There has been some bad news about Jurrah and also some reports saying Colin Garland didnt pull up well. I spoke to Colin last night as most of you know he is a close friend of mine. He pulled up great, foot no longer causes any pain whatsoever. He will play a half Against the eagles and is aiming for round one.

Edited March 9, 201015 yr by Nasher
Split this post off from the Jurrah thread - thought it deserved its own thread

There has been some bad news about Jurrah and also some reports saying Colin Garland didnt pull up well. I spoke to Colin last night as most of you know he is a close friend of mine. He pulled up great, foot no longer causes any pain whatsoever. He will play a half Against the eagles and is aiming for round one.

Fantastic news, thanks for sharing. I'm really looking forward to seeing what Col can produce last year. Hopefully he can back up a fantastic 2008.

I was just about to delete it and make it a new topic haha.

Yes it is great news, he is very happy about it and as I said he will play a half in Saturdays match

I was just about to delete it and make it a new topic haha.

Yes it is great news, he is very happy about it and as I said he will play a half in Saturdays match

Again thanks for sharing this news regarding Colin. After reading the shattering news regarding LJ I needed a pick up

No worries at all. Any news i get regarding Colin I always put it here

might be time for a run up forward now with jurrah out.

I almost don't remember Garland playing it's been so long hope he has a great game against West Coast

and has a great 2010. He was a shinning light in 2008 hope to see more exciting football from him.

I needed some good news like this

Colin Garland...Welcome to the Forward Line...Perfect Timing!!

There has been some bad news about Jurrah and also some reports saying Colin Garland didnt pull up well. I spoke to Colin last night as most of you know he is a close friend of mine. He pulled up great, foot no longer causes any pain whatsoever. He will play a half Against the eagles and is aiming for round one.

Thanks DT this is great news although I reckon round 1 realistically could be a stretch. He would need to play a half against WC, then full the week after for Casey to be any chance at all. Are you aware whether the intention with him this year is forward or back?

yeah he is hoping for round one. Not sure if he can though. As to positions He hasn't been told any difference in position where he is concerned. So I would assume they will ease him in through the backline. He cant obviously be a main target straight away and he is used to defence so he will need to get the feel and speed of the game back. He hasnt told me he will be a forward so I think we should cool down talk of him being our forward saviour for a bit.

Thanks for sharing mate, glad to hear the comeback is going well.

Again thanks for sharing this news regarding Colin. After reading the shattering news regarding LJ I needed a pick up

2nd that.

Thanks Demon tingles really needed some good news.

Wouldn't mind seeing him go forwards now considering more problems to our forward line.

Hopefully one-day we will all see the 2008 rising stars (Aussie-Garland-Morton),line up in the same team as the 2009 rising stars (Jurrah-Grimes).

With the news on LJ, 22 games from Col this year will make me very happy.

Great to hear DT...... so nice to have a bit of good news on the injury front for a change. Colin is a great prospect. Lets hope that he can quickly pick up where he left off in 2008.

There has been some bad news about Jurrah and also some reports saying Colin Garland didnt pull up well. I spoke to Colin last night as most of you know he is a close friend of mine. He pulled up great, foot no longer causes any pain whatsoever. He will play a half Against the eagles and is aiming for round one.

Great news. This kid can play.

Happy for him to play back, especially to get him back into the swing of AFL. After all, like Grimes that is where he has made a name for himself in his short career so far.

I like our defence but we need some extra pace as well. He adds that factor.

If he starts in the early rounds, we could be laughing here. In reality with a year out and little pre-season, you would expect a conservative introduction through Casey. Playing next week for a half sounds great though.

Just out of interest tingles, what happened with the hot spot that appeared a while back ? was it precautionary, as a lot of people feared the worst, seeing players like Egan succumb to foot injuries.

Edited March 9, 201015 yr by Bay Riffin

Good news indeed. But lets not get too carried away he will need time to get a feel for the game again and he still is young.

Just out of interest tingles, what happened with the hot spot that appeared a while back ? was it precautionary, as a lot of people feared the worst, seeing players like Egan succumb to foot injuries.

To be honest I'm not sure. He just had a bit of pain and was wondering why the papers went to town on it. Its to be expected after a pretty serious injury. It wasn't enough to worry. I myself get pain there from constantly running and kicking. He just told the docs to make sure

Hopefully one-day we will all see the 2008 rising stars (Aussie-Garland-Morton),line up in the same team as the 2009 rising stars (Jurrah-Grimes).

Agree along with 2010 stars- Scully, Trengove and Gysberts whilst Gawn and Blease star in 2011 whilst we wait for young Viney to enter the fray.GO DEES

Col a cert for my dream team and a bargain at 197,000.

Fantastic News keep up the great work "Demon-Tingles" thank-you - you have made my day. IMHO our best backman is set to return.

Go Dees.

Fantastic News keep up the great work "Demon-Tingles" thank-you - you have made my day. IMHO our best backman is set to return.

Go Dees.

Send him forward.

Send him forward.

Are you MAD?!??

He plays his best footy in the backline.

It's exaclty the same situation as Petterd - he'll never be a decent forw... oh.

Nevermind.

Send him forward.

I have to agree, i'm very suprised that he hasn't been earmarked for the fwd line. It is our obvious weakness. The backline is fairly settled, Warnock, Frawley, Rivers, i cant see the need for another tall defender. I expect Martin and Jamar will share the ruck duties, and i cant see Martin being a solution to our fwd line issues. I say throw Col fwd for at least a few matches and see what he can offer.