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Injury List - Season 2018


Chelly

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1 hour ago, poita said:

If stupidity was an Olympic sport, there are a number of employees of the MFC that would be strong favourites to bring home the gold medal in their respective weight divisions.

Not only do we allow Jack Viney to destroy his foot by playing him early against all prevailing medical wisdom, we allow Tom McDonald to do the same thing six months later. At least Viney's problems stem from regular season matches - the club was stupid enough to let McDonald play a shitty exhibition game two months out from the season. 

Given the countless half truths and outright lies spoken by everyone from the coach down since Viney's initial injury, I can only assume that we will spend the next 23 weeks enduring the same regarding McDonald's problem. Time for the club to man up and admit to their errors of judgement and give honest timelines for the returns of both Jack and Tom.

PS. Vandenberg - indefinite, McKenna - indefinite. So glad my membership dollars are paying for these two to not play football for the club.

They'd have to beat some Demonland posters first. 

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1 hour ago, poita said:

If stupidity was an Olympic sport, there are a number of employees of the MFC that would be strong favourites to bring home the gold medal in their respective weight divisions.

Not only do we allow Jack Viney to destroy his foot by playing him early against all prevailing medical wisdom, we allow Tom McDonald to do the same thing six months later. At least Viney's problems stem from regular season matches - the club was stupid enough to let McDonald play a shitty exhibition game two months out from the season. 

Given the countless half truths and outright lies spoken by everyone from the coach down since Viney's initial injury, I can only assume that we will spend the next 23 weeks enduring the same regarding McDonald's problem. Time for the club to man up and admit to their errors of judgement and give honest timelines for the returns of both Jack and Tom.

PS. Vandenberg - indefinite, McKenna - indefinite. So glad my membership dollars are paying for these two to not play football for the club.

What you indicate, largely, is the general sentiment and well done for expressing that problem. The injury malaise is one that haunts the MFC. We hope all of our war-weary recover successfully and in future, there is more open honesty from the Club messengers.

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18 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

My questions for Mr Misson are:

If Tom McDonald is feeling so much better now after 10 days off legs then why wasn't he given 10 days off legs when he first felt sore 8 weeks ago?

AND

Why did he play in the AFLX shambles at on the Etihad car park if there was knowledge that he had any sort of niggle that could be exacerbated by a firm surface?


 

 

Misson: Hi DeeSp.  Thanks for the question.

The original injury normally takes 4 weeks to get right. in this case it hasn't responded as expected, but there is no crystal ball with injuries, just after the fact hindsight.

Tom played practice match to see how he managed with the injury but unfortunately for Tom the injury flared up.

We train our players to be fit to go, And sometimes injuries do not respond as expected. Which in this case is what has happened.

Tom has done a lot of running to get his fitness levels up, and this injury has not responded as hoped.

So now we have to back him right down, to allow time to heal this injury, He will maintain fitness inside on Alter G and swimming & will recommence outside running as expected in 2 weeks time.

 

I hope this answers your question Re Toms injury management.

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14 hours ago, Hot as Hell said:

MFCSS alive and well for 2018.

I hate seeing injuries to key players as much as anyone else but our challenge now is to get on with the task of putting 22 players on the field and getting the job done.  

These things have a habit of getting better out of the understudies.

 

I like it. Because the hopes of the players are high.  Some will take more of the bit between their teeth ?

Lets all sit back and enjoy.

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21 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

no mention anywhere of gus

just presume he will be ok for sunday?

He's off with the fairies daisy.

He put his teeth in a jar bedside the bed, and in the morning they were still there, but Gus was gone ?  

It's hoped he returns to planet earth soon, so we can select him for a team.

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Injuries to key players are NEVER ever wanted. 

However when they are unavoidable, they create opportunities for others. Look at Hogan last year whose savagely poor luck, uncovered T Mac as a star forward! 

We have the chance to pick 22 players the same as our opposition. The mix will now have changed, but the objective remains the same. 

Who will grasp their opportunity in 2018? Hopefully ANB or Bayley or Pedo or someone else. It is there for the taking. 

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7 minutes ago, Hot as Hell said:

Injuries to key players are NEVER ever wanted. 

However when they are unavoidable, they create opportunities for others. Look at Hogan last year whose savagely poor luck, uncovered T Mac as a star forward! 

We have the chance to pick 22 players the same as our opposition. The mix will now have changed, but the objective remains the same. 

Who will grasp their opportunity in 2018? Hopefully ANB or Bayley or Pedo or someone else. It is there for the taking. 

Which inturn aided our defensive setup at the same time.

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1 hour ago, DV8 said:

He's off with the fairies daisy.

He put his teeth in a jar bedside the bed, and in the morning they were still there, but Gus was gone ?  

It's hoped he returns to planet earth soon, so we can select him for a team.

Does money received from the tooth fairy get included in the salary cap?

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33 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Does money received from the tooth fairy get included in the salary cap?

I here they plan on putting it towards the EOSTrip.

 

But he's gotta get back for the land of the sugar plum, & bring the money with him first. ^_^

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  http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-03-27/viney-mcdonald-to-start-running-soon

Looks like the 'deload' phase for Viney and Tom Mc will end soon as they are both expected to start running next Monday.  Estimate is still 6-8 weeks away.

Everyone came thru round 1 ok so all are available for selection vs Brisbane.

Melbourne injury list: round two

  • Pat McKenna (hamstring) – indefinite
  • Tom McDonald (foot) – 6-8 weeks
  • Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) – indefinite
  • Bernie Vince (webbing) – available
  • Jack Viney (foot) – 6-8 weeks
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A different look at the team’s fitness for the week of Round 2 shows that we’re not that far off full strength - 

1. Jesse Hogan v Brisbane Lions 
2. Nathan Jones  v Brisbane Lions
3. Christian Salem v Brisbane Lions
4. James Harmes v Brisbane Lions
5. Christian Petracca v Brisbane Lions
6. Jordan Lewis v Brisbane Lions
7. Jack Viney (foot) but start running outside tomorrow 
8. Jake Lever v Brisbane Lions
9. Charlie Spargo v Frankston
10. Angus Brayshaw v Frankston
11. Max Gawn v Brisbane Lions
12. Dom Tyson v Brisbane Lions
13. Clayton Oliver Brisbane Lions
14. Michael Hibberd v Brisbane Lions
15. Billy Stretch traveling emergency v Brisbane Lions
16. Dean Kent v Frankston
17. Sam Frost v Frankston
18. Jake Melksham v Brisbane Lions
19. Mitch Hannan v Frankston
20. Corey Maynard traveling emergency v Brisbane Lions
21. Cameron Pedersen v Brisbane Lions
22. Aaron Vandenberg (ankle) indefinite but doing some outside running 
23. Bernie Vince v Brisbane Lions
24. Jay Kennedy-Harris v Frankston
25. Tom McDonald (toe) TBC but start running outside tomorrow 
26. Sam Weideman v Frankston
27. Harley Balic v Frankston
28. Oscar McDonald v Brisbane Lions
29. Jayden Hunt v Brisbane Lions
30. Alex Neal-Bullen v Brisbane Lions
31. Bayley Fritsch v Brisbane Lions
32. Tomas Bugg v Brisbane Lions
33. Harrison Petty v Frankston
34. Mitch King v Frankston
35. Oskar Baker v Frankston
36. Jeff Garlett v Brisbane Lions
37. Dion Johnstone v Frankston
38. Tim Smith v Frankston
39. Neville Jetta v Brisbane Lions
40. Patrick McKenna (hamstring) indefinite but doing some outside running 
42. Josh Wagner v Brisbane Lions
44. Joel Smith v Frankston
45. Declan Keilty v Frankston
47. Lachlan Filipovic v Frankston

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With the Chinese space station due to crash onto the planet later today, let’s hope this doesn’t add to our injury list.

It’s true that the odds of being hit are 3 trillion to one but after what this club’s been through over the past dozen years, we need to take precautions.

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26 minutes ago, brendan said:

Viney had a private session yesterday, back running here is hoping for some luck 

was on 7 news 

can't be too private if it was on Ch 7 news......

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On ‎4‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 2:37 PM, Chelly said:

A different look at the team’s fitness for the week of Round 2 shows that we’re not that far off full strength - 

1. Jesse Hogan v Brisbane Lions 
2. Nathan Jones  v Brisbane Lions
3. Christian Salem v Brisbane Lions
4. James Harmes v Brisbane Lions
5. Christian Petracca v Brisbane Lions
6. Jordan Lewis v Brisbane Lions
7. Jack Viney (foot) but start running outside tomorrow 
8. Jake Lever v Brisbane Lions
9. Charlie Spargo v Frankston
10. Angus Brayshaw v Frankston
11. Max Gawn v Brisbane Lions
12. Dom Tyson v Brisbane Lions
13. Clayton Oliver Brisbane Lions
14. Michael Hibberd v Brisbane Lions
15. Billy Stretch traveling emergency v Brisbane Lions
16. Dean Kent v Frankston
17. Sam Frost v Frankston
18. Jake Melksham v Brisbane Lions
19. Mitch Hannan v Frankston
20. Corey Maynard traveling emergency v Brisbane Lions
21. Cameron Pedersen v Brisbane Lions
22. Aaron Vandenberg (ankle) indefinite but doing some outside running 
23. Bernie Vince v Brisbane Lions
24. Jay Kennedy-Harris v Frankston
25. Tom McDonald (toe) TBC but start running outside tomorrow 
26. Sam Weideman v Frankston
27. Harley Balic v Frankston
28. Oscar McDonald v Brisbane Lions
29. Jayden Hunt v Brisbane Lions
30. Alex Neal-Bullen v Brisbane Lions
31. Bayley Fritsch v Brisbane Lions
32. Tomas Bugg v Brisbane Lions
33. Harrison Petty v Frankston
34. Mitch King v Frankston
35. Oskar Baker v Frankston
36. Jeff Garlett v Brisbane Lions
37. Dion Johnstone v Frankston
38. Tim Smith v Frankston
39. Neville Jetta v Brisbane Lions
40. Patrick McKenna (hamstring) indefinite but doing some outside running 
42. Josh Wagner v Brisbane Lions
44. Joel Smith v Frankston
45. Declan Keilty v Frankston
47. Lachlan Filipovic v Frankston

Great to see the injury list numbers coming down, but still hurts to have two of our best six out.

Clarry, Max, Hoges, Trac are the others in my top 6. Hibberd, Jones & Jetta on the edge, even though Jetta is out of form!

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Melbourne injury list: round three

Bayley Fritsch (sternum) – available
Tom McDonald (foot) – 6 weeks
Pat McKenna (hamstring) – indefinite
Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) – indefinite
Jack Viney (foot) – 6 weeks

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All things considered our injury list isn't too bad (touch wood). The issue  that two of the injured players are walk up starts and one of them is our co-captain. They are also not simple injuries but once that need care and management which just makes it all the more frustrating. 

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