Dempster Ruptures ACL :( :(

[Dal_Santos_Gal]

Sorry I have to bring bad news...


If its already been posted, sorry I had the quickest look thru..

http://afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabi ... wsId=66719


SEAN DEMPSTER will play no part in St Kilda's finals campaign after coach Ross Lyon confirmed the former Swan had ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament early in Sunday's big win over Essendon.

[Frankie Boy]

Very bad luck, thought he'd show'd abit the last few weeks.

[Pwoit]

Poor bugga
He had just cemented his spot and was playing some good footy.
We should be able to cover for him - I hope he can recover well

Good luck Sean and well done for the year you have contributed to the saints in make it this far

[saintDal]

Devastating news. He was just coming along nicely too

Best wishes Sean.

[perfectionist]

Thought it looked like a pcl. My mistake. But good news for him. Success rate after the knife is excellent (given a couple of years). Pcl not so good.

[esaint66]

Poor bloke what a time to do it .. heart really goes out to him
Get well soon mate

[Sam23]

Thats f***ed.

Poor guy.

[bobmurray]

The radio had me believing he had a dislocated knee cap.....

Bad news that it's an ACL,still they do come back and be as good as they were,but for some unlucky ones,they snap it again....

Hope he is as fortunate as Harvey,Hayes and Goddard.......

[fonz_#15]

sad news on a great night

[vacuous space]

Any chance he might have the procedure Nick Malceski did? If he has the standard procedure he probably misses most, if not all, of 2009.

[Liam_G]

Very sad news for him. And for the team. Not just the loss of a player who has come along nicely, slotted into the 22, and played good footy, but for his valuable finals experience too.

Best wishes to him in recovery.

[WayneJudson42]

ouch.

[evertonfc]

Huge shame. He grew as a player and I felt became an integral member of our back half.

Well, when X and Ball come back in, now there's only one spot to replace.

[maverick]

The sad part is he was winning supporters over (me being one) and will be missed down back at ground level.

Probably means a Raph, Gwilt or BJ may need to go back which is BAD NEWS.

Would L Fisher be a chance now?

[Saints Premiers 2008]

he's a big big loss

shame big man, come back better than ever...

he has proved himself as a worth member of our best 18...shame

all the best

[Teflon]

hes been so solid over the year......REAL shame.

[Solar]

shame

has had an awesome second half to the year. Good luck in getting back

no wonder we have never really had a good back pocket, they go down with acls!

[The Saintsational Man]

We got the best medico in the business.....

He'll be back.

[Quixote]

That's a big loss and I hope we can cover it.


Good luck with your recovery Demp-o and we'll see you next season!

[St. Luke]

Saw him leave the field....looked like bad news then, too bad that's how it's turned out I hope he has a speedy recovery and we see some great things out of him in 09.

[i_luv_nick_riewoldt]

get well soon Sean!! I feel so sad, really deserved to be playing finals footy!!

[n1ck]

Shocking news. Our back six have been very solid all year and to disrupt that would be (almost) the worst thing that could happen.

Very interesting to see what happens at the selection table on Thursday / Friday.

He's really cemented his place in our best 22 in the second half of the year, I hope he comes back bigger and better.

[BAM! (shhhh)]

If you'd told me 12 months ago how sorry I'd be to hear that, I wouldn't have believed you.

Love the way he shuts down small forwards, runs off them and kicks.

While we didn't need him today, we will in the weeks to come.

[bigcarl]

terrible shame as he was becoming another rock in defence.

however crisis creates opportunity.

[saintsRrising]

Bugga...

Dempster had become a real rock down back.


Luckilly Raph has chosen right now to run into good form. However I would have preferred both in our 22.