News Harley Bennell - Ends at Freo in 2019

[mightymouse75]

Pretty hardcore surgery maybe ? If it had gone pear shaped would he have held the club liable?
Getting the surgery done himself was maybe the only option.
Hope he gets a club & game time.
He has a young family & does not seem to have a great deal going for him anywhere else.

 

[Dale147]

My monies on Demons picking him up.

 

[Superkoops]

Pretty hardcore surgery maybe ? If it had gone pear shaped would he have held the club liable?
Getting the surgery done himself was maybe the only option.
Hope he gets a club & game time.
He has a young family & does not seem to have a great deal going for him anywhere else.

Pretty close to the money I reckon. Fremantle’s medical team and the extensive external surgeons resourced for opinions didn’t think the HB surgery was warranted nor have a positive prognosis. Harley sought out the Geelong bloke and thought otherwise. Then a mutual agreement to delist Harley meant he was free to do what he wanted in terms of medical treatment.

For Harley it was case of rolling the dice.Paul Haselby said that those he has connections to down at Freo (no idea who) are sceptical about the potential success of the HB surgery.

At the end of the day all you can go by is the medical experts. The Surgeon’s Freo use didn’t recommend his more radical procedure. If it works well done Harley and Yes we should question our medical team but doesn’t mean they were wrong or incompetent.

I have heard that the usual foot surgeon didn’t recommend pinning Hogan’s Navicular. So we sought an alternative opinion. Time will tell but in Hogan’s case you can’t just keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. Guess you could say perhaps some lessons learned from HB - although we have tried quite a few different things so maybe not the most relevant example.

 

[bushchook]

I will never, ever forgive out S&C team if he gets up and running for another club

We had an absolute gem

Just the fact that it took a week after he left Freo for someone to diagnose that he had an extra muscle in his calf that our S+C had missed for what, 4 years? That alone is grounds to sack the whole lot of them.

 

[Kram]

Big Footy, where every Tom, Dick and Harry is a medical expert.

 

[Okinakashi]

Pretty hardcore surgery maybe ? If it had gone pear shaped would he have held the club liable?
Getting the surgery done himself was maybe the only option.

Yep. These are my exact thoughts .

 

[estibador]

Just the fact that it took a week after he left Freo for someone to diagnose that he had an extra muscle in his calf that our S+C had missed for what, 4 years? That alone is grounds to sack the whole lot of them.

Where's this thing about an extra muscle coming from? Everything I've read said he's just had some muscle that was rubbing on nerve tissue removed.

 

[mike91]

My monies on Demons picking him up.

Training with them during pre season. Looks likely now

 

[wayToGo_]

Reckon there will be a few melts if they take Bennell as a DFA, Jack Martin via the PSD and then bid on Henry in the ND.

 

[Taylor]

It'll be a cold conversation between their recruiting and conditioning team. I wouldn't want to commit to him without having seen him able to sustain the workload, but that might mean he breaks down again.

 

[Purple Suit]

On the bright side, if he gets back onto the park then more pressure will go on our S&C team and changes will have to happen.

 

[Superkoops]

It'll be a cold conversation between their recruiting and conditioning team. I wouldn't want to commit to him without having seen him able to sustain the workload, but that might mean he breaks down again.

He’s not training with the Dee’s until Dec so that throws DFA, ND and Rookie drafts out the window. He’ll nominate for the Supplemental selection period draft. I remember hearing or reading a report that he won’t be ready to get involved in heavier training/running until Jan so not sure he’ll do much more than gym sessions and a bit of jogging in Dec. if all goes well for HB he’ll join the Dee’s in late Feb/March.

As such the Dee’s will leave a Rookie list spot open for him.

 

[johnnomac]

So Harley is officially training with Melbourne as part of the AFL's pre-season supplemental selection period.

Here's the article link; https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/he...s-training-track-for-melbourne-ng-b881400345z

 

[Yeti]

So Harley is officially training with Melbourne as part of the AFL's pre-season supplemental selection period.

Here's the article link; https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/he...s-training-track-for-melbourne-ng-b881400345z

Hopefully he gets his body right and reaches his potential.

 

[Bicco]

It feels like seeing an ex-girlfriend you were in love with and she's now really happy with a guy you know is a douche bag.

 

[FreoRicci]

So Harley is officially training with Melbourne as part of the AFL's pre-season supplemental selection period.

Here's the article link; https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/he...s-training-track-for-melbourne-ng-b881400345z

Watching this just as much as Pre Season at Freo. Melbourne think he ll be ready by Round 1. Would be ripper if we had a fit Bennell replacing Brad Hill

 

[Wigarus]

It feels like seeing an ex-girlfriend you were in love with and she's now really happy with a guy you know is a douche bag.

Good analogy. You need to move on.

 

[Okinakashi]

Bennel did modified training with us too. It was as soon as he started any intensity that things blew up. Over and over and over....

Hope his high risk surgery paid off for him and he gets another chance.

 

[wayToGo_]

It feels like seeing an ex-girlfriend with a new guy and you're happy for them but know it's only a matter of time before it ends the same way

EFA

 

[Bicco]

Good analogy. You need to move on.

But I love him. *cue any Adele song*

 

[mightymouse75]

So melbourne got him. Good luck hb. Hope it works out.

 

[Tbonefreo]

All the best

 

[Purple_Turtle]

It feels like seeing an ex-girlfriend you were in love with and she's now really happy with a guy you know is a douche bag.

Yeah, except you know that it never would have worked out with her no matter how much you loved her and when you think about it then you realise it probably won't work out with those two either, no matter how happy they look together.

 

[Mockcockpit]

More like the way hottest one in the room that gave you nothin' but blue balls!

 

[Scham]

Bennel did modified training with us too. It was as soon as he started any intensity that things blew up. Over and over and over....

Hope his high risk surgery paid off for him and he gets another chance.

Hopefully for his sake they’ll play him without making him do all of the intense stuff plus play 14 games of WAFL before being considered.