Eski back round 9??

[Rod_]

Good luck to him!

Could be a supercharge the Swans will need closer to the end of the season.

Take the game up a level closer to the finals

What a great plus from a negative!

Rod_

[2005]

Good luck to him!

Could be a supercharge the Swans will need closer to the end of the season.

Take the game up a level closer to the finals

What a great plus from a negative!

Rod_

Right on Rocket !!
This is such a positive on what was such a downer for Nick & the Club.

[royboy42]

Eski back round 9??

Nathan Gibbs has found radical knee surgery..
Malceski could be back by round 8 | Herald Sun

[alison.z]

nathan gibbs is behind so much of our success ... he often goes unheralded but after the complete lack of injuries in the last few seasons and now this - he is a champ!

[TheGrimReaper]

I've been doing back flips all morning, since I've read that article. I hope his comeback is successful.

[The Boot]

If these ops used to have a shelf life (ie. couple of years) it may have been that the body was rejecting the earlier prosthetics. So if this new ligament is indeed inert, as reported it's a great leap forward. So to speak.

[swantastic]

Geez I hope this doesn't backfire.

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

I hope so too but he has until about may to prove him self and if it doesnt work then he will have traditional ACL surgery.If he has the traditional surgery in may he will be back for round 1 next year no probs.

[swantastic]

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

Pretty hard to do that captain when every man and his dog does it in Europe for their soccer players.

We have a lot to learn in this country regarding sports medicine,because its such huge coin over there clubs pay doctors to discover these advances in technology.

Some of the injuries they come back from so quick in the soccer world just amazes me some times.

Heres a little question....
Q....Why couldnt they get Kewell back so quick tho?

A....

[The Big Cat]

Some of the injuries they come back from so quick in the soccer world just amazes me some times.

I get over the odd slight tap to the ankle easily as well (or perhaps those blokes hurt their backs when they are rolling on the ground holding their leg!)

[mcs]

sounds fantastic. Certainly a risk worth taking in my opinion. if it works we have one of our best players back halfway through the season, if it doesnt (and not for a second do I wish this to be the case) then he will still miss the season but still should be right for next year.

[swantastic]

I get over the odd slight tap to the ankle easily as well (or perhaps those blokes hurt their backs when they are rolling on the ground holding their leg!)...

.....then when the ball hits them in the guts then they hold their head.

[Industrial Fan]

I get over the odd slight tap to the ankle easily as well (or perhaps those blokes hurt their backs when they are rolling on the ground holding their leg!)

Probably not a reference to Eduardo...

[Jeffers1984]

Probably not a reference to Eduardo...

that was absolutely painful. I hope Eduardo recovers 100% to be back and firing for the gunners.

[Nico]

I agree with Liz that we should get Thornton to have the same procedure, even if he has to fly overseas to get it done.

On SEN this morning they rattled off a number of players of bygone decades who were cut short in their prime by ACL's. For all clubs to be able to access this surgey it would mean a lot easier list management and keeping quality players in the game a lot longer.

What amazes me about the AFL is that it is always left up to the clubs to research all the available surgery. Who was it who had radical hammie surgery overseas last year? You would think with all their money the AFL would be the leader in all the medical advances to keep players on the park, hence maintain the highest quality of product.

But I wouldn't think AD and AA would have that level of thinking.

[Claret]

Who was it who had radical hammie surgery overseas last year?

Max Rooke

You would think with all their money the AFL would be the leader in all the medical advances to keep players on the park, hence maintain the highest quality of product.

But I wouldn't think AD and AA would have that level of thinking.

I wouldn't have thought it was their responsiblity. Even if they did finance medical research and pay for injuries then the clubs would still be paying for their own research in order to get ahead.