Luke Ball Serious Injury

kos · Post: # 613940Post **kos** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:35pm

DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.

degruch · Post: # 613942Post **degruch** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:36pm

kos wrote:DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.

Surely Birss will get a recall ahead of Armo?

fonz_#15 · Post: # 613944Post **fonz_#15** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:37pm

degruch wrote:
kos wrote:DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.
Surely Birss will get a recall ahead of Armo?

you would think so

hotdish · Post: # 613947Post **hotdish** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:38pm

degruch wrote:
kos wrote:DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.
Surely Birss will get a recall ahead of Armo?

Surely RL should look long-term and select Armo ahead of Birss, or Baker or whoever...

We've gotten back into the 8 on the back of Eddy, Armo, Allen, Mini etc being given game time.

Stick with the young kids and give Armo,Steven some game time. Put Gram into midfield full time and maybe S Fisher, and bring another backmen in...

No Birss!

plugger66 · Post: # 613950Post **plugger66** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:39pm

fonz_#15 wrote:
degruch wrote:
kos wrote:DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.
Surely Birss will get a recall ahead of Armo?
you would think so

Yep I agree. Armo's body may have had enough this year. In order to come in in the midfield next week would be Birss, X, Bakes then Armo.

bigcarl · Post: # 613955Post **bigcarl** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:41pm

terrible news for bally.

but crisis creates opportunity. chance for a kid to step up

degruch · Post: # 613960Post **degruch** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:42pm

hotdish wrote:
degruch wrote:
kos wrote:DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.
Surely Birss will get a recall ahead of Armo?
Surely RL should look long-term and select Armo ahead of Birss, or Baker or whoever...

We've gotten back into the 8 on the back of Eddy, Armo, Allen, Mini etc being given game time.

Stick with the young kids and give Armo,Steven some game time. Put Gram into midfield full time and maybe S Fisher, and bring another backmen in...

No Birss!

I hope you're wrong...Armo hasn't contributed anywhere near as much as the others listed. Wouldn't put Steven near the game this year...him and Armo still have development.

RedWhiteBlack · Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:50pm

I've heard it's just a corkie guys. Bally will be just fine

degruch · Post: # 613983Post **degruch** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:51pm

RedWhiteBlack wrote:I've heard it's just a corkie guys. Bally will be just fine

Corkie??? His leg just about did a 360!!!

saintsRrising · Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:58pm

hotdish wrote:
degruch wrote:
kos wrote:DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.
Surely Birss will get a recall ahead of Armo?
Surely RL should look long-term and select Armo ahead of Birss, or Baker or whoever...

We've gotten back into the 8 on the back of Eddy, Armo, Allen, Mini etc being given game time.

Stick with the young kids and give Armo,Steven some game time. Put Gram into midfield full time and maybe S Fisher, and bring another backmen in...

No Birss!

Geary was poor..
so bring in Birss to play on Shaw.

Armo is an inise mid...so bring him in for Ball. with Ball out he can get more time actually on the ball.

Griggsy · Post: # 614009Post **Griggsy** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:04pm

Didnt want to start a new thread for what could be nothing but, when driving the commentators on the radio said Harvey was down, and said its a disgrace the umpire didnt stop the game to get him off, which made me worry. But then i reached my destination so i dont know what the incident was or if he was fine...fill me in pls

Solar · Post: # 614011Post **Solar** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:05pm

WOW

down the other end in the social club area we were either guessing ACL or broken leg, his leg went around 180 and was close to twisting off....

Incrediable if there is nothing broken. He is young enough to get back with his hamstring. Remember he was never fast to begin with. Fish came back from similar so it's not all doom and gloom.

Looked horrible live

donthglfa · Post: # 614012Post **donthglfa** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:05pm

What about Baker?

saintsRrising · Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:06pm

Griggsy wrote:Didnt want to start a new thread for what could be nothing but, when driving the commentators on the radio said Harvey was down, and said its a disgrace the umpire didnt stop the game to get him off, which made me worry. But then i reached my destination so i dont know what the incident was or if he was fine...fill me in pls

Did not see it...but harvey came back o in the last quarter.

However Harvey was being tackled...the ball spilt and so my eyes followed it. So I would guess the tackler drove or hurled him into the ground?????

Solar · Post: # 614014Post **Solar** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:08pm

Griggsy wrote:Didnt want to start a new thread for what could be nothing but, when driving the commentators on the radio said Harvey was down, and said its a disgrace the umpire didnt stop the game to get him off, which made me worry. But then i reached my destination so i dont know what the incident was or if he was fine...fill me in pls

was swung in the tackle, got his boot to the ball but got a shoulder to the head which knocked him out for 10 - 20 seconds. Was helped up by trainers and had wobbly legs. Umpire stopped the game for 20 seconds but re-started it and the ball went up the wing to where he was being helped off.

technically since the stretcher wasn't on they can't stop the game but some common sense.

You should have seen how many doctors where screaming and yelling for the two trainers to get bally off the ground to get another player on.

SaintBot · Post: # 614018Post **SaintBot** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:09pm

Griggsy wrote:Didnt want to start a new thread for what could be nothing but, when driving the commentators on the radio said Harvey was down, and said its a disgrace the umpire didnt stop the game to get him off, which made me worry. But then i reached my destination so i dont know what the incident was or if he was fine...fill me in pls

Happened at least twice with Harvey and then with Ball.

In Harvey's case the ball came close to him as he was been helped off. Just utter stupidity.

chook23 · Post: # 614019Post **chook23** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:09pm

Gabba wrote:i'm not having a go at his courage but im still confused as to why he needed to run into that pack when Kosi was going up. He should've just roved front and centre.

Terrible news....

Not laying blame here.................but Kosi could have shielded his opponent in a blocking action thus shielding the oncoming L.Ball
(Kosi does not have good vision at the best of times though) and appeared to not have seen the oncoming Luke Ball

bit of freak thing the way his leg shot back..........

just maybe though Kosi could have shielded him a bit from the hit of the pack.

Very sad.

perfectionist · Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:11pm

Griggsy wrote:Didnt want to start a new thread for what could be nothing but, when driving the commentators on the radio said Harvey was down, and said its a disgrace the umpire didnt stop the game to get him off, which made me worry. But then i reached my destination so i dont know what the incident was or if he was fine...fill me in pls

He was thrown to the ground in a tackle. The umpire held the game up for a kick in when it looked like he would need a stretcher. He didn't. He was helped from the ground by trainers but his legs were buckling. The umpire continued to hold the game up, which was wrong. Harvey eventually came off the ground whilst the game continued. They should have used the stretcher.

He came back on but probably should not have, but we were down on numbers - and you know Harvs!

Gabba · Post: # 614033Post **Gabba** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:20pm

Solar wrote:Remember he was never fast to begin with.

Before his OP he was faster than Judd...

Solar · Post: # 614037Post **Solar** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:21pm

perfectionist wrote:
Griggsy wrote:Didnt want to start a new thread for what could be nothing but, when driving the commentators on the radio said Harvey was down, and said its a disgrace the umpire didnt stop the game to get him off, which made me worry. But then i reached my destination so i dont know what the incident was or if he was fine...fill me in pls
He was thrown to the ground in a tackle. The umpire held the game up ofr a kick in when it looked like he would need a stretcher. He didn't. He was helped from the ground by trainers but his legs were buckling. The umpire continued to hold the game up, which was wrong. Harvey eventually came off the ground whilst the game continued. They should have used the stretcher.

He came back on but probably should not have, but we were down on numbers - and you know Harvs!

disagree

stretcher didn't come out because they weren't sure if he would come back, but must have passed the test. Came back to be important in the last

sainters man · Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:22pm

Rossy Lyon said the trainers recon its a bad corkie and luke just recons he is sore. So hopefully he is ok!

Dan Warna · Post: # 614068Post **Dan Warna** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:31pm

Nathan burke, luke ball = club champions.

plugger66 · Post: # 614084Post **plugger66** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:37pm

Solar wrote:
perfectionist wrote:
Griggsy wrote:Didnt want to start a new thread for what could be nothing but, when driving the commentators on the radio said Harvey was down, and said its a disgrace the umpire didnt stop the game to get him off, which made me worry. But then i reached my destination so i dont know what the incident was or if he was fine...fill me in pls
He was thrown to the ground in a tackle. The umpire held the game up ofr a kick in when it looked like he would need a stretcher. He didn't. He was helped from the ground by trainers but his legs were buckling. The umpire continued to hold the game up, which was wrong. Harvey eventually came off the ground whilst the game continued. They should have used the stretcher.

He came back on but probably should not have, but we were down on numbers - and you know Harvs!
disagree

stretcher didn't come out because they weren't sure if he would come back, but must have passed the test. Came back to be important in the last

Dumb decision by our trainers to bring Harvs off without a strecher same as not bringing Bally straight off the ground. A man short on both occasions. Our trainers need to be smarter than that.

Dan Warna · Post: # 614088Post **Dan Warna** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:39pm

harvey I thought had his season/career ended, but came on and took a mark and had a couple of kicks at the end.

tbh at that stage I thought the game was gone along with harvey and our season...

Washedup · Post: # 614096Post **Washedup** » Sun 03 Aug 2008 8:42pm

hotdish wrote:
degruch wrote:
kos wrote:DAVID ARMITAGE your time has come.

Surely Birss will get a recall ahead of Armo?

Surely RL should look long-term and select Armo ahead of Birss, or Baker or whoever...

We've gotten back into the 8 on the back of Eddy, Armo, Allen, Mini etc being given game time

Stick with the young kids and give Armo,Steven some game time. Put Gram into midfield full time and maybe S Fisher, and bring another backmen in...

We need to play whoever DESERVES a game in the ones next week. Birss should never have been dropped, and since he has gone back to Casey, he seems to be in the best every week, yet for some unknown reason never gets the call up. When we played the Pies earlier in the year he took Heath Shaw to the cleaners, so i would expect him to come in and do the same role again next week. We all want Armo to become a great player, alot due to our lack of quality youngsters coming through in the last 3-4 years. He does show some signs of a junior Luke Ball, but he just doesn't get his hands on the pill enough to warrant the accolades that he gets on this site. IMO Birss has definitely earnt his spot in the team next week, but i'm amazed it's taken so long for him to get back in