Dallas Johnson

tugga · Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:14 am

Any news on the severity of his knee injury? Didn't look good. A torn medial would be a six-week injury minimum. We're going to really miss the 'Tackle King'.

Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:14 pm

Word is that he is having an arthroscope today so hopefully some sort of new tomorrow.

CaptainKlutz · Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:19 pm

Surandy wrote: Word is that he is having an arthroscope today so hopefully some sort of new tomorrow.

Hopefully the same one the Zappa had.

Stormwarning[c] · Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:50 pm

He was walking gingerly (as you would) at the pool season this morning but it wasn't strapped at all.

Bullets · Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:17 pm

They just had Hoffman on fox sports news, he seems pretty confident he will play some part in the finals. Thats great news if its the case.

Showed him at the pool session, looked sore but able to walk.

He's a tough bloke, it would take a bit to keep him out of the finals

nacho · Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:38 pm

its the best news we could ask for besides being 100% fit

Melbourne lock Dallas Johnson has been cleared of a serious knee injury, but still faces a difficult task to be fit for the Storm's NRL finals opener against New Zealand on Sunday.

Scans revealed Johnson had a grade two medial ligament strain after injuring his knee during the Storm's minor premiership-sealing win over Souths at Olympic Park on Sunday night.

But assistant coach Robbie Kearns said the club believes Johnson would miss one match at worst with the injury, and could even take his place against the Warriors.

"He's been a bit sore but there's no structural damage as I understand it," Kearns said.

Johnson is likely to be given until as late in the week as possible to prove his fitness to play the Warriors at Olympic Park.

tugga · Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:25 pm

Fantastic news. Rest him up this week. No point risking him. If we can't beat the Warriors at home without him, then we're in trouble. Rest up for the prelim.

Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:48 pm

good news that it isnt too bad. looked very painful and i even winced when it happen.

Silkin Storm · Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:54 pm

I think we all grimaced when he did on the replay

mystormboys · Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:02 pm

Silkin Storm wrote: I think we all grimaced when he did on the replay

Have just finished watching the replay of the match and you sure are right you could hear the crowd all groan

Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:09 pm

Fox Sports News are saying it's a grade 2 medial ligament strain which, these generally mean about 4 weeks on the sidelines however this injury is reported as being at the minor end of grade 2 so might only mean 2 weeks out. Storm medical staff think he may only miss the one week.

Play the ball · Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:16 pm

If all goes to plan, he misses the warriors game,

We get the following week off anyway,

then he is right to go for the last two games,

not that I'm intending to get too far ahead of myself,

Any news on turner?

steaming stormer · Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:47 am

Yeah, i'm with you Play the Ball - I'd expect him to miss this week, then assuming we can get the job done against the Warriors, bring him back for the prelim

Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:07 am

just watching the footy show interview with GI, and he mentioned that DJ was doing ball work, ran and was doing SPRINTS.!!!!

fmd, is this guy a machine or what??? seriously...he is not human.

Play the ball · Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:58 am

with that type of injury, running straight lines is not a problem,

its when you have to twist and turm that causes problems,

Heard bellamy on SEN and he said Dallas is the toughest player he had anything to do with,

Under normal cicumstances he said they might leave it to the player to say if he was ok to play ,

But Dallas is too tough for his own good, they will leave it to the medicos to make a decision on this occasion.

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