Injury Morabito - another knee injury

[valkorum]

Getting surgery is cheating too, it's not natural! Regardless of the current rules it's not about that, it's a moral choice, and considering they already dope you up to go under surgery and recovery I'm not sure why HGH in particular is "banned", it's ridiculous. You can take HGH for a short time and have little side effects but it will heal your wounded body. They should allow all wounded athletes the chance to go on it. It's expensive but worth it.

When you've had 3 knee surgeries it's time to look outside the box, no one will blame the kid for taking HGH to help heal if he's ever caught (he won't be, so this is moot anyhow). I'm sure there are plenty of AFL footballers already on it.

It's weird that people have this issue with drug use. Provided drugs have few side effects what's the problem with these guys taking them? Why is it ok to load up on the drug caffeine, the equiv of 20 cups of coffee before a match? At those doses it's not far from taking real amphetamines, yet over half the players do it.

Ask Duncan Spencer about his troubles with a banned substance. He was having a hard time with his back so he took a banned substance to help him with his quality of life. It worked that well that he was able to play cricket again at an elite level.

He gained medical advise as to how long it would take to be out of his system and he waited that time before playing - he then got a call-back in to the WA side and was drug tested and it was still in his system. He received a 2 year ban.

You may call it thinking outside the box but its a bloody stupid idea and should not be entertained by Freo.

 

[E Shed]

Ask Duncan Spencer about his troubles with a banned substance. He was having a hard time with his back so he took a banned substance to help him with his quality of life. It worked that well that he was able to play cricket again at an elite level.

He gained medical advise as to how long it would take to be out of his system and he waited that time before playing - he then got a call-back in to the WA side and was drug tested and it was still in his system. He received a 2 year ban.

You may call it thinking outside the box but its a bloody stupid idea and should not be entertained by Freo.

I think the general gist of Mem's post was that why should it be illegal? If a substance can repair your body and get you playing elite sport again why aren't athletes allowed to use it for injury recovery?

 

[Tazmania]

Given hgh isn't illegal in Australia if you have prescription then there must be good reasons the team doctors don't use it...or do they and just not tell us.

 

[Belnakor]

Ask Duncan Spencer about his troubles with a banned substance.

Genuine shit bloke, doubt that is the true story.

 

[Taylor]

Given hgh isn't illegal in Australia if you have prescription then there must be good reasons the team doctors don't use it...or do they and just not tell us.

I believe that HGH causes your bone density to increase. Muscle increase may offset it to a degree but increasing the numbers in a strength to weight ratio is going to show diminishing returns the higher they go. A twelve foot tall, lean human won't weigh 80kgx2, it will be more like 80kgx4, even though the muscle sizes have only doubled.

all before we get into cardiomyopathy risks.

 

[dominguez]

Looks like the boys all go to the same hairdresser too.

 

[estibador]

Looks like the boys all go to the same hairdresser too.

Except Kriton, who uses his lawnmower.

 

[sherrif]

Wishing Mora all the best for his surgery tomorrow. Kid is seriously due for a change of luck and I hope the surgeon is at the top of his game. I have read reports that say you can start training as early as two to three weeks after LARS surgery. My aim is to get a group of supporters together as soon as possible when Mora returns to show some support. Anyone from the cheer squad keen to help get a group together. It cant hurt.
BTW: Mods anyone who says something as stupid (and factually incorrect) as he is 'not a smart footballer' during Mora's recovery should be red carded straight away. It is beyond poor form and disrespectful to a bloke fighting to save his career. Comments like that clearly come from West Coast trolls posing as Dockers fans here.

 

[leungtl]

On the HGH note, there is no way Adrian Peterson didn't take it and achieved what he has 6 months after a knee reco this season. The NFL haven't ever tested for it.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...-demaurice-smith-hgh-testing-q-and-a/1838421/

 

[E Shed]

Im there Sherrif!

 

[Seppo]

I can't be there Sherrif, so I will just have to make a tribute video instead...
Watch this space.

 

[theGav56]

Except Kriton, who uses his lawnmower.

lol. The Hairdresser would be a sponsorship. Crichton gets personally sponsored by Ted's Lawnmowing perhaps.

 

[Nickos66]

lol. The Hairdresser would be a sponsorship. Crichton gets personally sponsored by Ted's Lawnmowing perhaps.

Not exactly a glowing endorsement since he missed a spot.

 

[DockerLand1]

Wishing Mora all the best for his surgery tomorrow. Kid is seriously due for a change of luck and I hope the surgeon is at the top of his game. I have read reports that say you can start training as early as two to three weeks after LARS surgery. My aim is to get a group of supporters together as soon as possible when Mora returns to show some support. Anyone from the cheer squad keen to help get a group together. It cant hurt.
BTW: Mods anyone who says something as stupid (and factually incorrect) as he is 'not a smart footballer' during Mora's recovery should be red carded straight away. It is beyond poor form and disrespectful to a bloke fighting to save his career. Comments like that clearly come from West Coast trolls posing as Dockers fans here.

Nice call Sherrif, we need to dish out red cards to outsiders ( and Bridesmaid ) who just come here to cause trouble.

100% behind the Mora cheers quad . Will be will Seppo, you can usually hear us from Melbourne!

 

[Shaymuhz]

Kpr is not a troll, from what I've seen he is Freo through and through. He just has strong and outspoken views on some things..

 

[Freo Shark]

KPR's mouth (fingers) engages before his brain does sometimes. He has views and opinions like we all do, he just doesnt always consider the effects.

His passionate hatred of all things slime should be copied by everyone, no hatred is too much for the slime and their sycophantic supporters.

 

[estibador]

It was poor form for KPR to go on about that in what was essentially a grieving thread, but we shouldn't be handing out cards to Freo supporters for expressing their opinions, no matter how tactless.

 

[Seppo]

This one is for Mora... All the best on a safe LARS procedure and speedy recovery.


I'll hopefully get someone at the club to show it to him.

 

[Patty_Moz]

I've been devo'd about Mora's injury. I really thought he was our best chance of finding a dangerous med/large forward to help out Pav but also really rate him as a mid. I'm glad he going with LARS as it gives him the opportunity to get back out on the park this year, which will be more for his benefit than anyone elses.

FWIW I caught up with Lee Walker the other week for a surf and when I got to the beach at 6 he was already in the water, we surfed for a couple of hrs, got out, ate brekkie, went and surfed again, got lunch and then I bailed while he went for his 3rd surf and he had all intentions to surf again for a 4th time later that day. Lee must be about 40 and while everyones story will be different, his knee injuries don't seem to have hindered his quality of life at all and with advances in surgery/ technology you'd hope Mora's decision to play on will be the right one.

 

[pavsbootlace]

Wis... snip...

BTW: Mods anyone who says something as stupid (and factually incorrect) as he is 'not a smart footballer' during Mora's recovery should be red carded straight away. It is beyond poor form and disrespectful to a bloke fighting to save his career. Comments like that clearly come from West Coast trolls posing as Dockers fans here.

KPR isn't a troll. He's most certainly a very passionate Freo supporter. I don't agree with his views on Mora, but it's just one man's opinion, and that's what this place if for - opinions. I hope to hell we don't start red-carding folks just because their opinion is unpopular.

 

[Freo Shark]

As long as they are really Freo Supporters, KPR definitely is but other so called supporters are less certain.

 

[Crippa]

This one is for Mora... All the best on a safe LARS procedure and speedy recovery.


I'll hopefully get someone at the club to show it to him.

That brought a tear to me eye Seppo...

 

[yakka man]

It would be amazing if he played an AFL game this year. Watching Seppo's video makes you realize just how much of a tragedy it would be if a player of his talent was lost to the game and to Freo.

 

[Freo Dr]

Great Video Sep , sad that until then I had forgotten his playing number as it has been so long seeing him in it.

All digits crossed for him from here on.

 

[jedi mind tricks]

Wishing Mora all the best for his surgery tomorrow. Kid is seriously due for a change of luck and I hope the surgeon is at the top of his game. I have read reports that say you can start training as early as two to three weeks after LARS surgery. My aim is to get a group of supporters together as soon as possible when Mora returns to show some support. Anyone from the cheer squad keen to help get a group together. It cant hurt.
BTW: Mods anyone who says something as stupid (and factually incorrect) as he is 'not a smart footballer' during Mora's recovery should be red carded straight away. It is beyond poor form and disrespectful to a bloke fighting to save his career. Comments like that clearly come from West Coast trolls posing as Dockers fans here.

Mad props Sherrif.

If Morra makes it back on the field it will be a testiment to his attitude of wanting it so bad. I doubt posters will diss him, well at least I hope not.