Vaughan Pitt
Team Captain
Snell's would have been 2001, Rd 3 v Melbourne at the G. Late 3rd q or so I think.
Also, found this:
Snell's bad ankle remains noticeably larger than his good one, but he prefers to talk of his injury in terms of what it will, rather than will not, let him do.
He can take his dog, Bodhi, for a walk, provided it lasts no longer than about 20 minutes. He can do the shopping, and park his car at university confident he will be able to walk inside. "Plus," he said, "I've got a great right-foot hop."
There are days when the ankle swells or stiffens so badly that he can't bear to walk on it, or when he finds himself some way from home, on foot, and has to find a way back. Snell visits a podiatrist, to make sure his shoes sit as they should, and wears a compression sock - mostly because nerve damage means he can't feel parts of it, and also because normal socks sit uncomfortably and . . . "just hurt a little bit".
The surgeon has said it will be two more years before the ankle will feel the best it ever will, and in the back of Snell's mind are the warnings that, having carried the ankle's load for so long, other joints could eventually start to break down.
"There is some concern they'll be over-used and that I'll have to go in to have surgery on them, but at the moment nothing feels too painful or sore. Hopefully I won't have to have a hip replacement sometime down the track," he said.
"At the moment, it's just a matter of knowing what I can and can't do. I'll usually push really hard for a few weeks, see what I can do, and ease up.
"As long as I can get around and do day-to-day things, that's good. If I have to go out somewhere and stand up for an hour, I'll get sore, but at least I know I can do it. Before, I'd keep pushing and pushing; because I just wanted to play footy."
The sort of thing you hear from a 34 yr old who's spent 17 years getting battered, not a 23 yr old who played 70-odd games.
Also, found this:
Snell's bad ankle remains noticeably larger than his good one, but he prefers to talk of his injury in terms of what it will, rather than will not, let him do.
He can take his dog, Bodhi, for a walk, provided it lasts no longer than about 20 minutes. He can do the shopping, and park his car at university confident he will be able to walk inside. "Plus," he said, "I've got a great right-foot hop."
There are days when the ankle swells or stiffens so badly that he can't bear to walk on it, or when he finds himself some way from home, on foot, and has to find a way back. Snell visits a podiatrist, to make sure his shoes sit as they should, and wears a compression sock - mostly because nerve damage means he can't feel parts of it, and also because normal socks sit uncomfortably and . . . "just hurt a little bit".
The surgeon has said it will be two more years before the ankle will feel the best it ever will, and in the back of Snell's mind are the warnings that, having carried the ankle's load for so long, other joints could eventually start to break down.
"There is some concern they'll be over-used and that I'll have to go in to have surgery on them, but at the moment nothing feels too painful or sore. Hopefully I won't have to have a hip replacement sometime down the track," he said.
"At the moment, it's just a matter of knowing what I can and can't do. I'll usually push really hard for a few weeks, see what I can do, and ease up.
"As long as I can get around and do day-to-day things, that's good. If I have to go out somewhere and stand up for an hour, I'll get sore, but at least I know I can do it. Before, I'd keep pushing and pushing; because I just wanted to play footy."
The sort of thing you hear from a 34 yr old who's spent 17 years getting battered, not a 23 yr old who played 70-odd games.
