Preview Tom Mitchell out for 2019 with broken leg

[SHAKESPEARE]

Thank * we didn't trade our future first rounder.

 

[Bring-Back-Powell]

Described as an innocuous incident makes it sound less serious as that rules out a big collison/impact.

Hopefully a fracture rather than break.

Jake Lever's ACL was as innocuous as it gets and it's cost him 12 months of footy.

 

[matey]

Lose a soldier replace him with another one.

 

[Jesslc]

If he left almost immediately in an ambulance and it's already being reported as 'broken' rather than just 'lower leg injury' then you'd assume it was pretty bad.

Hopefully not

Ambulance had to get him from the pitch...

 

[Gralin]

Thats disastrous for the hawks. That’s their season over if it’s a bad break...already have one of the worst midfields in the comp...huge pressure on omera now.


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He's carried the midfield for two years but not sure we were already one of the worst units going around

I'm hearing somewhere between 6 weeks to 18 months on the sidelines.

that would be the minor frature to full break range based on past player timelines, it's just speculation until we know what he actually did

 

[its free real estate]

Is it a Nathan Brown broken leg? Or a Nat fyfe - technically broken but I'll still play - broken leg?

Took Fyfe two years to fully recover from that broken leg.

 

[ossie_21]

Poor Titch, he may have to settle for just 15-20 touches now

 

[coastalpipeline]

Sorry Hawks fans. Reports say trainers were holding leg in place when Ambos arrived. Out for the season.

 

[Lolbert]

Ok, and?

I think what it implies is that he couldn't be carried by staff, hobble or be stretchered off. Meaning it may be quite serious.

 

[Jesslc]

Ok, and?

"oK aNd?". You sound like a sassy 13 year old.

Think about it. They've got club doctors.

 

[coastalpipeline]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...to-hospital-in-ambulance-20190111-p50qry.html

 

[Bradkli]

Reading the reports, this does not sound like a “hairline fracture”...it’s more likely a bad break...fingers crossed it’s not a “compound” fracture...that would be season over.


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[Underarm]

Took Fyfe two years to fully recover from that broken leg.

He still played through that recovery the first time though.
The point is there are different degrees of 'broken leg'.

 

[TedDougChris]

s**t news, hate pre season injuries.....

Hopefully not serious.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

That's tremendously s**t news.

The one player they couldn't afford to lose will be out for at least the first 6-8 weeks you'd think.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

I was wondering when we'd be back at training. Wish I had a better way of finding out.

 

[Spacedog]

If its not a bad one I can see him being back early in the season. If youre going to have a serious injury its better to have it now than during the season

 

[its free real estate]

He still played through that recovery the first time though.
The point is there are different degrees of 'broken leg'.

Yeah of course, but he was such a reduced player it may well have been better had he taken a year off without trying to come back.

 

[treefingers]

*

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Would they have to immobilise and send him off to ambulance if it wasn't a compound fracture? Wasn't Fyfe able to jog off the park?

Let's hope it's not. Pre season injuries suck.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Lucky he doesnt hurt the opposition

But all seriousness. *. Thats a massive blow. He kept us in games last season

 

[gandaal]

Terrible news for Mitch and the comp. Hopefully it's minor.

 

[Jesslc]

WTF is with the hostility. My point was that the ambulance was called very quickly meaning it was likely very serious and not "innocuous".

Well it came across wrong. Play on.

 

[nameless]

10 weeks until season starts, unless it's a compound fracture he should be OK for start of season or at least very early?

His fitness base would be very strong already.

 

[kirbatron]

still had 35 touches on the way to hospital