Walker injured again

[Mr.X]

Terrrile news.. I feel sorry for Tex.

Good to hear he's going in for the op.

I recokon it'd be best to rest him for this year, and have him fresh for 2010 to help our push for a Top4 finish

 

[gbatman]

lets hope he's firing fit and ready to go by 2010 then and win that flag. Just got to hope they can get it right this time. Hope he can get some VFL games in this year.

 

[Blueinblood]

Missing 12 weeks.
Did someone say X FACTOR FOR THE FINALS!

 

[Blue Dawn]

Now i'm a tad confused - and dare i say well beyond my usual disposition - but, given that this picture used by Carlton's website to support the 'Walker injured' article, is not years old, then WTF was he doing with no support strapping on!!??

 

[Silvagnis]

Link

Like Collingwood's Sean Rusling, Walker has already had surgery where a piece of bone is relocated behind the shoulder joint to prevent it dislocating.

But he can have surgery that would mean he lost much of the range of movement in his shoulders but was less chance of a dislocation.

"The compensation would be that he lost flexibility, but as long as the joint becomes stable, you would take that lack of flexibility," Icke said.

"There are a lot of players that have had multiple shoulder surgeries, so we would expect he would make a full recovery."

When does one say Enough! and think about their health for the rest of the life?

Removing a piece of bone to anchor the shoulder sounds like a recipe for further trouble.

IIRC, Carey could hardly lift his arms above his head to mark late in his career.

 

[len_jet]

Now i'm a tad confused - and dare i say well beyond my usual disposition - but, given that this picture used by Carlton's website to support the 'Walker injured' article, is not years old, then WTF was he doing with no support strapping on!!??

non contact training...

 

[Madblue]

Really feel for Walks and the club but as many have said (and well before this current injury setback) we should have traded him while he had some value last year !

 

[SpiritR]

Are you Mad, Blue?
We stick by our people.
Walker is as Carlton as you can get.
Support the guy and he will repay in full.

Glad we didn't ditch Hadley last year just because he was showing up with injuries

Totally agree, you cant just turn your back on players of Walker's quality when they get injured.He's got youth on his side and no doubt once fully fit he will be back having a big impact on our side.

I just hope he doesnt put his head down and throw in the towl in mentally, as hard as it would be in his shoes i just hope he keeps his head up and works towards making the side for finals this year.

And WE must stick by him,and i have no doubt we will, its not Carlton to turn there back on players with injuries...

 

[Warsaw]

Walkers only 22FFS. His best is ahead of him.

 

[Audrey_Horne]

There was a really good interview with Walker on Channel 10 News just then as he was heading into the hospital for surgery. Anyone else catch it?