The club will do everything it can to assist Matt through this most difficult period.

He's no certainty, and I'd rate him a genuine 50-50 chance.

He's right on the time line, about four weeks, judging on the previous times, but I guess we were hoping he'd mend a bit quicker this time.

At this stage we don't know the full extent of the injury. We all have our fingers crossed and were hoping for the best. Regardless of the result of the surgery, Matthew will not take to the field again in season 2005.

Everyone at the club is feeling for what Matt is going through,

For him to suffer his third serious knee injury on the eve of the finals after all he's been through, and all he's done to get back playing this year is cruel.

Aaron wasn't happy with his form anyway so he was in a bit of a downward spiral.

We think so. It really depends on Daniel committing himself, we believe he's going to do that in the next 24 hours.

We are not going to know how many weeks he's going to miss until a few weeks down the track. He has come back and played after three or four weeks each time.

Matthew has worked so hard to get his body right, and for him to injure his knee at this time is tragic,