy injury’s all on left leg.
Can he get a break ??
Did we wonky draft players with injury issues ? How do we rebuild the rebuild !

 

[Mr Magic]

Gibcus v2. Supremely talented and will not get to have a good career if his hamstring won’t allow him to play.
Please be a grimes and have a miraculous recovery but it’s not looking good. 3 hammy injury’s all on left leg.
Can he get a break ??
Did we wonky draft players with injury issues ? How do we rebuild the rebuild !

have to double down and got to the draft even harder because we are down next year regardless, just a question how far.

with any luck they will postpone tassie

next year we have to see how long some of these youngsters can last, even if they have fully recovered and are there are any lingering issues so we can plan further down the track as appropriate.


better it happens now than in no mans land

 

[NZ_Tiger]

So the last one was a minor hamstring and he missed half the season. This one looks like a major. Not good for a midfielder long term.

 

[GastevsBeard]

genuinely devastated

wrap him in cotton wool, get him right. season is a total write-off & we can build a team /culture around this bloke

 

[Roachy8]

“We will wrap our arms around him….”

I’m no longer interested

 

[Buddy Tambling]

this has genuinely ruined my mood for the weekend