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    Campbell Heath - ACL?

    Looks like one of our new boys has done a knee. Has been reported on Bigfooty (enter Bigfooty jibes). Anyone know or can confirm? Injury list on the AFL website hasn't been updated.

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    Damn shame, if true.

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    If true, would have been done at training I presume?

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    Good grief.
    I thought they made kiddies tougher these days.
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    Where's our bionic surgeon?
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    Terrible news for him if true. At the risk of being a tad heartless, he's a bottom age kid that was staying at home to finish high school anyway wasn't he?
    I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
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    Quote Originally Posted by stellation View Post
    Terrible news for him if true. At the risk of being a tad heartless, he's a bottom age kid that was staying at home to finish high school anyway wasn't he?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ItsAllGoodes View Post
    No excuse now for not getting straight As!!!!!
    Damn straight!

    Must make taking the option of nominating as a youngster look pretty awesome right now.
    I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
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    Given he wouldn't of played any AFL games this year, it shouldn't hurt his development too much. He can just get the rehab done and then knuckle down next year. Best of luck to him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stellation View Post
    Terrible news for him if true. At the risk of being a tad heartless, he's a bottom age kid that was staying at home to finish high school anyway wasn't he?

    VERY HEARTLESS. Imagine how gutted he would be, his dream shattered. No matter how you want to rationalise something like this he will never buy it.

    Another reason to raise the drafting age. Under age boy playing against men. Training at high speed and playing at even higher. Most of their bodies are nowhere near developed enough. If their muscle isn't anywhere near the bulk required then their tendons and ligaments are also way behind in strength.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nico View Post
    VERY HEARTLESS. Imagine how gutted he would be, his dream shattered. No matter how you want to rationalise something like this he will never buy it.

    Another reason to raise the drafting age. Under age boy playing against men. Training at high speed and playing at even higher. Most of their bodies are nowhere near developed enough. If their muscle isn't anywhere near the bulk required then their tendons and ligaments are also way behind in strength.
    I would agree with this as well and is normally the reason the Swans bring the younger players along slower than other clubs. Heath's problem with this ACL injury is that he did the injury while he was training with either his Private School Team or the Gippsland Power TAC Cup Team (I've heard different reports but the school seems likely at this stage) at the time and not while training with the Swans in Sydney because he is still doing Year 12 in Victoria and hence would of been at School last week. So he didn't do the injury while training against Men, he did it against Boys his own age or even younger.
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    That's bad news but I hope it doesn't have a severe impact on his footy in the future.
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