Shane Tuck [merged]

[2JD]

I'm sorry if this has been asked and answered before, if it has, I missed it......What has Shane Tuck got in his ears and why?

[Jackstar is back]

ear drum problems

[2JD]

Thanks Jack, I figured that, is the noise of the crowd too loud, is it just to muffle the sound?, it cant completely block it out.

[Fishfinger]

I think it's to stop the air going into his ear which causes pain.
One of my brothers had a perforated eardrum when a youngster and it is pretty nasty.

[Bateman]

Shane Tuck is the best mark for his size in the competition.

Have a look at his timed jump and strong hands from a kick-out where he outmarked Dean Cox and Gus Graham.

Should try and pinch-hit him up forward more I reckon..

[Jackstar is back]

Shane Tuck is the best mark for his size in the competition.

Haver a look at his timed jump and strong hands from a kick-out where he outmarked Dean Cox and Gus Graham.

Should try and pinch-hit him up forward more I reckon..

Totally agree. . He is gun kick too

[WilliamPowell]

Totally agree. . He is gun kick too

yep - you'd want him taking a shot for goal after the siren for a win

[one-eyed]

I think it's to stop the air going into his ear which causes pain.
One of my brothers had a perforated eardrum when a youngster and it is pretty nasty.

Yep that's the reason. Apparently Tucky will see some specialist at the end of the season to fix it.



Btw Tucky has just played 100 consecutive games  . His dad played 138 in a row without miss.

[TigerTime]

Shane Tuck is the best mark for his size in the competition.

Have a look at his timed jump and strong hands from a kick-out where he outmarked Dean Cox and Gus Graham.

Should try and pinch-hit him up forward more I reckon..

mitch is up there as in best mark for his size

[Darth Tiger]

Congrats on 100 straight Tucky - father/son you beauty !!

[one-eyed]

Tucky spoke about his ear in the AFL Record. He copped a knock to it in 2005 in a marking contest. Instead of healing naturally the perforation got bigger. He should have had an operation straight after the end of the season but naively delayed it a month. He then started running two weeks later which was 4 weeks ahead of the prescribed time and the problem lingered. Tucky said it's knocked him around a bit. His other ear gets real sensitive. If he doesn't look after them he gets headachy. The risk of dirt getting in his inner ear means he has to put tape across it. His hearing is fine and he admits it looks stupid. He'll have another ear operation at the end of the season and promises to handle it a lot better this time around.

Btw in round 3, the Bulldogs thought he was receiving illegal messages from the coaches box 

[one-eyed]

Tucky's article in the AFL Record

Playing through the Pain

http://issuu.com/slattery/docs/afl_record_rd13_2009/28?zoomed=true&zoomPercent=100&zoomXPos=1&zoomYPos=0.32894736842105265

[one-eyed]

ESSENDON v RICHMOND

Richmond
B: Jake King, Will Thursfield, Chris Newman
HB: Dean Polo , Luke McGuane, Matthew White
C: Shane Edwards, Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio
HF: Robin Nahas, Jack Riewoldt, Jayden Post
F: Nathan Brown, Mitch Morton, Ben Cousins
Foll: Tyrone Vickery, Daniel Jackson, Richard Tambling
I/C (from): Adam Pattison, Alex Rance, Jordan McMahon, Jarrod Silvester, Adam Thomson, Mark Coughlan, Tom Hislop

In: Cousins, Cotchin, Pattison, Brown, Thomson
Out: Shane Tuck, Angus Graham

Essendon
B: Henry Slattery, Tayte Pears, Michael Hurley
HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Dustin Fletcher, Adam McPhee
C: Brent Prismall, Mark McVeigh, Andrew Lovett
HF: Nathan Lovett-Murray, Angus Monfries, Kyle Reimers
F: Jason Winderlich, Matthew Lloyd, Alwyn Davey
Foll: Patrick Ryder, Andrew Welsh, Jobe Watson
I/C (from): Brent Stanton, Ricky Dyson, Heath Hocking, Cale Hooker, Scott Lucas, Hayden Skipworth, Sam Lonergan

In: Lovett-Murray, Monfries, Skipworth
Out: -

[DallasCrane]

I could be wrong but I think that ends a sequence of over 100 consecutive games for Tuck.

What a shame that tanking is affecting records such as these. Demetriou cannot ignore this forever!

[Danog]

It's not tanking.  It's because he didn't follow the coach's orders.