Banfield Knee Won't End His Season

[EaglesFlyingHigh.com]

It's not often that an injury which leaves a player on the
sidelines for six weeks is good news. But the Eagles are
breathing a sigh of relief that at least Drew Banfield won't be
the fourth player to be out for the rest of the season with a
knee injury.


Supporters couldn't believe it when Banfield was helped from the ground in the third
quarter on Saturday after hyper-extending his knee. With three senior players
already missing the rest of 2001 and having knee reconstructions, it didn't seem
possible that it could happen again.

The news came through today that Banfield should be back in Round 16, and that is
bad enough.

Saturday's match was tilted in the Bulldogs favour when Banfield left the ground, but
there was still the chance of an Eagles comeback. But after Banfield came off,
Nathan Brown was able to dominate the midfield and the Bulldogs never looked
back.

While the news that Banfield's injury is not as serious as it could have been will be
welcomed, Eagles fans should remember that David Sierakowski was also given
the all-clear to return to light training after injuring his knee in the Round One clash
with Geelong. It was at training that his knee gave way again and ended his season.


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[WCE2000]

great news that. If we lost a fourth due to a knee, i would've knecked myself.

 

[jod23]

Best news ive heard all day. Even though i hear a lot of reports saying that after Banfield left the field we lost the plot. I thought it was looking downhill way before he left. Not saying he wasnt playing well just that i thought we looked like a losing side well before the injury.

 

[EaglesFlyingHigh.com]

It probably was all over by then, but therre was still some faint hope of an upset (mainly due to theBulldogs inaccuracy).

The Dog's kicked two goals in two minutes after Banfield went off, and it really was all over then.

 

[GoEagles]

The thing that annoyed me the most was Banfield was playing his best game all season - shutting down Brown for the game. When Banfield went off with the knee injury, Brown got the freedom he was looking for and ended up with about 4 goals