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Injury SJOGHCIU - Will the curse be lifted in 2024? LOL, not a chance. Rinse and repeat
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I came to BigFooty to get away from all the t0ssers at BigBallet... only to have them follow me over here
LittleFires
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Gee this man is impressive.
Hard to put too much expectation on this year but with an attitude like he’s got, it’s hard to see us languishing down the bottom for too long.
Just a real no nonsense approach that I like - acknowledgement that the last few years have been unacceptable and that we just need to get on with things and improve. Club is in good hands
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I like how straight forward he is
Actually answered the questions and those he hadn’t formed an opinion on yet (like the WAFL side or the banner/song) he said as much but acknowledged it would be something he’d have to get to
Liked his honesty around the injuries but more importantly his steadfastness that they were inevitable at this time of the year and explained why they were occurring
Can envisage him bringing a lot of energy and a new set of eyes to the club
Yeah in modern world no nonsense expectations means he is likely at some point in time being accused of a bully.
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Nah he just gets his "Simple Minds", or whatever they were called, thugs in to do his dirty work.
He's DON Pyke - Capo dei Capi
7 news reporting injury concerns for barrass.
Was at the gym so couldnt hear what was said and closed captions wasnt on.
Was at the gym so couldnt hear what was said and closed captions wasnt on.
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He was speaking about breaking a vertebrae in his back last year against Richmond and it needs ongoing pain management... not great news for him and his family.
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Star reveals he is living with pain of broken back
West Coast defender Tom Barrass has made a stunning revelation that a serious back injury not only has his career on a knife’s edge, but left him lucky to not be permanently paralysed.
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West Coast defender Tom Barrass opens up on career-threatening back injury that hinders him still
West Coast defender Tom Barrass has made the stunning revelation a serious back injury that ended his season last year has left his career on a knife’s edge and that he is lucky not to be wheelchair-bound.
The Eagles star was sidelined after round 18 last year when scans revealed a compressed fracture in his back following a heavy fall against Richmond.
The injury not only ended his 2023 season but has left him with permanent damage that is not only affecting his football but his home life, at just 28 years of age.
“I went up for a mark against Richmond, Jack Riewoldt came back into me and tunnelled me a little bit and I’ve gone over and landed on my neck effectively,” Barrass told 7NEWS.
“It was a compression fraction to my T8 and I’ve wedged about five of my other vertebrae a bit shorter, so it’s something that I am going to have to manage forever. I am really lucky that I’m not a paraplegic or quadriplegic.”
The injury not only hinders Barrass on the footy field, but affects his everyday life where he is a father to two boys Billy, two, and Benson, 11 months, with fiancé Nadia Rosa.
“It still gives me a bit of trouble in my everyday life” he said.
“It’s OK when I’m moving, but as soon as I’m static it feels like I’ve got a broken back again.
“It’s a permanent thing and it’s something that I work on from the second I wake up – I’ve got to do mobility and get moving and find a way to come to work.”
Barrass, who has played 132 games since being drafted in 2013 including playing in the Eagles’ 2018 premiership and winning the John Worsfold Medal in 2022, concedes there’s a risk it could shorten his career.
“With the physiotherapy and some of the other medical treatments that are available to me, I’m able to get out of bed and get moving and get on with my life,” he said.
“If I do it again, I’m certainly in trouble. I’ve got a mortgage, and this is my job, and I’ve got a family and I’ve got to go to work every day.
“There’s a point where I will certainly stop trying and I’ll have to completely prioritise things, but I’ve got a job, I’ve got a role to play and I’m going to do my very best to balance all the balls while I can and if that becomes unmanageable then I will have to say goodbye.”
The shock news comes just months after Barrass was the centre of speculation around a potential move to Sydney, despite being contracted until the end of 2027.
Sydney list boss Kinnear Beatson made the claim that Barrass’ management reached out to the Swans about any interest in a trade.
“We had some discussions with his management about what that looked like but then we were told last week that he’s decided to stay,” Beatson said in August.
Barrass also missed out on the Eagles’ captaincy after the retirement of skipper Luke Shuey, with forward
Makes a bit more sense now that his management reached out to Sydney. I’d say he was keen to get as much coin as possible as early retirement is likely.
Fair enough too.
Fair enough too.
Very suprised hes playing on tbh.
but god forbid nic nat tackle a bloke without performing weight calculations in his head
Tommy B needs to look after himself. He’s a clever guy, there’s more to life than football.
Tunnelling is such a campaigner of a thing
Didn't think I could dislike Reiwoldt more....smarmy faced fwd flanker of the highest order, just an out and out pr!c.
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He might’ve done it intentionally before, but it seems like Reiwoldt was just backing up to go for the mark in this one. I can’t stand the guy, but this one just seems like an accident.
He does and assuming the club knew about the extent of his injury why didn't they pull the trigger on a trade? Ticking time bomb I'm afraid.
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You would hope the AFL would take the opportunity to do something educational with Tom's injury and if they wanted to be legit, expand the parameters/definitions for duty of care.
There was a brief period a few years back where they seemed to crack down on tunnelling but it seems to have drifted off the hot list somehow.
It's one of the most dangerous actions left in the game. It's also one of those things that used to be self policing, players didn't do it because they knew there would be retribution meted out. As retaliation has been removed from the game we have had a few of these quasi-footballing actions pop up and cause grief. If the AFL had any brains they would have moved to stamp it out ages ago.
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Bring back the biff!
There was a brief period a few years back where they seemed to crack down on tunnelling but it seems to have drifted off the hot list somehow.
It's one of the most dangerous actions left in the game. It's also one of those things that used to be self policing, players didn't do it because they knew there would be retribution meted out. As retaliation has been removed from the game we have had a few of these quasi-footballing actions pop up and cause grief. If the AFL had any brains they would have moved to stamp it out ages ago.
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Bring back the biff!
