Luckless Carlton star Charlie Curnow has suffered yet another setback in his attempts to recover from the knee injury that has kept him sidelined for the best part of a year. ""From a coaching point of view we’re going to plan for the year without him and I think mentally that’s where he’s at," Teague said.
Garry Lyon has urged Carlton to come out and put a line through star young forward Charlie Curnow for the 2020 season.
He then went down clutching his leg. Luckless Carlton star Charlie Curnow has suffered yet another setback in his attempts to recover from the knee injury that has kept him sidelined for the best part of a year.Watch Hearts and Bones now on Stan.After a breakout season in 2018 which saw him kick 34 goals from 20 games, Curnow managed just eight goals in 11 appearances last season.The talented forward then slipped on tiles in November and fractured his patella on the same knee.Curnow was already likely to miss the most of the 2020 season, and his latest setback comes as another blow to the Blues, particularly after he expressed optimism just last week."I'm hoping to play footy this year and I'm definitely not ruling anything out … I'm pretty confident I will," he told Carlton's website.Curnow's knee issues began last October following the dislocated knee cap he sustained during a friendly basketball pick-up game with his teammates.The 23-year-old had received a medical clearance to return to weights training during the AFL's hiatus, before he suffered his latest injury.It is understood that the timeline for Curnow's return to an AFL field could be extended by up to six weeks after the latest injury he sustained while lifting weights at home during the coronavirus-induced lockdown. He would miss the remainder of the 2019 season, with the Blues opting to take a conservative approach with the youngster.The 23-year-old has played 58 career games to this point. Charlie Curnow has been added to Carlton's injury list. Charles ‘Charlie’ Curnow is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He gave Carlton fans a glimpse of that in their pre-season hitout against Essendon, kicking an early goal and finding eight quick disposals. This is what Carlton fans were waiting for.McKay has only managed 35 games, with Carlton holding him back in the VFL for a while and groin issues now bothering him.A few quiet months followed before it was revealed that the key forward was suddenly going to miss the first half of the season as the Blues aimed to once again take it slow.Back in the side for Round 4, Curnow was then withdrawn late for Round 5 with âknee sorenessâ before also sitting out Round 6.Issues would snowball from there, with Curnow then fracturing his kneecap in late November.Now the talk is he will sit out the entirety of the 2020 season, despite the postponement meaning we could potentially be playing through to December.He then went down clutching his leg.Weitering has come along nicely and is developing into a reliable full back.We'll remember your choice for next timeThe knee concerns faded into the background for a couple of months when Curnow returned to the side in Round 7, playing right through to the Round 14 bye without an issue.The Blues built their entire rebuild strategy back in 2015 around drafting their key position players first, picking up Harry McKay and Jacob Weitering as well as Curnow in the first draft under Stephen Silvagni.He recovered in time for Round 1 and lasted a game and a half before suffering the first of many knee injuries against Port Adelaide.Charlie Curnow went into his fourth season of footy in 2019 looking poised for a breakout year.Despite that, McKay has shown enough to suggest he should be an AFL calibre key forward and alongside Curnow, could form a dynamic duo for a decade.Curnow had wires and screws put inside his knee as part of his treatment, something that ultimately led to a further setback in the middle of April - a year on from the first incident against the Power.The key forward collided with a Fremantle player early in the game and suffered a âlow grade medialâ.This is assuming the Blues can actually get them on the park at the same time.Unfortunately for Curnow and the Blues, their post-bye trip west to take on Fremantle was where it all came undone.He got away with what the Blues described as a âcorked calfâ at the time, but it set the tone for what was to be a derailed season for the budding star.Curnow would not get a clean run at the 2020 pre-season however as he dislocated his knee in October playing recreational basketball with teammates.
Curnow received a nomination for the 2017 AFL Rising Star award in round 16 of the 2017 season.