Past #4: Shaun Higgins - Higgo traded to Geelong for 2020 #30 - 2x Syds/108 NM gms/96 NM gls - thx Higgo

[Rod Stroker]

I would rather they "nursed him through" this week as we need to win to stay in it, and then did the surgery next week, as I reckon we could better cover him against the Dogs.

 

[Val Keating]

Does one week for an arthroscope seem light?

 

[Caracas]

I would rather they "nursed him through" this week as we need to win to stay in it, and then did the surgery next week, as I reckon we could better cover him against the Dogs.

I take your point. However, the fact of the matter is that we need to be able to beat Brisbane without him, if we consider ourselves a proper finals team. I'd rather just miss out than lose by 70 points in an elimination final. This approach gives Higgins a better chance to be in the best nick possible for finals - if, indeed, we do make it.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Higgins out for this week specifically is going to be hard.

Lions have a tough young midfield and he would probably have been the difference in that battle.

Got to back the kids in to get it done now.

Waite back helps, but thats pointless if we're not delivering i50 properly.

 

[muttley45]

Just heard the news, hope 1 week is correct, prob's would have got some Brownlow votes v Lions too

 

[Twinkletoes]

Does one week for an arthroscope seem light?

The time out really depends on what was done during the arthroscope. Being hopeful of a one week break only suggests to me it was extremely minor. Likely removing fluid and something floating about like an old tiny torn bit of cartilage. He probably feels better immediately and just needs the swelling to subside.

 

[archereleven]

The time out really depends on what was done during the arthroscope. Being hopeful of a one week break only suggests to me it was extremely minor. Likely removing fluid and something floating about like an old tiny torn bit of cartilage. He probably feels better immediately and just needs the swelling to subside.

Agreed. The only reason it would be more than a week would be if infection occurred, but highly unlikely with the monitoring hed receive...

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[Gasometer]

Oh no

 

[Dirty_11]

Does one week for an arthroscope seem light?

Depends what is done. If they where just cleaning it out he will be back next week.

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[Billy Not Really]

Depends what is done. If they where just cleaning it out he will be back next week.

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Seems to be what Joyce described in the interview, it was just floating stuff in his knee over the past few weeks.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

The time out really depends on what was done during the arthroscope. Being hopeful of a one week break only suggests to me it was extremely minor. Likely removing fluid and something floating about like an old tiny torn bit of cartilage. He probably feels better immediately and just needs the swelling to subside.

Removing floaters seems to be about right.

I vaguely remember something from last year about their being a couple of fragments in his knee from a previous injury.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Yeah, I'll be less concerned when he's back.

 

[ferball]

Removing floaters seems to be about right.

I vaguely remember something from last year about their being a couple of fragments in his knee from a previous injury.

Isn't that what kept him out for most of 2016?

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Isn't that what kept him out for most of 2016?

Nah, that was a meniscus/ligament issue

 

[Hopper10]

Did LMac drop him? FFS,can't do anything at the moment!!

 

[North Viking]

I was quite confident about this weekend against Brisbane.

Now, not so much.

Higgins based on 2018 form alone is a top 5 player in the league.

We will need others to step up.

 

[Tas]

Go into the bye and over the bye lose Jacobs and Waite indefinitely and now Higgins operated on after he ran out the game strongly.

Tanking. :stern look

 

[tazaa]

Go into the bye and over the bye lose Jacobs and Waite indefinitely and now Higgins operated on after he ran out the game strongly.

Tanking. :stern look

shades of 2016

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[Steamin Beamin]

Go into the bye and over the bye lose Jacobs and Waite indefinitely and now Higgins operated on after he ran out the game strongly.

Tanking. :stern look

I have a feeling if Brown isn't leading the Coleman, we would've rested him weeks ago.

 

[ferball]

Nah, that was a meniscus/ligament issue

I thought bits broke off it or were continually breaking off it where it tore. I do seem to remember that detail but I could have plucked it out of the ether.

 

[The Nostradamus]

 

[tazaa]

Better for the run but was nowhere near 100%

 

[Ahern2Boof]

In the All Australian team on the bench.

Onya Higgo, you star.

 

[The Nostradamus]

In the All Australian team on the bench.

Onya Higgo, you star.

Should be on the field