Scodog10
Brownlow Medallist
That in itself doesn't mean much, unless it was a fairly simple, straightforward condition. If it was an acute injury with a definite MOI, it would be worrisome, but if it was a more general knee pain that had an insidious onset with vague symptoms, people are often unsure about contributing factors, and hence diagnosis is more difficult. The second Dr may have even been helped in their diagnosis by what the first Dr did and asked.
The worrying element over the previous few seasons has been the number of injuries that have occurred in the controlled environment of training, the number of players with repeat conditions (Cloke/Goldsack/Jolly with consistent patellar tendinopathy issues), injuries that have occurred in the gym, and the sheer length of absence of players (Freeman/Sinclair/Reid/Elliott/Wells).
Wells was a fairly resilient player at North, playing high double digit games in nearly all 14 seasons, apart from 2009, and then the 2014/15 seasons, when he had an unusual ankle ligament injury with an MOI that no one could figure out, followed by Achilles issues in 2015. Yet at Collingwood, he was back to minimal games with minor muscle strains. It's too easy too blame it all on turning up for the pre-season in less than ideal shape.
So far Bacquie, Girvan and Davoren have paid the price, with only slight improvement in injury.
Maybe the club should move heavan and earth to get Peter Brukner back in some capacity. After all, he is an expert in overuse injuries.
Don’t forget Langdon and Sier with their back injuries!
Bit of a test for Murphy here. It’ll be interesting to see how we confront it.