No more Davis threads - out for season

[NMWBloods]

Nick Davis, who was likely to make a return from the lower grade, dislocated his knee on Sunday, ending his season.

http://news.smh.com.au/sport/back-to-defensive-basics-for-swans-roos-20080714-3eyi.html

[CureTheSane]

Well, that kind of ends his career with the Swans you'd think.
I'm sure he was given the rest of the season to show something.
Many here will value his trade worth as zero, but I think he may have a bit of value at the table.
Premiership player, natural talent, and by the end of the year all this not playing in the seniors stuff will be put down to a Roos/Davis type of conflict.

Having said that, if there is hope for him to play seniors again, I wouldn't mind him staying on the list.

[SimonH]

Very strange way of breaking the news if true (in passing, in a subordinate clause). Previous dislocated knees haven't produced 7+ week layoffs, have they?

I don't know whether he wants to move to another city; and if he did accept a move just for the cash, everyone knows how it would end (including the recruiting club)... hence they wouldn't want him. A catch-22.

[NMWBloods]

Very strange way of breaking the news if true (in passing, in a subordinate clause). Previous dislocated knees haven't produced 7+ week layoffs, have they?

I wondered the same thing. Maybe the journo got it wrong.

[Mike_B]

Very strange way of breaking the news if true (in passing, in a subordinate clause). Previous dislocated knees haven't produced 7+ week layoffs, have they?

I wondered the same thing. Maybe the journo got it wrong.

Depends if the dislocation caused knee ligament/patella tendon damage as well. If not (eg Cressa), then it might not even result in a week out, but if there was other damage caused, then its plausible that at this point of the season, that it would be season-ending.

[Glenn]

Cue the conspiracy theorists.

[RED&WHITE BUNNY]

sounds like nick was in next week

From the swans site:
Nick Malceski will return from a calf injury for the round 16 clash with Carlton at Telstra Dome on Sunday but Nick Davis, who was likely to make a return from the lower grade, dislocated his knee on Sunday, ending his season.

[Mogg0]

@@@@. Poor bugger. The time was right for his return too.

[ROK Lobster]

Sounds a bit like the journo heard "dislocated knee" and thought "that sounds serious".

[swansrule100]

rotten luck

dislocated it when roos bumper bar hit it i bet

[573v30]

There goes our saviour...

[hammo]

Well, that kind of ends his career with the Swans you'd think.
I'm sure he was given the rest of the season to show something.
Many here will value his trade worth as zero, but I think he may have a bit of value at the table.
Premiership player, natural talent, and by the end of the year all this not playing in the seniors stuff will be put down to a Roos/Davis type of conflict.

Having said that, if there is hope for him to play seniors again, I wouldn't mind him staying on the list.

Probably worth adding something here now that the season ending knee injury is confirmed.

I don't think he'll be traded unless Davis requests a trade. We'll have enough natural list attrition (Crouch, Mathews and probably Spida as well as possibly some younger players) without needing to trade a proven, if not, wayward (according to Roos) senior player. Davis' trade value may only be worth a third round pick, unless we're big players in trade week and he's part of a trade for a Fevola or Kerr type player.

Also worth pointing out that with Hall and O'Loughlin over 30, and with Hall an uncertain proposition at the moment, we a hamstring twinge to Mick away from a full blown forward crisis.

[connolly]

There goes our saviour...

Not so fast pancho. In precisely three days from the mishap, St Davo will rise from his waterbed at about 3.00 pm (an early rise) and glide onto the training track, amazing the medicos who have concoted the worst doctors plot since Stalin was brought low by evil stethoscope conspirators, striking fear into the hearts of the selection committee pharasees and that useless hand washer Pontius Roos, put the Bankers and Tankers to the sword singlehandledly by slotting 28 lazy goals to break that old hack Laurie Nash's record and lead us to premiership redemption and glory. Hosannas and palm leaves all round. KEEP THE FAITH!!!!

[sprite]

Not so fast pancho. In precisely three days from the mishap, St Davo will rise from his waterbed at about 3.00 pm (an early rise) and glide onto the training track, amazing the medicos who have concoted the worst doctors plot since Stalin was brought low by evil stethoscope conspirators, striking fear into the hearts of the selection committee pharasees and that useless hand washer Pontius Roos, put the Bankers and Tankers to the sword singlehandledly by slotting 28 lazy goals to break that old hack Laurie Nash's record and lead us to premiership redemption and glory. Hosannas and palm leaves all round. KEEP THE FAITH!!!!

You been hanging out with head honcho??

[reigning premier]

Not so fast pancho. In precisely three days from the mishap, St Davo will rise from his waterbed at about 3.00 pm (an early rise) and glide onto the training track, amazing the medicos who have concoted the worst doctors plot since Stalin was brought low by evil stethoscope conspirators, striking fear into the hearts of the selection committee pharasees and that useless hand washer Pontius Roos, put the Bankers and Tankers to the sword singlehandledly by slotting 28 lazy goals to break that old hack Laurie Nash's record and lead us to premiership redemption and glory. Hosannas and palm leaves all round. KEEP THE FAITH!!!!

The only thing scary about all of that is the fact that if someone were actually capable of doing all of it, It would have to be Nick Davis.