#18 - Lewis Hayes - now thru 2027

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1327

I have said before that the curse does not get broken until James returns.

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1328

This is my thought. 4 ACL’s last year and two have suffered a reoccurrence. I am interested in whether they had the same surgeon or different surgeons?

1329

Honestly starting to think this.

1330

Time to burn the Hanger to the ground. Move back to Windy Hill.

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1331

The place where Lewis was injured?

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1332

That’s 2 re occurring ACL’s in one year. Not sure if it needs looking into.

1333

I get that you are feeling down, but things are never that bad.

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1334

Isnt Julian Feller the top man?

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It’s not the surgeon.

These guys go to the best surgeons in the country for these injuries, some of them are in the best handful in the world.

Julian Feller does a lot of ACL reconstructions for afl players and he is right up there in the world in his field.

It’s either poor rehab, or just bad luck.

Hayes doesn’t sound like he has done a full rupture but unfortunately even a small tear is normally a full reconstruction, though he may be back a little quicker from this one due to less muscle atrophy etc.

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1336

They’re saying he had a hyper extension. That doesn’t always mean ACL , but it’s certainly an obvious mechanism.

And I suspect that pretty much every ACL reco in the comp would be done by a small number of surgeons.

Maybe you could look at rehab, but I don’t think Innes had repeat ACL injuries during his years at West Coast.

There does seem to be some general suspicion around the surface at Tulla and our injury plague, but this re-injury was apparently at Windy Hill. And the initial one at Marvel.

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1337

Is the EFC cursed?

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1338

It certainly feels like it.

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1339

Based on our last 18 months, I don’t think this is the fault of any individual and is just incredibly shyt luck.

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1340

I actually cannot believe this ■■■■. Poor guy. I can’t imagine how he must feel!

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1341

Maybe we just f#ken give up. Tassie can have our spot.

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1342

haha its because you come over the top as a cricketer which I’m assuming gives you the tendency to slice it.

Im a 32 HCP so not like im good or anything hahaha

1343

…decades, you mean decades…..

1344

We should replace Tassie

Already have a team,members and fans AFL give us all of their draft concessions while they are at it

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1345

Yeah, but the Cats are allowed the good stuff….

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1346

Our players are still very underdeveloped muscle wise compared to other teams. I thought Hayes would’ve come back with bigger legs to compensate for the knee. Innes has a long way to go to get on top of things