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    ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    I've got no idea, so I preface the thread already. Hoping Slim might know more.

    In just over 12 months Libba, C. Smith, R. Smith, Bob and Prudden (now confirmed by Bevo) have all done ACLs. Is this a simple bad run or symptomatic of a bigger problem?
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    At a complete guess I'd mark it down to bad luck. I'm not sure if how you are training can lead to a run of knee recontructions
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Surface at Ethiad?

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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by Im Not Bitter View Post
    Surface at Ethiad?
    From memory Roarke and Tom did their injuries at the WO and of course Prudden at Richmond today.
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    From memory Roarke and Tom did their injuries at the WO and of course Prudden at Richmond today.
    Surface for training at WO? I don't know.
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    The surface at Whitten Oval is magnificent.

    Has to be just bad luck.

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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ozza View Post
    The surface at Whitten Oval is magnificent.

    Has to be just bad luck.
    But is it the correct type of grass for football?

    I always felt the 'creeping' type of grass that the WO has isn't great for changing direction on.

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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Just bad luck - we had 5 ACL's in 2006 as well, all within a few weeks of each other.

    The twisting and turning mechanism of an ACL tear could happen at any ground.

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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    I've got no idea, so I preface the thread already. Hoping Slim might know more.

    In just over 12 months Libba, C. Smith, R. Smith, Bob and Prudden (now confirmed by Bevo) have all done ACLs. Is this a simple bad run or symptomatic of a bigger problem?
    It's the nature of the sport. High impact, high speed, multiple directional and manic. Roarke did his at Werribee, Libba at WO, Clay at ES (twice), Prudden at Punt Road and Murph at ES. To blame the ground is too simplistic, they all had footy boots on yeah so that would be a factor, contact at the point of injury meaning less effective proprioception would be a factor and pretty much shit rotten luck.

    With the exception of Clay 2nd time round on which I was very critical at how quick he came back, I can't see how you can minimise the risk with the way the sport is played.
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    I've got no idea, so I preface the thread already. Hoping Slim might know more.

    In just over 12 months Libba, C. Smith, R. Smith, Bob and Prudden (now confirmed by Bevo) have all done ACLs. Is this a simple bad run or symptomatic of a bigger problem?
    Add in Redders now tonight, again. 6 in 15 months seems way too high.
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Redders went off in the first half, hobbling in the hands of the trainers also. Was that unrelated? It looked a lot like the Clay situation last year

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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    Add in Redders now tonight, again. 6 in 15 months seems way too high.
    Barrett will have a field day questioning why we brought Redders back on, similar to what he did when we did the same thing to Clay last year.

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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sedat View Post
    Barrett will have a field day questioning why we brought Redders back on, similar to what he did when we did the same thing to Clay last year.
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    I mentioned that in the game day thread.

    The early incident looked like a knee. But there was talk by the commentators that it was ankle. If it was a mirror of the Smith incident there'll be an AFL enquiry.
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    Re: ACLs: Bad luck or something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by lemmon View Post
    Redders went off in the first half, hobbling in the hands of the trainers also. Was that unrelated? It looked a lot like the Clay situation last year
    Didn't look like a knee in the first incident.
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