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[Sman-21]

And now the eagles are bringing back alot of their main squad to play in a even lower competition/match than the nab cup that will play on a regional ground talk about taking a game too seriously.
Why bring most your main players back to play on a ground that may not be upto afl standards and is completely meaningless.

Surely your better of playing them in the 1st nab cup game, where they will be playing on a proper ground and hey if u win it means you wont have to go play out woop woop on non afl grounds.

 

[hoss]

And now the eagles are bringing back alot of their main squad to play in a even lower competition/match than the nab cup that will play on a regional ground talk about taking a game too seriously.
Why bring most your main players back to play on a ground that may not be upto afl standards and is completely meaningless.

Surely your better of playing them in the 1st nab cup game, where they will be playing on a proper ground and hey if u win it means you wont have to go play out woop woop on non afl grounds.

Sssshhhhh....don't confuse the poor Eagles fans

 

[chook2734]

And now the eagles are bringing back alot of their main squad to play in a even lower competition/match than the nab cup that will play on a regional ground talk about taking a game too seriously.
Why bring most your main players back to play on a ground that may not be upto afl standards and is completely meaningless.

Surely your better of playing them in the 1st nab cup game, where they will be playing on a proper ground and hey if u win it means you wont have to go play out woop woop on non afl grounds.

Common sense would suggest you are spot on Sman, but that doesn't fit the line of the Dockers taking things way too seriously and the weagles really not caring. They'd have to find another excuse for their dismal showing.

 

[The Night Shift]

And now the eagles are bringing back alot of their main squad to play in a even lower competition/match than the nab cup that will play on a regional ground talk about taking a game too seriously.
Why bring most your main players back to play on a ground that may not be upto afl standards and is completely meaningless.

Surely your better of playing them in the 1st nab cup game, where they will be playing on a proper ground and hey if u win it means you wont have to go play out woop woop on non afl grounds.

Brilliant point...

 

[royalsfan]

Goodness, some of you people are touchy.
I was not criticising Harvey for playing Hase. I was sympathising with the fact that you have lost one of your better players in a game that is not worth anything. I was pissed off that Daniel was injured in a scratch match as well. I know that preseason and scratch matches are a necessary evil, but i still feel it hurts more to lose a player in one of those than in a game for premiership points.

And we don't need to make any excuses -

NAB cup wins are no indication of what will happen in the real season - as evidenced by what happened in 2007 when you sorry lot flogged us in the NAB game but at the end of the H&A we finished 3rd - and you finished -hmm - what was it again - 11 th!!

 

[newlander77]

Malceski could be back by round 8
Mike Sheahan | February 26, 2008 12:00am

AS FUTURISTIC as it sounds, Sydney's Nick Malceski could be back playing football within three months after the biggest knee surgery of them all.

Malceski had his ruptured anterior cruciate ligament repaired in Sydney on Friday in a procedure that has revolutionised knee repairs in Europe.

The dashing half-back was walking unaided yesterday, just three days after surgery, even doing light exercise. The Swans hope he will return as soon as Round 8 (May 18).

Conventional wisdom in football says players don't play in the year in which they tear the ACL.

Malceski, 22, happily agreed to the procedure when informed it offered the opportunity to play this year.

Injured in Launceston on February 17, he underwent what is known as a ligament augmentation and reconstruction system (LARS), where a ligament made of industrial-strength polyester fibres is used to replace the torn natural ligament.

Sydney club doctor Nathan Gibbs learned of the LARS advance 15 months ago during one of the club's now famous intelligence-gathering missions to Europe.

Malceski was operated on by a Sydney orthopaedic surgeon, who has been using the technique for 12 months, under the guidance of the visiting French surgeon who pioneered the surgery.

"He (Dr J. P. Labouro) was in Australia lecturing about the technique the very week Malceski was injured, which was extremely fortuitous," Dr Gibbs said.

"With the LARS procedure, it's an inert ligament . . . you screw it in and, technically, it's as strong as it will be from day one.

"In simple terms, the basic way we've done cruciate reconstructions is you put some new tissue or material in there to reconstruct or recreate the cruciate ligament.

"Most of the time you take body parts, usually a tendon from the kneecap or from the hamstring.

"Not having to take tendons means you don't have the trauma of getting over that side of things, so the rehabilitation is quicker for that reason alone.

"The ideal time to try this procedure is when you've got an important player who is injured early in the season, so there's plenty of time to get back. If it's unsuccessful, you would know by May-June, and he'd still have plenty of time to do the traditional operation and be back for the following season."

Malceski agreed to take the risk after discussions with officials, coaching staff and his family.

"We're confident it's not going to fail, but if the worst thing happens, then we know we won't stuff up two seasons," Dr Gibbs said.

Malceski had his other knee reconstructed in conventional style in 2004, missing the entire season.

"We're aiming for 12 weeks, which would mean Round 8-9," Dr Gibbs said. "The first seven to 10 days, he's just waiting for the wounds to heal, although he's already doing some static quadricep work and things like that."

Malceski is expected to start running again after six weeks.

"There's some great anecdotal stories. American gridiron players fly to Europe to get their cruciates done," Dr Gibbs said.

"One guy played after weeks and played the last 10 games."

Already several players are expected to miss the 2008 AFL season because of knee injuries from pre-season games.

They include Fremantle's Paul Hasleby and Brad Dick (Collingwood) and Mitch Brown (West Coast) from the same game in Albany at the weekend.

My orthopaedic surgeon just moved to Sydney to observe a new technique in sports related injuries for the next 6 months. I would assume this is would be what it's all about. It sounds like it's amazing surgery which could save the careers of many players.

Imagine if there was something that could be done to JLo's knee (this is not the same surgery), would you pick him up again? I'm sure it's just a matter of time before they come up with a solution for that too.

 

[poshman]

can hase not have the surgery then? I know he has already been done but.......... you know what i'm getting at?

Longmuir would be great to have back if he could run freely, we have lost two potentially great rucks to knees.

 

[dockertor]

Sounds miraculous. Pity Hase didn't get this treatment, then we could be looking forward to him returning mid season

 

[shibz_1989]

Yeah, it sounds good. But what exactly do they do to reduce the rehab time? Are there any facts as to whether they have any complications further down the track?

 

[dominguez]

The radical surgery that we tried with Clem worked really well.


Interesting though. It looks like Malceski will be the test case for future ACL injuries.

 

[chook2734]

I think we should let Sydney be the brave ones here. Good luck to Malceski, I really hope it does work for him, but I'd hate to try it out on Hase and have him have to face another recon come May or June if things don't go to plan.

It sounds like most of the sportsmen that have had this surgery play games that basically require you to run in a straight line. It's the twisting and turning and 360 play of Aussie rules that leads to the 12 month recovery time as much as anything.