Taylor Walker ditches the crutches on the road to recovery Adelaide Crows superstar Taylor Walker has taken the first steps on the road to recovery. TAYLOR Walker has ditched the crutches and started swimming as his knee rehabilitation begins in earnest. Two months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee when landing awkwardly against Carlton at the MCG, the burly forward has made a smooth recovery from surgery. "There have been no setbacks to date and we wouldn't expect there to be any because he hasn't done much," Crows football operations manger Phil Harper said. But it was a fairly severe knee injury. He's started doing some rehab but nothing too major, a lot of physio and he's started swimming. ``He can start driving again in a couple of weeks and will begin weights. Knee reconstruction patients usually start light jogging about 10 weeks after surgery. As promised by coach Brenton Sanderson in the wake of last week's loss to Richmond, most of Adelaide's squad had two big days of training on Thursday and Friday rather than being given the week off with the bye. Friday's session included two hours of running, football drills and conditioning while fringe players were set to have their main hit-out in SANFL games yesterday and today. Apart from longer-term injuries to Taylor Walker and Lewis Johnston, Adelaide's list is relatively healthy with only Brodie Martin (ankle) expected to be unavailable for selection to play Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium on Saturday. Last week's loss to Richmond followed the thrashing from Sydney and Harper said spots were up for grabs. "They were two really sub-par performances," he said. Good form in the SANFL has always been rewarded and I would like to think that it will continue.