Sheezel, Roos rally behind injured Wardlaw

[@WooHoo103]

Hope he's ok. Go Roos! 💙🤍💙🤍

[@Andy-o2f]

You can see the hurt in Harry's eyes when he speaks about George. He truly loves the bloke.

[@joancahill4405]

Praying He's OK!

[@billbaggins1688]

that'll help

[@phillipnoone8044]

Keep working hard, it ain't over!

[@rep1600]

hope he's okay and can play, also hope these injuries dont trouble him his whole career.

[@user-ln8we1ud9c]

Horrible injury as the risk is its recurring in some individuals and Wardlaw has history. Reminds me of Freeman at Collingwood with his Hamstring and Hewett at West Coast with his foot. Clubs take a risk with these injurie prone youngsters.

[@andyandrew7557]

Finn O Sullivan and Will Phillips can come in to cover for Wardlaw until he is ready to come back after round 1

[@anthonylynch4737]

Captain next year at age 21 like Carey !!

[@gustaaf1892]

This has been the worry ever since the Warlord was drafted. Dodgy hamstrings are a curse.

[@user-ln8we1ud9c]

Agreed, I said the same thing about Elijah Hewett to West Coast fans and they all attacked me, would you believe? Injury prone youngsters are a risk, I take no pleasure in saying told you so, I don't want them to be injured, it's so frustrating, clubs think they are getting a bargain for a young injury prone star but its only a bargain if the injuries are properly healed which is not always the case.

[@user-ln8we1ud9c]

Do you think explosive players like Wardlaw are more at risk of recurrent hamstrings ?

[@gustaaf1892]

@ Sorry about the long-winded response. As someone who suffered from recurring hamstring problems that became chronic, I'm probably more negative about them than most. The way it was explained to me was that the damaged part of the hamstring doesn't ever fully heal and that you have to strengthen the tissue around it to protect the damaged area. The more times you damage the hamstring, the weaker it gets, so it is a problem for a young athlete to have had multiple significant hamstring injuries, although I don't know if it is the same leg, hamstring or the same part of the hamstring that has been damaged before. It also starts to play on the psyche of a player who may stop going hard out of fear of tearing it again, which for Wardlaw could be very detrimental because his game is significantly based on being explosive. I too expressed reservations about North using a very high draft pick on a player with hamstring issues because I didn't think North could afford to take the risk of that blowing up in its face. I thought it was looking okay, but that is no longer the case. Sport science has evolved, but some problems are still insurmountable. I think from hereon in George will have to be very carefully managed and rested on a regular basis to minimise overload.

[@gustaaf1892]

@@user-ln8we1ud9c Sorry about the long-winded response. As someone who suffered from recurring hamstring problems that became chronic, I'm probably more negative about them than most. The way it was explained to me was that the damaged part of the hamstring doesn't ever fully heal and that you have to strengthen the tissue around it to protect the damaged area. The more times you damage the hamstring, the weaker it gets, so it is a problem for a young athlete to have had multiple significant hamstring injuries, although I don't know if it is the same leg, hamstring or the same part of the hamstring that has been damaged before. It also starts to play on the psyche of a player who may stop going hard out of fear of tearing it again, which for Wardlaw could be very detrimental because his game is significantly based on being explosive. I too expressed reservations about North using a very high draft pick on a player with hamstring issues because I didn't think North could afford to take the risk of that blowing up in its face. I thought it was looking okay, but that is no longer the case. Sport science has evolved, but some problems are still insurmountable. I think from hereon in George will have to be very carefully managed and rested on a regular basis to minimise overload.

[@gustaaf1892]

@@user-ln8we1ud9c As someone who ended up having chronic hamstring problems, I'm probably more negative about hamstring issues than most. The way it was explained to me was that the damaged part of the hamstring doesn't fully heal and that you have to strengthen the tissue around it to protect the damaged area. The more times you damage the hamstring, the weaker it gets, although I don't know if for George it is the same leg, hamstring or the same part of the hamstring that has been damaged before. If it impacts on how hard he goes out of fear of tearing it again, that could be very detrimental for his game because it is significantly based on being explosive. I too expressed reservations about North using a very high draft pick on a player with hamstring issues because I didn't think North could afford to take the risk of that blowing up in its face. I thought it was looking okay over the first two years, but that is no longer the case. Sport science has evolved, but some problems are still insurmountable. I think from hereon in George will have to be very carefully managed and rested on a regular basis to minimise overload.