Eski back round 9??

[Jeffers1984]

It would be a bloody miracle if it were to happen!

[Cheese]

Not too much risk to it, because they will know by May/June whether it was successful and if it isnt then they will just do the normal ACL procedure and he should have an uninterrupted pre-season.

Supposably he is walking fine at the moment and will be running within the next few weeks.

sounds pretty farcical, but its worth the risk to see Tiger, Melcho & Mattner in the team together.

[Captain]

Fantastic news. Even if he is back by rounds 10-12 that would be brilliant!

[Damien]

Fantastic news. Even if he is back by rounds 10-12 that would be brilliant!

Yeah it's pretty exciting.

Wish they would keep these things to themselves though until the success is known!! Becuase now I EXPECT him back this year!

[Captain]

Yeah it's pretty exciting.

Wish they would keep these things to themselves though until the success is known!! Becuase now I EXPECT him back this year!

Also now every man and his dog will try and do this on their players, should have kept it to ourselves!

[Old Royboy]

Also now every man and his dog will try and do this on their players, should have kept it to ourselves!

I did a google on LARS, seems it has been around for over 15 years. The problem up till now has been that the synthetic ligaments have had a "use by" date, they fail after as little as two tears and the recipient is back under the knife. I hope Dr Gibbs has done his homework.

[liz]

Also now every man and his dog will try and do this on their players, should have kept it to ourselves!

And is that a problem if they do? It's a shame to see any footballer's year over before it starts. If they can all get back within 6 months, all power to them.

Also, it's not as if the Swans have pioneered this treatment. It's not their's to protect.

[Jewels]

It will be a dream come true if it works, to have him back by mid season would be terrific.
I hope they use the same technique on Biglands, it's an absolute tragedy for that young fella to have gone through the op and rehab that he has, only to find it was unsuccessful. You wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[Plugger46]

Great news. Fingers crossed.

[BSA5]

This has made my day. I don't know what else to say.

[bennyfrou]

LOL his positive attitude must have been really really positive as it did bring about a miracle procedure!

[Claret]

I hope they use the same technique on Biglands, it's an absolute tragedy for that young fella to have gone through the op and rehab that he has, only to find it was unsuccessful. You wouldn't wish that on anyone.

I agree 100% - that poor bloke deserves this opportunity.

I can't remember a pre-season in my short history where there have been so many ACL's done. Although they're not contact injuries (for the most part), I wonder if this will answer the AFL's question - Does limiting the interchange reduce the amount of injuries?

[DST]

Also now every man and his dog will try and do this on their players, should have kept it to ourselves!

At this stage we got luckly, while Dr Gibbs has known of the treatment for 15 months it was only the fact that Dr Lars was in Australia last week to oversee the operation that Malceski was able to do it.

Otherwise it would have been the same operation as usual.

You have to feel for someone like Haselby, same injury, same date but different surgery.

DST

[AnnieH]

It all sounds a bit risky ... fanstastic if it works, but risky nonetheless.

[Industrial Fan]

Geez I hope this doesn't backfire.

Hate to seem him sidelined with knee problems a third time.