Carlton Supporters Club

Well my recent bout of distemper is just about cleared up now and my nose is cold again! 

Don't expect it to be cheaper!

I have a 15 year old diabetic cat! I'm well aware.

I'm afraid your prejudiced shows your ignorance.

Vets are trained every bit has heavily as any human doctor, cartilage, muscle, vascular systems, orthopedics and healing are virtually identical across all mammals. Most of those medical treatments, procedures and drugs used on athletes were invented or refined on animals under the guidance of a vet long before a doctor was ever allowed to use them on a person.

It turns out vets are at the cutting edge, it is the doctors who follow!

Have you stopped humping legs though? 

I repeat this question.

That's quite funny!  My day job involves the identification and analysis of human and animal skeletal remains.  Even though doctors often mistake animal bones for human bones, there really is little similarity.  Next time you have a spare moment, compare the structure of your leg that of a dog, cat, horse, sheep, etc.  Our bipedal gait means that our physiology is very different to other vertebrates.  Most creatures, with the exception of primates and reptiles, walk on their toes while humans walk on their toes, metatarsals and tarsal bones.

Yes, vets have a good general knowledge of vertebrate anatomy and physiology but they don't study human anatomy and physiology.

Given your day job you should have exhibited far more respect for the extensive training vets have and their ability to read XRays, scans and echograms. Especially those who specialize and receive their doctorate, they can be as heavily trained as the best general surgeon.

So I gather your belittling McKay as a vet is just cheap points scoring exercise and rather pathetic given what you do!

Give it up LP!  When have I ever belittled Andy McKay?

Everyone with a skerrick of knowledge of how Carlton was operating knows that Malthouse and Swann sidelined McKay to give Daisy the deal to secure his financial future.

Your spurious argument collapses because vets, despite their extensive training, do not study human anatomy and physiology.  Furthermore, our club should be condemned if they relied on a vet to determine whether a crippled player could be rehabilitated.  That has to be up there with some of the most stupid comments ever posted here.  You've really excelled this time: congratulations!

Your memory must be faulty Thry.  Indeed, one of Wallsy's comments was about Daisy pulling his head in and setting a better example.

Anyway, it's not possible to defend the indefensible and I'm not going to bother to read any more of the lame (sorry about the pun!) justifications for the club recruiting Thomas.  It happened and we're stuck with an overpaid list clogger.  As I've said many times before, I'd love to see him recapture some form but I'm less optimistic of it happening than ever before.

You either have NFI or an overactive imagination LP, or perhaps both.

I really can't be bothered responding to your ignorant comments so let's just leave it at that.

So again no comments about the skills and training that make McKay's a suitable choice to deal with the technicalities, jargon, pharmacology and therapies relating to injuries, health and fitness as an AFL player. Just an attack on me.

Your bias is transparent, perhaps you'd prefer we replace him with an accountant or librarian!

Until there is some evidence to support your assertions, I'm happy stand by the knowledge that McKay has hard qualifications that cannot be questioned and makes him the ideal person to assess the reports of medical specialists.