Just read on AFL.com AJ injured his leg. From the sounds of it it's bad. Anyone have info?
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Oh Crap! AJ injury.
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Longmire confirmed it's a suspected ACL. Terrible news for the kid.
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that is crap! Here's hoping it's not a bad tear. Let it be a speedy recovery. Guess that means LRT is down back for a while and Jesse will get some game time.
Cordy tweeted Ruptured.
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Pretty freaky that both Suckling and now AJ went down with suspected ACLs on the same day, feel for both players but that's footy.
Would be a massive loss for us if confirmed, though. As bedford said in the other thread though you need players to step up if you want to go back to back. I remember when Malceski did his knee in the pre-season (twice), and he came back stronger, I'm sure AJ will be the same
Would be a massive loss for us if confirmed, though. As bedford said in the other thread though you need players to step up if you want to go back to back. I remember when Malceski did his knee in the pre-season (twice), and he came back stronger, I'm sure AJ will be the same
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It was also mentioned that he might be too young for the LARS, given there's a higher chance of re-injury?
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Yeah, given his age you would go regular op. I think i read somewhere that it depends on where the rupture occurred?
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Shattering news. Thanks god we have lrt.
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And so it begins...
Heath had LARS not much older if at all, Swans staff are more pro LARS than anywhere else and have seen as many traditional reco's fail as LARS. I think they'll let AJ choose for himself.
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My understanding is that not all ACLs are suitable for LARS, so it's possible he may have no choice and it may need to be the full knee reco.
This may well be true. We're all doing a lot of speculation before the docs are I would think.
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Carlton recruit Troy Menzel had a LARS surgery when he was 16, 5 years younger than AJ is! Shattering news for the bloke if true, one of my favourite players of recent memory. What is with us and NAB Cup ACL injuries? But now both GF teams have had an ACL injury within hours of each other. Suckling and Johnson. Really feeling for both right now.
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Pretty much confirmed now, sounds like Nathan Gibbs is quite sure:
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-03-09/alex-johnson-injury
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-03-09/alex-johnson-injury
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Bloody heart breaking for the kid. He's such a valuable part of our back 6. I expect Armstrong to take his spot?
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Well you got to play some pre-season games to get yourself right for the season proper but it always feels worse when you get an injury in them rather than the real games. What a bugger. Love AJ 
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Different roles though. I'd think Armstrong was more competing with Mattner, Malceski, Shaw type rather than Johnson. For me, LRT will probably be permanent back and Jesse White *shudder* will probably get games.
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Hope this isn't one of those years...players dropping like flies around the league already. Chin up AJ.
I agree. LRT will go back and Ted will probably take the 3rd tall. Ted will dominate even more and get a bit more latitude to run off as well.
Up forward, we could choose to play someone like Lamb instead of White. We already got Goodes, Reid and the resting ruckman up forward.
Awful news for AJ, but at least it didn't happen to him last year and he should be right for round 1 next year.
That was my first thought too (actually second...my first thought was "oh no!!!"). LRT has a home down back for the season now. Bloody awful news for the kid, ah I hate the nab cup
. Everything to lose, nothing to gain.
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Yeah I suppose you're right. White actually looks pretty sharp this year and it's evident he has been working on his fitness and second efforts. Hope he can play a few good games for us this year.
