It was a clear dislocation. It did not go straight in. They had to put it in in the room. Every dislocation causes damage. You don't risk developing chronic issues with his shoulder. No chance he plays this year. Most probably surgery. Just personal opinion.
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Jeez that would be nice. Love your optimism but I doubt it
I am expecting bad news. Surgery and see him next year.
I 70% agree.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Johnathan Thurston do that for years? He had shoulder issues/injuries but I think he strapped it up in some kind of stablising way that allowed him to continue playing at a high level. I'm not saying that's the right thing to do with Rowell but it's potentially an option.
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Saw someone who clearly knows what they're talking about say this in another thread
"Rowell isn't playing for 6 months minimum mate"
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Yep. Keen to hear further estimations from others with knowledge. It won't be less.
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Rowelly must be protected at all costs! Very tough injury on such an exciting young player, I just hope the other Suns can keep it together the whole of footy wants to see GC play finals.
If he plays on, I can already see all teams targeting his shoulder
Disgusting but true sadly. I'm pretty sure if it happened it'd be called out as a dog act and the perpetrator shamed mercilessly on the internet, though that won't help the shoulder.
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Look, would we want him back soon? Obviously! However, we need to do what is best for him. We don’t want to make this a long term injury so best to be conservative and make sure he is right when we returns.The reality is that this year isn’t really meant for us to win the flag, we will enter the premiership window over the next few years so want him primed for then!
Yeah, that don't sound too good
Nah doesn’t.
We’ll definitely be conservative, I just hope not too conservative.
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Get him right. We'll be here when he's good to go. Mean time we can try Flanders in there.
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It is good to have the next man up philosophy and actually some depth to back it up
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Clearly not so badly damaged that they need surgery ASAP to fix it, IE: Gaz.
If he plays again this season and it pops again we're going to be (perhaps rightfully) scorned for letting him take the field again. Seems like a pretty big risk to take.
If he plays again this season and it pops again we're going to be (perhaps rightfully) scorned for letting him take the field again. Seems like a pretty big risk to take.
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Wow he used a lot of words to say nothing at all.
Options could what type of surgery. E.g., it could be a traditional reconstruction or latarjet if suitable (Ablett had for his second one, Fyfe).
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I really wonder if they want to hold him off surgery until our next set of 3-4 games are done. By then we should know if we're actually good enough to get into Finals. If it turns out we win a few in that group, then they might try and get him up. If we lose them all though then they might just put him under the knife since there's nothing to gain.
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