this would be fairly consistent with the ineptness our medical staff have treated the players injuries throughout the year
Player Watch #42 Mykelti Lefau Re-Signed 2026
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If they where unsure if it was an ACL I’m surprised they didn’t just bandage it and send him back out, that’s how they did it last time
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Just as I was hittin post
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I think they like to wait until the swelling goes down a bit before getting the scans done.
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Rance walked off the ground when he did his so maybe not
Yeah this isn't unusual. Lenny Hayes did his ACL in the first quarter of a game and played out the rest of it. I believe it's tied to the level of damage to other parts of the knee. If it's literally just the ACL it doesn't necessarily impede standing or straight line movement.
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Confirmed ACL
The only positive is that it's the opposite leg to last time.
Unbelievable.
The injury crisis is getting beyond a joke at this point. Club needs to make immediate changes to find out wtf is going on. At this rate 2025 will be a write-off before it begins as we already have 1/6th of our list "questionable/Out" for Round 1 next year already.
The injury crisis is getting beyond a joke at this point. Club needs to make immediate changes to find out wtf is going on. At this rate 2025 will be a write-off before it begins as we already have 1/6th of our list "questionable/Out" for Round 1 next year already.
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at least its not the same knee but yes this is ridiculous out of all the players he was maybe the most needed, we have no key forwards and every week he was improving and getting better and better.. i know we are up against it most games and will probs lose but watching these guys develop was getting me through... not anymore. 
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so sad... had shown so much so quickly. was my new fav player. thoughts and heart are with him.
Am so sad for kelti , was a rare highlight on a woeful season , one of our worst in 20y . 5 ACL injuries , note that 3 of had priors
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And now kelti
Juddy
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And now kelti
This season is legit cursed
Ok , unpopular opinion. tough unfortunate luck, but putting a new player in the position where he had to fly for everything and play the lone hand forward put unnecessary pressure on him, to just get to every contest and make a impact?
Nah, we are just farken cursed this year.
Back in my box
Nah, we are just farken cursed this year.
Back in my box
That's just not fair.
This is our third ACL from a marking or spoiling situation. They all landed awkwardly. How is this happening when players from years gone past especially in the 70's and 80's, but right up to Richo and Riewoldt, flew dozens of times every match and I don't remember many if any doing their knees. Richo, but that was Dunkley into the fence.
Are they not training enough for the high impact, or getting their techniques right. As a kid it was kick to kick all day at school, every day in the season. Did that teach us to do it correctly. I watched my son from a junior to a senior at decent levels, and never saw him one session doing marking drills. Are today's footballers like trained racehorses, a bit more brittle. 5 ACL's we have in one season, unprecedented.
Are they not training enough for the high impact, or getting their techniques right. As a kid it was kick to kick all day at school, every day in the season. Did that teach us to do it correctly. I watched my son from a junior to a senior at decent levels, and never saw him one session doing marking drills. Are today's footballers like trained racehorses, a bit more brittle. 5 ACL's we have in one season, unprecedented.
