Past Luke Mitchell

[Sin City]

Ratten Q&A

Ratten Q&A

In spite of McCarthy being my 2011 buddy, I'm more excited about "The Twig".

I love this guy. So lucky to get McCarthy and Mitchell at the picks we had.

 

[Silvagnis]

Mitchell appears to have more going for him than Jake Edwards who was a third round selection in the 05 draft. Injuries will make or break him. Appears to have the right attitude after he came back from a shoulder reconstruction and kicked five goals in the TAC Cup GF.

 

[Sin City]

Mitchell appears to have more going for him than Jake Edwards who was a third round selection in the 05 draft.

Hotcox will have it in for him from now on then

 

[Blueboys7]

Recent photograph of yourself Zee?

I think of Thy when I see that picture...

 

[Blueboys7]

His draft position doesn't really do him justice with basically a couple of games in finals to go on after an injury ravaged year as we know. This bloke could be anything, he has the tools that could make him a very solid player in the AFL at the very least.

There were many people who had Mitchell going far earlier in their rankings/phantoms, so I think we were lucky to get him where we did especially because he fills a need. I have a really positive feeling about his chances of making it, he has this presence and attitude that makes you believe that he will make it.

 

[Silvagnis]

Link

Luke Mitchell has been included on the long-term injury list.

Link

 

[Silvagnis]

Carlton's Luke Mitchell injures good shoulder

Carlton development coach Darren Harris confirmed to Leader Mitchell’s left shoulder had broken down in a tackling drill mishap.

Mitchell was just weeks away from starting full training.

Harris said an operation was not required but said he would face a delayed start to his first AFL season.

Carlton's Luke Mitchell injures good shoulder

FFS.

I'm sure we're doing the right thing by Mitchell who is a young player, but I'm a cynic, so I suspect we're putting off another operation until the end of the year.

Kudos to Sam Landsberger for doing the job of Carltonfc.com.au and giving us the information on our player.

 

[Sin City]

**** it

All the best in your recovery Luke

 

[Blueboys7]

Give him the Andy Walker surgery, seems to be going okay for him.

Good luck Luke.

 

[Silvagnis]

Different shoulder this time.

This injury might explain why Austin played forward in the Bullants practice match.

 

[Silvagnis]

Today's training session.

Kreuzer's a gun.

Mitchell is huge.

 

[Blueboys7]

He is a massive unit!

What's with the injury, didn't he have surgery?

 

[Sin City]

Didn't require surgery this time apparently. That's good but bloody hell I hope they're managing him properly.

 

[Blueboys7]

Didn't require surgery this time apparently. That's good but bloody hell I hope they're managing him properly.

That's good news and it's good to see him still out there. They will know how to manage it especially after dealing with Walker's shoulders for so long now.

 

[Sin City]

Injury management is my biggest concern with the club over the last few years.

 

[HARKER]

The almost forgotten draftee from last year.
May be only a handful of weeks away from getting up and running with us through The Ants.

I'll keep my eye out on this kid. May well surprise.

 

[Jeremias]

From the injury update on the CFC website last week -

Luke was placed on the long-term injury list in the week prior to the season commencing due to a shoulder injury and will miss 8 weeks.

Could well be another 2 months away.

 

[Sin City]

If his body holds up his attitude and bad intentions will see him succeed.

 

[HARKER]

Give his shoulder the "Walker" treatment. It works.

 

[Silvagnis]

Mitchell is just gravy or icing if he can get his shoulders right like Jamison.

If Mitch can improve his motor and second efforts, he could easily play a Dawes role and monster defenders.

I don't know what they fed Watson and Mitchell at the Cannons.

Both are man mountains.

 

[TNBT]

I agree with the Dawes comment. The kid (yes, he is still a kid) is huge, and from all reports he has great hands in marking contests, so I am looking forward to him parking himself in the goal-square and simply pushing defenders out of his way to take some strong grabs. As someone else said too, he is almost like the icing on the cake from this draft. It seems that we have a great young key position defender in Watson, and McCarthy is very highly rated too. Duigan has looked good as well, and from what I hear, McInnes can go alright as well. That alone looks like a very successful draft for us, but when you throw in a guy like Mitchell who can potentially be a dominant key forward, that takes this draft potentially into amazing territory. I can't wait to see in 2 or 3 years how these guys have all developed.

 

[Blueboys7]

Don't forget Curnow TNBT, makes it an outstanding draft based on face value and the limited exposure.

 

[TNBT]

Very true mate. When you add Curnow, it makes our drafting look even better. Obviously it is still early, and not all of them have played yet, but the signs are all great and people seem to talk very highly of all these guys. It really is a great time to be a Blues fan.

 

[Sin City]

Sack Hughes

 

[Silvagnis]

Saw a few training photos of Mitchell on TC.

Mitch was probably only involved in non-contact work with Kreuzer as they took shots at goal.

Yet his shoulders weren't strapped.

Hope he's more like Tippett than Hawkins who dominated as a junior due to his size.