maxwell does a millane - playing with a broken wrist

[camo2572]

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/pies-maxwell-does-a-millane/2008/09/12/1220857843981.htm

christ i hope its deja vu again, cmon boys we owe the saints one i remember our last final against this mob i was there at vfl park bad day

 

[Optimax]

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That is one brave bloody effort.

I had bone bruising in my wrist and could hardly move it playing with a broken wrist and pain killers and playing well is ****en awesome.

Well done maxy

 

[Bucks Boy Jett]

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You probably could of picked better wording for the title... you scared the hell out of me... I must admit ive probably been one of his biggest critics but he has been playing very well. go maxy

 

[Godfrey Jones]

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You probably could of picked better wording for the title... you scared the hell out of me...

^was just about to say

 

[RRRooocccaaa]

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Geez, he'd have to be pretty insensitive to give a thread that title if that ever happened!

Great article, I wonder if the supporter who gave Maxy a spray before the game was Big Bucks?...

 

[Optimax]

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Geez, he'd have to be pretty insensitive to give a thread that title if that ever happened!

Great article, I wonder if the supporter who gave Maxy a spray before the game was Big Bucks?...

I thought the very same thing.

It all makes sense hackwell, shit sledging, and he was at the game that weekend lol.

Maxy has definetly shown him

 

[Swanny36]

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i got shit scared when i read the title..."Maxwell does a Millane" i was like woooaaahhhh??.. but now that i've read it, yes it is a very courageous effort from Nick..

 

[smiddaz123]

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He's been fantastic over the latter part of the season. In his current role, he's one of our more important players.

Very happy to see Malthouse not trying to use him as a negating backman anymore.

 

[smiddaz123]

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I thought the very same thing.

It all makes sense hackwell, shit sledging, and he was at the game that weekend lol.

Maxy has definetly shown him

To be fair to Big Bucks, Maxwell's form warranted criticism. Big Bucks probably just went overboard.

 

[RRRooocccaaa]

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To be fair to Big Bucks, Maxwell's form warranted criticism. Big Bucks probably just went overboard.

Sorry, you lost me at "To be fair to Big Bucks..."

 

[Optimax]

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To be fair to Big Bucks, Maxwell's form warranted criticism. Big Bucks probably just went overboard.

As did the teams but he went directly at maxwell, and made criticism personal not just at the maxy but also the posters that had the gall to stand up tp him.

Big bu ks didnt probably go overboard he jumped out of the ship and started swimming mate

 

[Smoky]

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I am speechless.

I know why Bucks wanted to give Maxy the number 5... after reading that story I am convinced he thoroughly desrves it.

 

[Mars II]

Maxwell does a 'Millane'

COLLINGWOOD defender Nick Maxwell has revealed that he has played the Magpies' past two games with a broken wrist.
The Magpie backman, who last week played arguably the best game of his AFL career in an unfamiliar midfield role on Adelaide's Scott Thompson, played that match, and the Pies' round-22 loss to Fremantle, with a broken trapezium, sustained in Collingwood's round-21 game against Sydney.
He has been wearing a fibreglass guard to protect the injury, the guard suitably padded so as not to cause injury to other players.
"It happened three weeks ago against Sydney," Maxwell told The Age this week. "I just spoiled a ball across the boundary line and felt something go in my wrist. I had to wait a few minutes to come off till we could get someone back on my opponent, then I just snuck off and found out it was broken.
"I wasn't going to play against Fremantle, but on the Wednesday, I thought, 'Stuff that,' so I came in here, saw the doctor, had a brace made up, strapped it up, took a couple of painkillers and got through training OK.
"No one outside the club knows I broke it, but there's no issue keeping it secret, because it hasn't changed anything I've done on the field or anything."
For Collingwood fans, Maxwell's effort to play through the pain barrier will recall the 1990 finals campaign of former star wingman Darren Millane, who famously played through September, helping the Magpies break a 32-year premiership drought, despite a broken thumb.
Finals time is often fertile ground for conspiracy theories surrounding players. Yesterday, it was Travis Cloke's turn. The Collingwood key forward is rumoured to have glandular fever, keeping him off the training track earlier in the week.
When the question of Cloke's health was put to skipper Scott Burns, who also declared himself fit for tonight's match against St Kilda, he could only laugh and suggest such rumours might be a good ruse to fool the Saints.
"He wouldn't be out here if he had glandular fever, but you can keep using that one, yeah, Trav might not play," he said, suggesting Cloke's efforts at training yesterday should be enough to dispel such theories.
The reason for Cloke's absence earlier in the week, according to Burns, was far less sinister; the spearhead simply needed extra rest after the win over Adelaide.
"It was pretty warm over there in Adelaide and he covered a fair few (kilometres). He's a pretty important member of our team, so we just wanted to freshen him up and make sure he's right (for St Kilda)," Burns said.
Cloke had a reasonably quiet game by his standards last weekend, kicking only one goal from 12 disposals, and obviously will be looking to dominate across half-forward against the Saints.
Burns was pleased that his own injured calf had healed "to 100%", and suggested it had always been the plan to return this week.
"I feel really good. A solid week at training's always a good sign and I've been pulling up pretty well," he said. "So unless I wake up tomorrow walking on eggshells … I'm confident I'll be playing tomorrow night."
Burns said if the calf was "anything less than 100% I wouldn't even be thinking about playing".
"Any soft-tissue one (injury), you just slowly build up, and when you can get through training and don't notice it or don't feel it — even after you ice it — you're doing pretty well.
"I haven't felt it for a week-and-a-half, so I'm really confident — everything's gone to plan, which is great."
Burns said defender Simon Prestigiacomo had recovered from the shoulder injury he received in the win over Adelaide last week.
The Magpies had only one player selected in the All-Australian squad last week, with small forward Paul Medhurst getting the nod for his best season to date, which has so far yielded 49 goals.
Burns was philosophical that no other Collingwood player had made the squad, but singled out Leon Davis as unlucky not to catch the selectors' attention. "Maybe (it's) because we are a bit of a dour team at times," he said. "Leon had a quiet four or five weeks, but other than that, he has been absolutely outstanding."

good on him.

 

[RRRooocccaaa]

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good on him.

(Pssst... DTM may just have beaten you to it...

 

[sirlothie]

Millane actually had a broken thumb, not his wrist.