Freeman in VFL 2nds this week

[BringBackMadDog]

Channel 7 news just mentioned Freeman will be playing this weekend!

[Myron Gaines]

Great news. Good luck to the kid.

[MC Gusto]

awesome

[BringBackMadDog]

Named on the half forward flank.

[dragit]

Ace
#prayforfreemanshamstrings

[Bluthy]

Congrats Nath. I'll have everything crossed on my body that I can possibly cross (don't ask). He might only play a qtr but thats cool. EAsy as she goes.

[saintbob]

Goodluck Nathan!!!

[Impatient Sainter]

Good luck Nathan lets hope its the 1st of many games with the Saints.

[cwrcyn]

One small step......

[SemperFidelis]

Crikey. Awesome news. Fingers toes and everything else crossed. Good luck Nathan!

[saint-stu]

Excellent news! I might have to head over and check the game out.

[ROLS-LEE]

Good luck Nathan. Would be lucky to play a half a game of footy in bursts but it doesn't matter. Just getting game time is enough ATM.

[Griggsy]

Break a leg Nathan ...s***, I mean good luck!

[BigMart]

Good on him

Back sooner than expected

[Bunk_Moreland]

We shouldn't expect too much from him.

Hopefully the young man gets through unscathed.

Start of hopefully a long journey back to match fitness then form, then maybe AFl selection not in the too distant future.

But small steps.

[Bluthy]

Break a leg Nathan ...s***, I mean good luck!

That's actually very appropriate. The phrase comes from actors in ye olden days who if the audience thought were putting on a bad show would throw rotten fruit and boo them off stage. If you put on a good show and made it through without being hounded off by your audience, actors would do that bow thing with their lower legs crossed - hence the call from other actors to "break a leg" ie get through the whole show and so your bow. So I too hope Nathan breaks a leg!

[felix]

Wishing an actor good luck was seen as superstitious causing Bad Luck. Hence the saying Break a Leg.

[desertsaint]

Don't break a leg!

[matrix]

gee if he cant get thru three or four weeks in the ressies and breaks down again itll be over i reckon

lets hope our medicos and fitness peeps have this sorted out 100%

[bigballs]

I'm feeling really nervous for him already, can't imagine how he would be feeling right now.

All the best Nathan, hope you have a great game and get through it unscathed.

[Saint wagga]

Great news, any footy is good footy you'd think and as Richo said in his pressr, it'll be a while before he's even considered for the 1's given how much footy he's missed, so best case scenario is he just plays uniterupted! Good luck to him!

[borderbarry]

This game will be eagerly watched,, and I hope a few Saintsationalists get there and give us a report.

[Playon]

Great news, any footy is good footy you'd think and as Richo said in his pressr, it'll be a while before he's even considered for the 1's given how much footy he's missed, so best case scenario is he just plays uniterupted! Good luck to him!

+1 Get through the game, gets to play a strange game called footy and progress from there
Really hoping this kid makes it after all the flak he copped

[Legendary]

He's been at full pace in training for 2 weeks according to Richo.

I'm betting he's done as many match-simulation type drills as possible with the footy - leading, contested work etc. Given the standard of the blokes he has been training with, I reckon the "drop" to VFL reserves will ensure that he's not working too much harder than he was at training.

I'm sure he's also done as much of the "meat and potatoes" work as possible. I remember our hamstring injuries fell by two-thirds in the first year after David Misson joined the club by using some different strengthening exercises.

Fingers crossed. I actually don't care whether he ends up playing any AFL footy for us, but for his own sanity and commitment to football, I hope he can string together the next 10 weeks in the VFL.

[MC Gusto]

Is anyone going? Would be great to get some 'Freeman watch' updates