The Song Fight Bulletin Board

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Scans of Franklin's right knee yesterday revealed no ligament damage, but bruising and swelling that is likely to keep him out of Friday night's semi-final.

While Franklin himself remains hopeful he can prove his fitness to play against either St Kilda or Sydney, the Hawks have listed him as "highly unlikely" to play this week.

Hyperextended his knee coming down from a marking contest, looked like an ACL or if we're really lucky a PCL, but it ended up only being bone bruising and bleeding behind the knee. He still probably won't play again this year but he will be right for round 1 and will not have any lasting damage.

I'm pretty sure those guys are fucking out of their minds. Maniacs man. We get matches on the local PBS station here where I live in the USA, I've watched a few. Those guys just kick each other in their faces. I saw a dude kick a ball directly into his teammates face. Too much face getting hit for me to ever play... But fun to watch... If I can ever figure out whatever they call "rules" to that madness.

That's cool that you've seen some games. I thought Caravan Ray would come in to call Franklin a nancy boy and then no one else would bother.

Getting hit in the face is just a part of sports I thought. I've been hit in the face in tennis, cricket, boxing, even golf, so football didn't seem any different. Ball to the face is called a falcon, named after NRL goon Mario Fenech (the maltese falcon). It's also common in rugby and is generally considered funny unless you're the owner of the face that is hit.







still, it is better to be hit in the face with a ball than with a knee







or an arse



sorry to fill the thread with videos but I don't think anyone on songfight actually wants to talk about Buddy's leg injury .

I've defiantly been hit in the face with a soccer ball, and once with a baseball... It still sucks

Buddy has been named in the side to play against Sydney tonight but I won't believe he is actually playing until the game starts. The scans showed his ligaments are strong as shit, the swelling has gone, all that's left is the bruising which will be painful but doesn't make further injury any more likely. Kelli Underwood says he definitely will play. It's just incredible that a week ago it looked like a 12 month injury, then scans show only a 4-6 week injury, then he ends up playing 7 days later.

His gear is laid out so it looks likely. still could be a trick

Team sheets are out and Buddy is in 8)