TBF Doedee redid his acl at Brisbane, when the Lions were supposed to be the cutting edge of injury prevention/management. Hopefully Martin has a better outcome.
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ok stop the silly clapping talk.
what weāll never know because itās unknowable is -
it appeared that Martin was āahead of scheduleā and was striving to get back playing in 2026 before the ānormalā expected recovery time.
if so, did this state of mind make him over-confident that he was rehabbing quickly, and he missed some detail or pushed himself too hard?
the answer is probably ānoā, because we are told it was an innocuous slip whilst running.
was it reasonably avoidable? weāll never know for sure.
weāre all ā ā ā ā ā ā off that Nic wonāt play the 6-8 games next year that we were hoping heād play.
the injury is big, but this setback, not so much.
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With Martin sadly gone for 2026, an opportunity arises for some enterprising Blitzer to start a poll on the likely candidates to replace him. As for me? l would like to see NHH given an invite to train.
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It certainly looks ā ā ā ā . But without knowing literally a single detail about what happened. It is impossible to say from here if the re-injury was due to an unfortunate accident or poor management. I donāt think anyone has said, ānothing to see hereā. There may be, we just donāt know.
But it is comical the number on here who have no ā ā ā ā ā ā ā clue what happened, nor any clue whatsoever about S&C/rehab, yet feel they are well placed to state exactly what EFC should or should not have been doing. Cue about a dozen people saying ābullshit I did my ACL 15 years ago, therefore Iām a ā ā ā ā ā ā ā expert on the topicā.
Itās also fairly unreasonable to consider Essendonās past failings as somehow representative of our new S&C teamās likely performance. Obviously.
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I appreciate what you are saying, and I donāt wish to be negative, but no.
The club has earned precisely zero points from any changes yet.
Our second best player just aggravated an existing serious injury.
Folks have a right to assume at this point.
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Will miss Martins prime years of 25 and 26 will come back as a 27 year old typically when a player starts to decline.
lol
This is Essendon we are talking about our players are either injury prone,on the decline or retired before they turn 30 I expect no different with Martin Iāll be surprised if he comes back as the same player pre acl.
Merret the only one thatās defying that.
colemanās knee is also still cooked
which has been extremely annoying for 2 years of my keeper league team
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He will be back to full training before he is 26 and playing before he turns 26. He turns 26 April next year.
Not 27.
So if you keep saying this you are doing it on purpose to make it sound worse than it is.
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Not doing it on purpose just being realistic.
But youāre wrong about his age.
Completely wrong.
And you keep repeating it despite being wrong.
It isnāt about being realistic (even though itās complete BS), itās about being wrong.
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This is bollocks
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At Essendon nope
Players at Essendon donāt last past 30.
BS that a player is written off at 26.
I need not point out that 26 is a lesser number than 30, surely.
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I hope Martin defys the odds and can play well into 30ās like Merret
Getting his age wrong is realistic?
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I do understand the sentiment. If it comes to light they ā ā ā ā ā ā this up, with Martin, close to our most important player, and his ACL, I will be livid. And that was certainly my first reaction.
But I do know it can happen in the absence of doing anything inappropriate, so Iāll keep my pitch fork at bay unless more info is revealed.
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Martin turns 25 next April. He doesnāt turn 27 until 2028. If heās back for the start of 2027 thatāll be ahead of his age 26 season. And I wouldnāt expect a decline for a good few years after that
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