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Last paragraph of the article on Chip Frawley's injury by Jon Ralph in the Herald Sun -Melbourne defender James Frawley to miss up to three months with chest injury

Demon fans, the sky's falling.

Perhaps not.

Same article-

Melbourne has defensive cover in fellow talls Colin Garland, Jared Rivers and Robert Warnock, but none of them is a pure full-back.

Robert Warnock should be handy as cover for Meesen .:lol:

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    Last paragraph of the article on Chip Frawley's injury by Jon Ralph in the Herald Sun

    It is believed rookie John Meesen is also struggling after a third ankle operation and may miss the NAB Cup

    Demon fans, the sky's falling.

    That's why we drafted Robbie Campbell .... as a back-up ruck coach. They were worried that Meeson's ankle mightn't stand up to the pressure of throwing the ball up at training. Good thinking...

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    That's why we drafted Robbie Campbell .... as a back-up ruck coach. They were worried that Meeson's ankle mightn't stand up to the pressure of throwing the ball up at training. Good thinking...

    They must've cleaned their mistakes up in time for the hard copy edition.

    It's now Matthew Warnock and they left out the Messen bit in my copy.

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