Sam Gilbert

[Aussie Bears]

Probably our best player and he does his knee

[battye]

I was shattered when I saw that.

The only player on the ground who took it upon himself to have a run and then have a crack at goal.

Gilbert is a star. Everyone should have looked to him at 3/4 time break... 3 votes.

[Munga]

yep, we can't escape bad luck
i love the guy

[Gilbert The Great]

damn footy gods

Gilbert the Great is one of maybe four or five players that give everything for St.kilda

then they take him away from us

hope he is not injured

[saint66au]

ABC Radio said cramp..have also heard PCL, Kneecap..

PLEASE...Updates here ...shattering news if its even vaguely serious

[savatage]

ABC Radio said cramp..have also heard PCL, Kneecap..

PLEASE...Updates here ...shattering news if its even vaguely serious

Doubt you'd hold your kneecap if you had cramp. Could be a patella injury.

[ausfatcat]

As long as it's not a acl I'm happy

[savatage]

As long as it's not a acl I'm happy

Very true, I am not an expert - but I'm doubting it's ACL related due to the vision of the impact & his reaction.

[Saints Premiers 2008]

if it was acl he would have been in agony???

pcl is a 6 week injury from memory???

help me out here

[ausfatcat]

it's about that

[saintgus]

absolute gun

[johnpeterbudgefanclub]

PCL is a season.

ACL is a season.

I wish the guy all the best......great talent!

[ausfatcat]

pcl

Injuries to the PCL are relatively uncommon in football but often require a long rehabilitation period. Fortunately, most can be adequately treated by conservative (non-surgical) means.

acl

The ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) is perhaps the most-feared injury amongst all athletes. Without a functioning ACL, an athlete is generally unable to change direction without the knee joint collapsing. Modern-day athletes are fortunate that the ACL can be reconstructed with advanced surgery, but even in the best of hands an ACL reconstruction will keep a player out for 5-12 months from sport. In addition, there is a lifetime increased risk of further problems both to the affected knee and also the opposite knee

mcl

Medial ligament injuries of the knee are very common but often are not severe. Although the exact reasons are unknown, the human knee can function reasonably well without an intact medial ligament (as opposed to the anterior cruciate ligament).

ACL the worst then pcl then mcl

[dborsky]

first, if he did his acl he would not have been in pain necessarily, if you pop it clean it doesn't hurt at all, you hear hear a popping sound

second, acl means he won't be back till the second half of next season and pcl means back for round one... massive difference.

third, its hard to say what he did, the impact wasn't so different from BJs, but somehow i think it wasn't an acl or pcl. The only way you know straight away like that is if you poppped a kneecap out of place, usually with a ligament, unless its been hideous, you try and get up on it before you realise that it ain't attached anymore.

My guess, he'll be back in a fortnight to see us struggle against the crows for 8th spot.

[bubblegoose]

Probably our best player and he does his knee

Great bloody game from him, great bloody player!

[saintgus]

yer he was superb, is he tied up to a contract?>

[The_Saint]

Sam was by far the best player tonight. He was the only player to keep running and kicking long when the whole team looked stagnent

[saintspremiers]

I will be seriously gutted if Gilbo is a 12 monther.

He has been about the only positive thing player wise this season as far as an up and coming player.

Superstar in the making, ironically just like BJ who also did his knee.

Imagine our defence with both Gilbo and BJ......now all we need is some run in the midfield and fair umpiring!

[savatage]

Pretty appaling how the television coverage barely gave him the time of day either. Any further news on Gilbo?

[mad saint guy]

If true, there goes the only real positive of 2007.

[borderbarry]

I thought he was holding the front of his foreleg. I hope nothing is broken.

[Saint Bev]

OMG, I never knew about an injury. He has been our shinning light, hope its minor............. pls............

[sarah 2]

just bieng trying to find out how bad gilbets injury is on any of the websites it may be able to tell me and there is no mention of gilbert bieng injured on any of them.

[Liam_G]

Frustrating not knowing anything. The only thing I can think of is to wait until the Sunday Footy Show and see if Doc Larkins mentions him in his injury wrap at the start of the program.

[stinger]

the shytney f***-tards around me...including a kid of no more than 12 were laughing that gilbert was hurt...said that he deserved it....it was all i could do to stop myself slapping the little s*** into next week......