Oh my god. :(
https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/n...is-injures-acl
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Oh my god. :(
https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/n...is-injures-acl
*!*!*!*! sake
Anyone but Moz :(
Oh no.
It's sad, Morris has been one of if not my favourite players over the last decade+. Never want someone's last game to be in the pre-season
This puts a big responsibility on Wood's shoulders now as he's probably the one who is best equipped to fill the Morris sized hole in the backline (with some help from Zaine).
Ugh...
So, I guess the Naughton Forward experiment stops right there.
Good Luck Dale.
This is gutting :( poor guy.
Dale sort of got lucky just over 1 year ago with a partial tear to his ACL, would be a miracle if the injury was again not a full blown ACL but it seems unlikely.:(
Nooooooooo.
Awful news.
This news has just *!*!*!*!ed up my day!
Poor bugger. :(
Nooooo, noooooo, noooooo :(
This has become such a time honoured ritual you can just about set your watch to it these days.
They're reporting a hyperextension rather than a tear which has to be good news, doesn't it?
And it's Dale we're talking about. He'll still be right for round one fer chrissake.
AND as already noted, so much for the time spent trialling Naughton up forward. Back down the rear son.
Sh** news
Wonder if we’ll sign a key back replacement
Ffs!
Whole preseason completed and then he doesn't even get a game. Has done the opposite knee to last year.
Bloody hell
Time for the young defenders to step up.
I feel sick.
This is the end of the road for my all time favourite.
So cruel.
far out what a shite day all round
Oh Dale - this is shattering. We love you mate, you'll always be premiership hero. You've done more than enough.
Terrible news for 2019 - Moz deserves to go out on his terms and not through injury.
Really unfortunate for our list balance - Naughton up forward would have been very exciting to see over the course of a decent sample size. We can't really afford him up forward long term now.
*!*!*!*! me
Why footy gods. Why.
Bugger it.
Disbelievingly, had to triple check the date of the thread and the attached article.
This is so unbelievably cruel and disappointing.
We can only hope that like his previous ACL, that the orthopaedic surgeon prescribes a conservative, non surgical, approach to recovery but the odds of him dodging another bullet like the previous diagnosis must be very high.
One of our greatest defenders of all time, I worry this is it. Will be 37 at the start of the season next year. Maybe he can do a Tony Libba and come back early
Go LARS Moz back for mid-year.
Unbelievable. He's had such rotten luck with injuries over the last 5 years. It's going to be hard to replace such a champion.
Bugger. Just the wrong way for him to go out, if this is it. Deserves better.
I'm not sure I'm running a line through him.
This is not a mere mortal we're talking about, it's Dale freaking Morris. The guy could be cremated and he'd want to get back early.
Fletcher Roberts is by far the most senior KPD we have (Wood isn't a KPD). And he might not even play. None of that cover for tall forwards. This is about the worst player on the list to happen to. This is about the worst human being, a decent, hard, loyal man for it to happen to.
I'm sick of these ACLs. We must be ranked #1.
FFS. Can we just sit out this year, I've had enough already. Why Morris?
Missed a trick not giving Young or Roberts some game time in JLT2, especially when we knew Naughton would be playing forward
One of my most admired Bulldog players of all time.
I wouldn't write him off playing next year.
It's a tough life being a footballer and I think I'm guilty at times for looking at the trappings of successful players and not fully appreciating how hard it actually is for players when injuries like this occur.
Out of adversity comes opportunity. Come on young bulldogs, rise up.