Mary Fowler may have wounded her knee … badly. It would be an absolute disaster for the Matilda

I don’t fear for the worst here. But it would say it, right?

Brian Seney, aka The Nrl Physio, is the best expert in social media injuries. His verdict? “The video is never diagnostic, but this is closer that you will get – it heavily points to an ACL injury”, he published on X. “Really unfortunate”.

You could say it again.

An ACL injury in Fowler – less than a year outside the Asian Cup, which begins in Australia on March 1, 2026 – would be a total disaster for Matilda and Australian football in general.

To begin with, We have just understood the best way to distribute its rare talents. It was not missile science: interpret it in the position that works for her in Clubland. This is on the left wingWhere can you see multiple games, cut inside and pull the team strikers of the team. He was put there in the second of the two recent friendlies of the house against South Korea, and managed the show.

What a shock; The world -level player is good for the favorite role, more news at 6.

There is still no permanent coach in place, but the interim decision of the boss Tom Sermanni to finally use it there seemed that a missing piece of the Matilda puzzle had accepted for anyone who comes later. Fowler on the left, a Kerr in line in the middle (which may not be until next season, at this rhythm) and probably the versatile Caitlin Foord on the right. There are your three fronts. Done. Subsequent question.

But if Fowler is out, he has returned to the drawing table. In fact, it would be a serious blow that any potential coach could hesitate to take all the job completely. What would Joe Montemurro think, for example, considers at this moment whether to get away from Olypique Lyonnais to return home and train the matilda?

Without Fowler, probably their best attacker player, he would probably think twice.

In fact, Fowler is more than a simple player. It is, in the absence of Kerr, the face of the team. It is the dream of a marketer. He sells tickets and goods. And it is a bridge between the class of Kerr/foord/catley et al and the future. When those players begin to announce their retirements from the international game, probably already in the weeks and months after the Asian Cup for some, it is Fowler to whom the torch will pass.

Not having involved it in the last large tournament of that generation will make the transition only a little more strident.

All this also raises another more uncomfortable question. This fear of the accident (let’s go with fright until it is confirmed) comes less than a week after Fowler played for the Matilda in Newcastle – in a friendly that seemed to have little real purpose, since there is no coach in progress to plan the future, as well as capitalize commercially on the phenomenal popularity of this team. Medical research shows that long -range flights generate injuries and sometimes injuries. Were the tillies too much squeezed?

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Thought on the light side: if it is an ACL (which, once again, we don’t know for sure), the dream is not necessarily finished. SCCERO ALESSANDRO CIRTI is an example of what is possible; He did his just months ago and returned to his first match-day team for Serie A Club Parma last weekend.

Concened, men usually recover faster than women. But for every type Kerr who faces complications in its rehabilitation, which went on for 15 months and counting, there are certainly those who throw medical congresses and return first. And Mary Fowler is capable of extraordinary things.

Hope. This is hope to speak. Faced with despair, while we await more information, it is the best we can do right now.

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