Campbell Heath - ACL?

[Jeffers1984]

Looks like one of our new boys has done a knee. Has been reported on Bigfooty (enter Bigfooty jibes). Anyone know or can confirm? Injury list on the AFL website hasn't been updated.

Always bound to be one each year from our youngsters.

[ScottH]

Damn shame, if true.

[Mike_B]

If true, would have been done at training I presume?

[AnnieH]

Good grief.
I thought they made kiddies tougher these days.

[ShockOfHair]

Where's our bionic surgeon?

[stellation]

Terrible news for him if true. At the risk of being a tad heartless, he's a bottom age kid that was staying at home to finish high school anyway wasn't he?

[ItsAllGoodes]

Terrible news for him if true. At the risk of being a tad heartless, he's a bottom age kid that was staying at home to finish high school anyway wasn't he?

No excuse now for not getting straight As!!!!!

[stellation]

No excuse now for not getting straight As!!!!!

Damn straight!

Must make taking the option of nominating as a youngster look pretty awesome right now.

[Robbo]

Given he wouldn't of played any AFL games this year, it shouldn't hurt his development too much. He can just get the rehab done and then knuckle down next year. Best of luck to him.

[Nico]

Terrible news for him if true. At the risk of being a tad heartless, he's a bottom age kid that was staying at home to finish high school anyway wasn't he?

VERY HEARTLESS. Imagine how gutted he would be, his dream shattered. No matter how you want to rationalise something like this he will never buy it.

Another reason to raise the drafting age. Under age boy playing against men. Training at high speed and playing at even higher. Most of their bodies are nowhere near developed enough. If their muscle isn't anywhere near the bulk required then their tendons and ligaments are also way behind in strength.

[robbieando]

VERY HEARTLESS. Imagine how gutted he would be, his dream shattered. No matter how you want to rationalise something like this he will never buy it.

Another reason to raise the drafting age. Under age boy playing against men. Training at high speed and playing at even higher. Most of their bodies are nowhere near developed enough. If their muscle isn't anywhere near the bulk required then their tendons and ligaments are also way behind in strength.

I would agree with this as well and is normally the reason the Swans bring the younger players along slower than other clubs. Heath's problem with this ACL injury is that he did the injury while he was training with either his Private School Team or the Gippsland Power TAC Cup Team (I've heard different reports but the school seems likely at this stage) at the time and not while training with the Swans in Sydney because he is still doing Year 12 in Victoria and hence would of been at School last week. So he didn't do the injury while training against Men, he did it against Boys his own age or even younger.

[573v30]

That's bad news but I hope it doesn't have a severe impact on his footy in the future.

[liz]

He's almost certainly thanking his lucky stars he got plucked as an underage smokey. He's going to get the best medical attention and rehab support that he wouldn't get as a TAC player and has already secured his place on a list. Unless a player is an absolute standout at U16 level, a serious injury like that could ruin their chances of getting drafted.

[Dalai Lama]

can he go to the Eskies German vet and get the calf blood technique?

[magic.merkin]

even if his excact acl injury suited the technique (not all do), i think it's all-ready to late, i remember reading it has to be done quite soon after the incident.