AFL Player # 2: Sam Draper - Out for 6 to 8 weeks after knee surgery - 14/5

[Dave]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 20, TheUnicorn

 

[Lore]

Precisely

 

[Lore]

The hip wouldn't be a fast recovery. Hard to properly rest it since you basically can't move without using your hips, and they're massively weight bearing.

Could be tendinitis or something like that which simply needs time

Yeah, some sort of inflammation is probably the most sensible answer

 

[DERO]

I'm going to put my money on a torn labrum.

 

[dank420_]

I'm going to put my money on a torn labrum.

4 - 6 months

 

[Lore]

4 - 6 months

Should be right if you deload it and reload it over the bye

 

[DERO]

Should be right if you deload it and reload it over the bye

You can keep playing with one but it can get pretty painful/ restrictive. Fantasia tried to play through one a few years back

 

[Lore]

You can keep playing with one but it can get pretty painful/ restrictive. Fantasia tried to play through one a few years back

Yep, but it’s still not gonna be right to play on 3 weeks later

 

[Pweter]

You can keep playing with one but it can get pretty painful/ restrictive. Fantasia tried to play through one a few years back

Dr Google says surgery is often the only real path to fixing. Kind of makes sense it's what the injury is if they're trying to nurse him through the season before booking him in post season. It all depends on whether it can be brought back to a manageable pain threshold but allowing him to play to a high enough standard.

 

[faible]

Dr Google says surgery is often the only real path to fixing. Kind of makes sense it's what the injury is if they're trying to nurse him through the season before booking him in post season. It all depends on whether it can be brought back to a manageable pain threshold but allowing him to play to a high enough standard.

The kind of thing they might try to nurse him through to be fit 'enough' to play on it for a final perhaps?

 

[Lore]

Dr Google says surgery is often the only real path to fixing. Kind of makes sense it's what the injury is if they're trying to nurse him through the season before booking him in post season. It all depends on whether it can be brought back to a manageable pain threshold but allowing him to play to a high enough standard.

If I remember right, Fantasia had surgery to remove the loose flap and it's been ****ed ever since.

And if it's anything like the meniscus with crappy blood flow to parts of it, then it takes ages to get it to heal. I think Shiel's meniscus was 12-16 weeks with surgery, and Tsatas' was reported in months, no surgery.

I think Wright's shoulder reco might've been labrum as well, that one was right in 11 weeks down from 16

But as you say, hips are weight bearing, it's bloody hard to "deload" them properly. And as far as we can tell he isn't even on crutches...

 

[Lore]

Some random content I just came across for those missing big sammy

 

[Getratugolea]

why is Drapers hip injury such a big SECRET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jmoo wan]

why is Drapers hip injury such a big SECRET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well it’s not such a secret now you’ve yelled it all over a public forum

 

[eth-dog]

There's no point risking him from here. Put him on ice.

 

[VelvetSledge]

There's no point risking him from here. Put him on ice.

Yeah, agree with this. Get Bryan full exposure from here on out and sign him up.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Apparently he's on 'The Couch' tonight. Hopefully it's an ergonomic couch.

 

[citizen-erased]

Dodo: "I'm not in the business of playing jokes." Wait, wut?!

Just on the supporters and their hopes and dreams

 

[andleanback]

It looks like they’ll make a call on him to come back if we beat west coast and then north and suddenly are back in the finals frame
Put him on ice imo let Bryan play out the season
No need to bring him back hoping to scrape into finals. If he needs some sort of surgery have it now so he’s ready to go for preseason day 1

 

[Schnitzengruben]

There's no point risking him from here. Put him on ice.

We need him for finals

 

[eth-dog]

We need him for finals

The ones we won't make?

 

[dank420_]

The ones we won't make?

Our grand final is in 2 weeks.

 

[DERO]

Our grand final is in 2 weeks.

Someone needs to out a cacao hunters cap on that pic.

 

[dank420_]

Someone needs to out a cacao hunters cap on that pic.

I think I’m a feminist cacao hunter.

 

[Getratugolea]

well it’s not such a secret now you’ve yelled it all over a public forum

methinks he has had minor surgery .... surely someone has a leak from the club ... "sore hip"

 

[Lore]

Running, hoping to play again in 2023

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