Max King to miss months

[WellardSaint]

Tom Lee had more rhan one shoulder reco, was never the same afterwards

[darylcowie]

Opportunity knocks for fringe forwards, but it's not like this is going to cost us a flag like 2010!

[DJ Higgins]

Well that sux. On a plus Sharman and Hayes will be given a perfect opportunity to show their value. Or maybe Ross will have a plan in place by round one. If not well it’s a good season to suck in as it’s meant to be a superdraft

[linz]

At least he'll be back for the finals.

[Teflon]

How long out for??
**** me
At least I can still watch Ross at games through my binoculars thats the key move that matters

[Waltzing St Kilda]

The Kings are all sticks.

Very injury prone, I fear.

Cannot be relied upon.

Probably a good thing in the long run and it forces us to find other options.

[loris]

How long out for??
**** me
At least I can still watch Ross at games through my binoculars thats the key move that matters

Didn’t realize you were such a fan of Seb!

[bigcarl]

It’s not the end of the world..if we’re going to be any good we have to have contingency plans.
We lost Rooey for 4 months in 2010 & made a grand final!
It creates an opportunity for someone, we will have to share the load for a change.

Agree. Not ideal, but it is going to force us to develop other options.

[silverhalo]

Can't replace Max but for me the best option would be Cooper Sharman initially. Only around 193cm but he's got a great leap on him, great mark and great kick, strikes me as a natural full forward

Forget this business about him playing down back, the kid's a forward

[Vortex]

Was he marking against Roughead?

Even worse than that, it was Dougal Howard.

[bergsone]

Can't replace Max but for me the best option would be Cooper Sharman initially. Only around 193cm but he's got a great leap on him, great mark and great kick, strikes me as a natural full forward

Forget this business about him playing down back, the kid's a forward

Definately reckon hes a forward,couple of games down back last season wont do him any harm

[Teflon]

How long out for??
**** me
At least I can still watch Ross at games through my binoculars thats the key move that matters

Didn’t realize you were such a fan of Seb!

Huge fan of Seb Loris what do you mean?
Less focus on grammar and more focus on the footy talk me thinks!!
But I multi task at the footy so can go any Ross!!
Both run like treacle..

[1966]

Looks like he will miss first 6-10 rounds of season.
Disastrous.

[Otiman]

If we can learn to play good footy without King, then he can slot right in and lift the team another level.

We were already looking too focused on him with I50 entries, although you'd hope the coaching changes would help that.

[Jacks Back]

Just when I was back in, they drag me out again!

[B.M]

Had both recos

Knee in 2001 and shoulder in 2017

Recovery
Knee 12 months took a while to get confidence back but after a while it was almost like I never did it - a little unstable

Shoulder
Horrendous
5 years after the reco still no good

It’s a much more unstable joint (easy dislocate) and has a far greater range of movement.

Hopefully Max has a better time of it than I did!

BTW
My physio in recovery was the Socceroos physio from 2006, he knew what he was doing.

Fact is, it’s a broken joint - they are never the same after you do them!

[Devilhead]

It’s not the end of the world..if we’re going to be any good we have to have contingency plans.
We lost Rooey for 4 months in 2010 & made a grand final!
It creates an opportunity for someone, we will have to share the load for a change.

Exactly!!

If anyone actually thought King would play every game for the next 6 -8 years you are living in Honah Lee alongside Puff the Magic Dragon.

Of course its not ideal but it creates opportunity and enables us to formulate solid back-up plans if King ever went down

If we are forever in a position where we have to rely on one player to get us over the line then we can kiss goodbye that 2nd flag

Not great but hopefully we will be better for it in the long run

[bangaulegend]

IMO next year was always going to be a chance for RTB to look at the list see what works & what doesn't . I wasn't expecting miracles in 12 months & without Max for most if not all the season has made his job a little harder for sure, but we can't rely on one player to get the job done it has to be team effort .In 2023 all I really want to see is more determined team that gives 100% for 4 quarters win lose or draw & if we can achieve that it holds us in good stead for 2024

[nostalgicsaint]

No question it sucks.

Silver lining.

1. Expectations have now been managed
2. Opportunity for other players
3. Forces the shift away from targeting King too often.

I'm excited to see who steps up.

Logically I think Campbell comes in and he and RoMa spend some time forward alongside sharman, membrey, cordy/battle.


Paton, Howard, Wilkie
Sinclair, Battle, Clark
Hill, Gresham, McKenzie
Billings, Membrey, Cordy/Sharman
Butler, Marshall, Higgins

Campbell, Steele, Crouch

Wood
Ross
Windhager
Jones
Milera
Phillipou

Inj Hayes, Coffield, King

[Tommyj]

Might sound silly could be a blessing no more bombs

[Teflon]

IMO next year was always going to be a chance for RTB to look at the list see what works & what doesn't . I wasn't expecting miracles in 12 months & without Max for most if not all the season has made his job a little harder for sure, but we can't rely on one player to get the job done it has to be team effort .In 2023 all I really want to see is more determined team that gives 100% for 4 quarters win lose or draw & if we can achieve that it holds us in good stead for 2024

Good post
RTB gets to see what else?
And I agree next year is settling year for mine
We aren’t top 4 ready so do all we can to harden the group , systems etc and hit 2023 draft hard
2024 we start to rise with intent

[Teflon]

From Stav BF

At this stage, St Kilda anticipates King to miss at least the first month of next season, which could mean a return in time for the League's new round, which will be played in South Australia in round five.

From Josh Gabelich.

So good source.

[WellardSaint]

The club needs to resist the temptation to bring him back until he is 100% fit.
We could have lost half our matches at that point, but should not be desperate. Too risky.
The guys need to find a way to score goals without him.
If they can win some, then his return will surely boost us.
Maybe the injury has happened at the best (least unfortunate) time as any losses can be excused by not having our spearhead- and our expectations have been muted now.
No false hope

[Trev from the Bush]

Sharman averages 4 goals and 2 brownlow votes per game when King isn't playing.

Cooper Sharman, the footballing equivalent of Stewart MacGill.

If he had get injured, better now than late March.

[saintly]

Well that sux. On a plus Sharman and Hayes will be given a perfect opportunity to show their value. Or maybe Ross will have a plan in place by round one. If not well it’s a good season to suck in as it’s meant to be a superdraft

Hayes won't be back until approx round 5