Injuries

sticksaftersiren87 · **Joined:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:50 am **Posts:** 1236

Injuries

Brad Fisher - Broke the base of his thumb in Saturday's match against Port Adelaide. Brad had a pin inserted to the base of his thumb this afternoon and he is expected to miss between 6 and 8 weeks.

Cain Ackland – shoulder – 2-3 weeks

Clinton Benjamin – adductor – 3-4 weeks

Adam Bentick – groin – 1-2 weeks

Brad Fisher – left thumb – 6 - 8 weeks

Richard Hadley – knee – available

Chris Judd – groin – 1-2 weeks

Andrew Walker – shoulder – 1-2 weeks

budzy · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:17 am **Posts:** 8128

Jez1966 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:42 pm **Posts:** 2833

Speedy Recovery Fish!!!!

Didn't Gilchrist break his thumb last night during his farewell tour :cry:

spf · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:56 pm

Damn! Poor old Fish can't take a trick.

Bad luck Fish, stay positive, you will still kick 40 goals this year :-)

4thchicken · **Joined:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:44 am **Posts:** 3136

so the 2 ohailpins should be available for this weeks match then

aboynamedsue · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:09 pm **Posts:** 6047

Losing Fisher is obviously a blow, but it gives the likes of Edwards, Hartlett & Aisake an opportunity to push for selection in the lead up to Round 1.

Does anyone know when in the game he suffered the injury? I know he was off in the 2nd half, but I had assumed that was just about managing his workload. Did he do it early on? If so, that might explain his pretty average performance when he was on the ground (I had put it down to lack of match fitness...)

Anyway, get well soon Fish!!!

TheSwan · **Joined:** Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:37 pm **Posts:** 1932

bad luck Fish!

Stick Setanta in the forward line with Edwards, Fev and Harts and keep Jamo, Thornton and Waite as our key backman. Throw is Saddington for some experience.

Or, can we afford to play Waite as a forward and use Jamo, Thornton or Setanta at CHB?

mjonc · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:22 pm

Opportunity arises!!

tommi · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:23 pm

Yeah-nah.................

i got the left hammie playing up..........it's going to have
to be someone else..............!

kindest regards tommi

Car17on · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:49 pm

Dats gotta hoit!

Not a nice thing to happen .. and not nice to have happened to our #14

Speedy recovery, Fish!

Donstuie · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:55 pm

On the plus side it's an injury that's not really going to prevent him from training and keeping his fitness up, unlike his previous seasons. And it opens the door for Hartlett or Edwards to take the position by the scruff.

camel · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:23 pm

Dang! Fish is a wee bit injury prone isn't he. :cry:

exsing · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:00 pm

Thank god it happened now. If it had to happen, better it now than later on in the season.

Get well soon Fish! See you back bigger and stronger!

Deano Supremo · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:25 pm

Ackland - heart - indefinite

exsing · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:28 pm

Deano Supremo wrote:

Ackland - heart - indefinite

His injury has been upgraded.

Ackland: Softcock - Permanent

FlipMode2 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:56 pm

Get Well Soon Fish!! :cry:

exsing is right, Thank F^&$@ it happened now and not Round 1 or later.

The Vet · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:58 pm

any doctors or phsyios in the house?

Does a break at the base of the thumb mean that he will lose strength through the thumb, and maybe some of his trademark "stick" in the marking contest, or is there little or no residual or lingering damage with this sort of break?

Rambo Stallone · **Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:13 am

sticksaftersiren87 wrote:

Injuries

Brad Fisher - Broke the base of his thumb in Saturday's match against Port Adelaide. Brad had a pin inserted to the base of his thumb this afternoon and he is expected to miss between 6 and 8 weeks.

Cain Ackland – shoulder – 2-3 weeks

Clinton Benjamin – adductor – 3-4 weeks

Adam Bentick – groin – 1-2 weeks

Brad Fisher – left thumb – 6 - 8 weeks

Richard Hadley – knee – available

Chris Judd – groin – 1-2 weeks

Andrew Walker – shoulder – 1-2 weeks

Damn Fisher injured,was wondering what HELLAS BLUE meant, Jake Edwards will now get his chance to play up forward with Fishers injury.

I hope it's only 6 weeks the most so he only misses round 1,we need him to play all the remaining 25 games of the season,lol,we hope.

Geno · **Posted:** Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:42 am

The Vet wrote:

any doctors or phsyios in the house?

Does a break at the base of the thumb mean that he will lose strength through the thumb, and maybe some of his trademark "stick" in the marking contest, or is there little or no residual or lingering damage with this sort of break?

I'm not an orthopedic surgeon (reminds me of the gag - I'm not a gyno but I'll have a look at it for you), but my understanding is that it can be a real bugger to get over these thumbs. Matty Lloyd missed about 10 weeks of diving and Sticks also missed 2 months with a thumb injury.

I also assume that it would really stuff up the sticky hands . No ball bursting one-grabbers for quite a while

Freddy47 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:17 pm **Posts:** 275

Fisher out for 8 weeks

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