Swans' Pre-season 2019
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Post edit: I'm still not happy.Last edited by stevoswan; 20 November 2018, 06:39 PM.Comment
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Older player. Better to miss the first 5 games of the season, then the last 5.The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.Comment
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Groin surgery for Franklin
Well that's not a great start to the pre season.
It was deemed by our medical staff that the groin injury Buddy sustained in round 22 would heal with rest....wrong unfortunately.
So instead of having it repaired in mid September, it's 2 months later... and a game of catch up for Buddy for 2019.....hmmm.
We’re for Sydney | Daily TelegraphWhenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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Why would Buddy miss the first 5 games? According to Longmire he only did 15 minutes worth of training this season! If Buddy is able to commence full pre-season training in January as the club is predicting, he'll be ready to go for R1.
I sometimes think pre-season is too long anyhow, particularly for seasoned players and whether it's better for their longevity if it was shortened in any case.
To back this up, I remember in 2000 when the finals were held in August due to the Sydney Olympics and seasoned players commentating how fantastically refreshed their bodies felt for the following season due to the extra break.Comment
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Ling anybody ?
A big thing about Stoddart hetting drafted and still nothing about Ling
I know Stoddart played but bloody hell Ling is a 1st Rounder that we saw something in that no one else did that early.
Has the kid even been sighted in Sydney ? Doing my head in, the least talked about 1st Rnd draft pick ever"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."Comment
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I don't know exactly how it works but surely players have some say in the medical treatment they receive? It may be that Buddy preferred to try and resolve the groin issue without surgery even though the club would have been happy to send him for surgery straight away.All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)Comment
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I don't know exactly how it works but surely players have some say in the medical treatment they receive? It may be that Buddy preferred to try and resolve the groin issue without surgery even though the club would have been happy to send him for surgery straight away.Comment
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I'd like to think so but I have the impression that the club has a lot of say in these things. That may be partly because the clubs are paying for the treatment (probably via insurance) but also due to contractual terms. A bit like the contractual terms that stipulate all the activities players are not allowed to engage in on their own time. I don't really know how it works. Sometimes you hear someone like Tom Harley being interviewed about a player's injury and subsequent surgery saying something like "we decided to go with traditional surgery rather than LARS because...". This suggests to me that the club's have at least some involvement in the decisions.All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)Comment
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I'd like to think so but I have the impression that the club has a lot of say in these things. That may be partly because the clubs are paying for the treatment (probably via insurance) but also due to contractual terms. A bit like the contractual terms that stipulate all the activities players are not allowed to engage in on their own time. I don't really know how it works. Sometimes you hear someone like Tom Harley being interviewed about a player's injury and subsequent surgery saying something like "we decided to go with traditional surgery rather than LARS because...". This suggests to me that the club's have at least some involvement in the decisions.Comment
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Obviously the players have to consent. But conceivably they could be in breach of contact if they refused to undertake treatment as reasonably prescribed by club's doctor.All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)Comment
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A player gets to choose his own medical procedures with all available information at hand. End of story.The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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Agreed. For the last few seasons our problem hasn't been making the finals, it's been that we've run out of fit and healthy players in the finals. We've also run out of competent umpires in the finals but I think that's out of our control.Comment
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