Stevie J Injury

[Ricochet]

Footy Tragic ‏@FootyTragic 8m
Steve Johnson has had knee surgery today, ruling him out from the start of the season (on top of his suspension). Return date is TBA.

[ADEZ]

That hurts!
was happy with my team with Bartel sitting there for round 1 then trading to SJ (in DT)

[tbagrocks]

Dropping like flys :P

Funny thing is they are all upgrade targets anyway

[Jroo]

Dropping like flys :P

Funny thing is they are all upgrade targets anyway

+ 1 I see Stevie J as an upgrade target

[woofy]

wow had him in my team going for league. happy with the early news cheers!

[Jroo]

Here's an article on Stevie J.
http://t.co/XnMQR3cdo0

[b3no]

Wow!

I just downgraded him to Neade so i could upgrade Luey to Maric.

Thoughts on Neade playing a few games this season?

[nostradamus]

lt'd be great if he comes back with a few vested games too

[Ricochet]

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/2013-03-26/johnson-undergoes-surgery.workstation

Geelong midfielder Steve Johnson will miss the start of the 2013 season after undergoing an arthroscopy on his left knee today.

Johnson’s knee has caused him aggravation over the past week and the decision was made to address the problem immediately.

“There was a possibility that Steve could manage the issue through the season, but we all felt it was a better course of action to have the procedure now so that Steve will be at 100% when he returns,” Geelong’s general manager of football Neil Balme told geelongcats.com.au

“We think that by having the knee cleaned up he will be fully fit when he starts to play rather than the possibility that the knee will slowly deteriorate over time forcing the surgery later in the year.”

The Cats have not put a time frame on Johnson’s return at this stage.

[woofy]

who will take his spot?

[westy501]

bit of a laugh for me... im commisioner and approved a trade yesterday in my league marc murphy to stevie j... ouch. cop that!

[nostradamus]

bit of a laugh for me... im commisioner and approved a trade yesterday in my league marc murphy to stevie j... ouch. cop that!

l bet someones bleeding now :P

whoever traded out Murphy for StevieJ is an idiot anyway

[TeeJay]

More mid time for Bartel??

[Mat0369]

bit of a laugh for me... im commisioner and approved a trade yesterday in my league marc murphy to stevie j... ouch. cop that!

And I have both of those guys in my team  :(

[GoLions]

More mid time for Bartel??

This is what I'm thinking as well, so Bartel could definitely be a good replacement for anyone who has SJ atm.