Sam Mitchell out for the next two

[reubski23]

Just said on triple m, sammy out for 2 weeks with a limb injury probably caused in the Carlton game late first quarter i think

 

[philohk]

Serious? Let's hope it is just the two - that we can cope with. So, Ozzie? Sav?

Edit: Ozzie the emergency, of course. Or maybe Cheney, and Burgers to go into the middle.

 

[Neville Bartos]

1 week is a rest, 2 weeks is a bit of a concern...

 

[philohk]

1 week is a rest, 2 weeks is a bit of a concern...

Hopefully just making sure.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

We won't rest players, but ahhhh, stuff it

 

[SA HAWK]

Why even name him if this is true.

Surely they would have known.

 

[James]

Why even name him if this is true.

Surely they would have known.

^ this!

 

[kidneyhawks]

not good for the hawks but great for my supercoach

 

[Badesumofu]

Sometimes these injuries genuinely take time to become clear. Other times it's just a matter of not letting the opposition know in advance when a key player is out.

I personally think that this insistence on knowing as early as possible comes from supercoach and dream team. The reason I don't participate in those things is that just following Hawthorn is more than enough for me, in terms of deriving satisfaction from footy, and in terms of how much time I have to spend on following footy. Hawthorn don't take your supercoach team into account when they make these decisions and when they announce them, and nor should they.

 

[LuvMyHawks]

He has a hypertension knee, he was asked about it last week, and said he would be fine..Don't think so Mitch!! You know what knees can be like!

 

[SA HAWK]

Hopefully he is right for the first week of the finals.

Too important a player to have missing.

 

[Goody1971]

There goes the brownlow...oh wait - hang on....

 

[cryptor]

Official Hawthorn Football Club page on Facebook said it's only general soreness. Take what you will from that I guess.

 

[STeeLhawk]

Official Hawthorn Football Club page on Facebook said it's only general soreness. Take what you will from that I guess.

Oh crap, it's worse than we thought. So we'll be seeing him back April next year?

In all seriousness, get well and rested Mitch, we need you in September mate.

 

[Paddywhackers]

Arrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

This stuffed up my supercoach god dammit...

 

[PottSie2]

Arrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

This stuffed up my supercoach god dammit...

I feel you pain!!!

But Hawthorn finals campaign > my supercoach one! .... JUST!

 

[matey]

For what it is worth Clarko after the game said that Mitch trained well today and he wanted to play but they decided to take a safe approach and rest him.

 

[Agent Smith]

For what it is worth Clarko after the game said that Mitch trained well today and he wanted to play but they decided to take a safe approach and rest him.

Good to hear. Give him a lazy 30 possies next week to limber up for the catters and everything's good.

 

[macdaddio]

2 weeks rest will have him 100% come finals, whats the big deal???

 

[Hawkzzz]

2 weeks rest will have him 100% come finals, whats the big deal???

Yep, get him feeling a real itch to play vs the Cats.

 

[MistyAvalon]

damn it all.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

We're simply not risking him, but he's fine. No need to worry people.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Am sure he'd have played yesterday if ti was a final.

Will be interesting to see what changes we make this week.

 

[Fevola99]

For what it is worth Clarko after the game said that Mitch trained well today and he wanted to play but they decided to take a safe approach and rest him.

Either Clarko or the doctor is playing a team with Mitch in a prelim.

 

[savagelunchbox]

We're simply not risking him, but he's fine. No need to worry people.

Ah thankyou voice of reason. Stops this hoo-ha about a knock being worse than it is.