I’m not sure which time period you’re referring to. I think if in the AFL era, ACL never spelt the end but it likely would have been at least a full 12 months to return at AFL level. It’s probably more the advancement in operative procedures and rehabilitation that allows the modern footballer to return relatively earlier compared with the past players. Risks of recurrence still remain high however due to the rigorous running and constant body knocks during a match.
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Very disappointed for James - hopefully the club help him through this and he gets another shot or decides on a new pathway
The article did say the club will help him through his surgery and rehab. Given that it happened while playing for the Crows, I assume we are liable anyway to help him financially?
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Did they describe Matthews' ACL as minor?
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They were actually pretty candid about the player no one's heard of who's not on our list
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What word were you expecting in place of “minor”?
Miniscule surgery? Negligible surgery? Imaginary surgery?
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In our reporting is there any other kind?
As far as I can tell, there are 2 types of surgeries: "minor" and "major". "Major surgery" is usually for injuries where rest/meds alone will not help. For such serious injuries, clubs don't usually say it out loud "major surgery", but they usually refer to "season ending injury and he will need surgery", or "he has had surgery and will be undergoing rehab over the coming months".
"Minor surgery" should imply surgery that will recover in time to play within the next 1-2 months, or at least likely to play again during the same season.
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Injury update: Round One
Adelaide's match committee will be buoyed by an almost injury-free list
Interesting they only have us with 1 injury Riley Knight (Achilles) – 3-4 weeks
Re Doedee “The main goal with Tom over the next couple of weeks is to increase the amount of game time or match simulation time he gets to prepare him to compete at the AFL level".
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“We’ve been especially happy with the progress Andrew McPherson has made over this pre-season – he’s hit all targets coming into the beginning of this season and been looking great on the training track."
Re Doedee “The main goal with Tom over the next couple of weeks is to increase the amount of game time or match simulation time he gets to prepare him to compete at the AFL level".
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“We’ve been especially happy with the progress Andrew McPherson has made over this pre-season – he’s hit all targets coming into the beginning of this season and been looking great on the training track."
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"Awareness"
That’s right. The season that no fans get to see and will be no injuries. Morrison says 6 months before it ends. So no footy live then for us
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The Moose has hit all targets in the pre-season. Doesn’t sound anything like a Crows defender
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I have a really numb feeling. Normally I’m pumped but not being able to go and scream on the boys just makes me ill.
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You can scream at the TV and have a much smaller chance of being arrested.
Is a numb feeling an injury or are you lost?
And you can afford to have at least 3 times the number of drinks without taking out a loan.
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Everyone is fit except Riley Knight who's had a setback and is 4-6 weeks away
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Dr Jones & Partners Injury Update: return to contact training
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