What's the go with Kingy?

Cairnsman · Post: # 786507Post **Cairnsman** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:11pm

Did he play out the game?

matrix · Post: # 786509Post **matrix** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:11pm

yup
came back on and went into the ruck

battye · Post: # 786516Post **battye** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:13pm

Dislocated his shoulder, looked really bad but the medical staff popped it back in pretty quickly.

Cairnsman · Post: # 786519Post **Cairnsman** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:13pm

So will he be right for next week and how did Macka go?

battye · Post: # 786524Post **battye** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:14pm

McEvoy okay, showed some improvement today with his around the ground work. One play stands out, where he passed off I think, kept running received it back and kicked a goal.

matrix · Post: # 786525Post **matrix** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:14pm

macka went ok...but up against jolly is a big ask.

be interesting to see how kingy pulls up during the week.
see whether he plays against the hawks

Spinner · Post: # 786527Post **Spinner** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:15pm

OMG King looked like a robot carrying a ditatched arm while walking off the field.....Mainly because he is so big and ripped.

More importantly I was amazed he was able to come back on.....I was fearing weeks when he went off.

matrix · Post: # 786537Post **matrix** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:17pm

it looked like someone had inserted a golf ball under the skin on top of his shoulder

Iceman234 · Post: # 786538Post **Iceman234** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:17pm

Spinner wrote:OMG King looked like a robot carrying a ditatched arm while walking off the field.....Mainly because he is so big and ripped.

More importantly I was amazed he was able to come back on.....I was fearing weeks when he went off.

So was I.

I said in the thread at the time I had exactly the same thing years ago and what pain he would be in.

1 minute later had to edit it to what a sook I must have been...

mick13 · Post: # 786546Post **mick13** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:19pm

Rofl.

I was talkin to my Saints mate at the time, actually said. "That's no good, dislocated shoulder is usually 4-6 weeks"

5 seconds later they show it popped in and one of the commentators chimes in with 'they've popped it back in and he looks like he's ready to go!'.

FAIL

Seaford_Saint · Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:19pm

I think Kingy was a really strange one.

As soon as he went off I thought Ross would put him in cotton-wool until Round 21 (best case scenario).

Given the conservative approach towards injury-management this year, I was gob-smacked he returned to the field.... Who knows, perhaps Ross was wanting to validate Kingy's ability to play with pain prior to September.

I still think there's a good chance we won't see him again until Round 21..... there's nothing wrong with Gardi & BigMac in the Ruck next week....

Eastern · Post: # 786555Post **Eastern** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:21pm

Kingy would have to be doubtful for next week. His shoulder will be very sore tomorrow morning !!

battye · Post: # 786560Post **battye** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:23pm

Will Gardiner be ready for next week?

Munga · Post: # 786568Post **Munga** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:24pm

That was legendary. I hope Kingy realises how much he is appreciated at the Saints.

BigMart · Post: # 786569Post **BigMart** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:24pm

We really need Gardiner back........King played about as well when he cameback on as he was before the injury......I think he has forgotton he is 6'7" and needs to take the occasional contested mark or at least impact a contest.......tonight he was woeful and we got smashed around the clearances as a result.....

McEvoy was OK at times around the ground.......Kosi was by far our best Ruck when he went in after HT....at least he contests hard and contributes something in general play...

claystreet · Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:25pm

More time for Big Mac to develope

I dont think King will play next week

Spinner · Post: # 786602Post **Spinner** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:31pm

Munga wrote:That was legendary. I hope Kingy realises how much he is appreciated at the Saints.

Good post!

saint75 · Post: # 786665Post **saint75** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:47pm

He will have scans no doubt tomorrow to assess whether or not there is any ligament damage. If there is, we won't see him until the finals. If no ligament damage, perhaps a week out to rest it and then back the week after.

Eastern · Post: # 786675Post **Eastern** » Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:50pm

Let's hope that Ross shows the injury followed by the return to battle as part of the review. INSPIRATIONAL STUFF !!

sendmehomehappy · Sat 01 Aug 2009 11:55pm

We need Kingy to run through them with that right shoulder....must be rested and managed until round 23 now...McEvoy is coming on well and Gardy needs the runs to build up for the real stuff.

Bernard Shakey · Sun 02 Aug 2009 12:00am

King will be missing for a few weeks.

He only used his left arm when he came back on and a one armed ruckman is about as useful as a one armed bandit.

ozrulestrace · Sun 02 Aug 2009 10:46am

Steven King I salute you.

I was pretty good at bagging you when you played for Geelong, but last night was extraordinary as the shoulder was popped back in. Plus there also looked like there'd been packing shoved up the nose as well.

But still when Kingy was needed out on the ground, there he was.

I'll take you one Judd and bleeding all over the ground and raise you one KING!