Former #30 B. Zerk-Thatcher

Has he got a body that will fill out? 195cm is a good size for a KPD.

Who is this Brandon?

From what Iā€™ve seen of him (mostly last year) his agilty and reactions when the ball hits the deck have been his strength. Heā€™s been underdone most of this year so not sure we have seen him back at his best yet.

Kid is going to be a quality key defender and will be yet another great piece of late order recruiting from that ā€œdudā€ Adrian Dodoro.

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Can this farking title be changed? I get a pain in the guts seeing a Bomber player associated with any Carlscum.

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Agreed.

It could at least be something like "Carlisle minus the Sooking"

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Onya Zerk

Great to see they do this as Harts as the more experienced kpd could just as easily been assigned to him.

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Any news on his injury today?

Looked very distressed coming off the ground.

Ultra important player for the VFL this year.

Looked like it may have been a kick to the back of the knee, but afterwards more likely a Hamstring.

Letā€™s hope itā€™s the former. :crossed_fingers:

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looks a super talent this kid

From my uneducated opinion, it was either a bad corkie or hammy. He kept pointing to the back of this thigh- right up the top, when he was discussing with the medical staff.

Having a run up and down the boundary afterwards showed it mustā€™ve been an impact type injury.

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From the VFL report

The only sour note however was losing Zerk-Thatcher to a hamstring injury late in the third term, with the promising youngster to have scans tomorrow to assess the extent of his injury.

Didnā€™t he come back on?

Nope, he tried a few times to run around the boundary line doing drills but he didnā€™t get back on.

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Generally the strains high up are the worse ones are the not?

Generally you donā€™t get assisted off the ground like he was unless itā€™s s bad one.

Wouldnā€™t be surprised if we donā€™t see him for a long time.

He was hobbling around at 3/4 time. No ice on it. Lots of support staff giving him commiseration pats on the back. Looked very sore.

Fingers crossed it was a big corkie.

The fact they taped him up and he did run throughs should be an ok sign. However given how sore he looked it doesnā€™t bode well.

Is an each way bet what they mean, when they say gamble responsibly?

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Hartleyā€™s instagram story has footage of him hobbling #courage. Not a good sign

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Itā€™s whether thereā€™s tendon involvement or not.
If it is a tendon strain the recovery time basically doubles compared to something thatā€™s solely muscle.

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