Cogs Gone Again

[WA Tiger]

I just heard a rumor that SEN has announced that Mark Coglan has re-injured his knee and is gone for 2007.

[cub]

f no  - lets hope not true

[WA Tiger]

I can now confirm it, i have just listened to Greg Miller on SEN who confirmed that Cogs has re-injured the knee and is gone for the year.

[mightytiges]

I just heard a rumor that SEN has announced that Mark Coglan has re-injured his knee and is gone for 2007.

I hope not but this could be career ending

Did we run over a black cat or something 

[mightytiges]

Just read on BF that he did it 2 weeks ago but continued to train  ???.

[Rodgerramjet]

Apparently mark slipped in the shower just before christmas and aggravated it. Then according to mark he more than likely twiked it again during a training session in early January and hasn't been right since, but in his own wisdom continued to train with it.

Could be career ending for him, have to wait and see. Team wise however I'm not that worried really, I think that we now have
enough depth to cover his loss. Howat no doubt will now definetly be elevated onto the senoir list.

[tiga]

 
The poor bugger can't take a trick! Oh well I guess there is a silver lining to this very dark cloud in the promotion of Cam Howat from the Rookie list! 

[Moi]

Tragic 

[one-eyed]

Another reco for Coggo
4:27:07 PM Mon 5 February, 2007
Ashley Browne
Exclusive to afl.com.au

Richmond has been dealt a massive blow on the eve of the 2007 season with star midfielder Mark Coughlan set to undergo a knee reconstruction and miss the entire year.

Coughlan had a knee reconstruction after damaging his ACL during the round 12 clash against Hawthorn in Launceston last year, but the graft failed to heal satisfactorily, meaning further surgery is required.

The operation will take place in the next two weeks.

Coughlan has endured a torrid time on the injury front. The 24-year-old had his 2004 season destroyed by osteitis pubis, but he bounced back superbly in 2005 and the first half of last season before the injury against the Hawks.

And while there was no timetable for his return to the Tiger line-up in 2007, the club was quietly confident he would be in the side for the season opener against Carlton at the MCG on 1 April.

It is the second key injury for the Tigers in a fortnight. No.1 ruckman Troy Simmonds underwent ankle surgery late last month and faces a race against time to be available for the start of the home and away season.

The Tigers open their 2007 NAB Cup campaign against Geelong at Skilled Stadium on 25 February.

http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=313688

[cub]

 Oh well I guess there is a silver lining to this very dark cloud in the promotion of Cam Howat from the Rookie list! 

That is the good thing, we are starting to develop a team that can cover these things. That said we would be a hell of a lot better with a fit cogs up and firing. Must be gutted poor bloke.

[F0551L]

 bugger and hes been progressing so well
 
 best of luck for the op cogs and the next 12 months with the rehab

 one mans pain is anothers gain

[mightytiges]

The thing is Howat would have been promoted anyway as Petersen has OP and has done no training all preseason. Now with Cogs gone for the year another spot opens up. Probably Jake King is the front runner given his Coburg experience over the youngsters Graham and Clingan.

Geez we can't take a trick with injuries to our best players .

[WilliamPowell]

Terrible news

All I heard of Greg Miller on SEN was that Mark saw the surgeon on Friday and was told he needed another reco. Told his team mates this morning

[letsgetiton!]

i have had 3 knee recos, no felt sorry 4 me. maybe i am a hard bast ard but this is a blessing in disguise. cogs may win a hard ball but his disposal esp by foot is way below afl standard. howat will now be on the list for good. he has the skills and polish and is a far better player than cogs.  hopefully now he will be traded or delisted next yr cos he is way to injury prone and as i said , does not has the skill level to be in our team if we are fair dinkum about being successful.  we have tuck , foley, polo, lids blingers etc to win the hard ball and use it better.

some may say im harsh, some may even think im an a hole, but cogs should have been let go 3 yrs ago, should have been trade to wce when he had market value, now he is worth nothing

[WilliamPowell]

Richmond's Coughlan re-injures knee
February 5, 2007 - 5:09PM

Richmond's 2007 AFL season has been dealt a savage blow, with midfielder Mark Coughlan forced out for the year with a knee injury.

It continues a wretched injury run for the 24-year-old.

After winning Richmond's 2003 best and fairest award as a 21-year-old, he had his 2004 season ruined by groin complaint osteitis pubis.

He then had the second half of last season wiped out when he sustained a right ACL injury in round 12, before revealing he had suffered a repeat of that injury.

"Mark came in and told the players this morning what he found out from the surgeons on Friday night," Richmond football director Greg Miller told sports radio station SEN.

"He's devastated and so are we for him, it's a real shame."

Coughlan will require another reconstruction and will miss the entire 2007 season.

Miller said it was believed the injury occurred when Coughlan slipped in the shower, although the full extent of the damage was not initially clear.

"He had a little slip in the shower before Christmas, he knows he didn't feel quite the same after that," he said.

"He's had a couple of incidents during his rehab where he was a bit concerned about it, but this latest one he didn't feel right during January.

"He kept training, he's such a determined bugger, he thought he'd be okay.

"On examination they think the right thing to do is to go inside and fix the ACL again."

Miller said the sentiments of the players, currently on a training camp at Phillip Island, were of sympathy for Coughlan, rather than concern about the effect his absence would have on their 2007 prospects.

"They've seen him work through osteo, they've seen him work so hard, they know what he's like, he's a real role model for our footy club, for younger players, the way he goes about his whole life," he said.

"Our initial thoughts are for him, but we want to help him through this."

He said Coughlan was likely to be offered a role in the coaching box during 2007.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Richmonds-Coughlan-reinjures-knee/2007/02/05/1170524017301.html