Couldnt agree more, will have close too our full strength team a couple of weeks in, and there are too many BIG games in that period.. Shoul beat sydney on Sunday as they have some keys out as well

Should beat sydney on Sunday as they have some keys out as well

Really??? Who?

Bolton, Bradshaw, Kennelly, Malceski, Roberts-Thompson, Moore and Spangher. That's most of their defense and a key forward who has a history of scoring bags against us.

That being said, every time we go into a game against an under-manned side they seem to coast over the top of us as though our guys were expecting it to be a walk in the park.

Be ruthless! Bring Hell to the MCG on Sunday!

Sear their feathers and fear not their beaks,

for our pitchforks and flames shall melt their team of Swans

down to a whimpering, bruised lamentation.

Never again will I take any notice of an injury list during the pre season. I am sick to death of reading how well we are travelling with injuries and then come the first round, several top players are unavailable.

Scully and Jordie news just reinforces the above.

Scully and Jordie news just reinforces the above.

It doesn't really redleg. The nature of many of these conditions is such that the layoff is unpredictable and only known as the natural course of the injury progresses. Eg. Scully sounds like he has patellofemoral pain that occurs due to overload of the patella (kneecap) usually secondary to an external (eg. inappropriate or worn shoes, surface), remote (eg. poor foot posture) or local (eg. weak medial quadriceps, tight ITB) causative factor. The back or undersurface of the patella becomes irritated and inflamed due to patellar maltracking as the player runs. This inflammation needs to settle and the appropriate causative factors assessed and remedied before return to play. Furthermore, return to play needs to be graduated so that a player progresses through steps and milestones prior to playing. Different people resolve more rapidly than other for whatever reasons and the load required to train and play AFL footy is huge (especially one as gung ho with training as Scully is reportedly). Tom probably settled down a bit, tried to play, has flared up the original problem in the process and now his prognosis has been re-assesed. It is hard to suggest that the doctors could have known exactly how Tom would respond 2 or 3 weeks ago.

I think if anything, the real thing to be upset about is not the weeks out but the vagueness of the diagnosis given. "Sore knee". never read about that condition in any medical text book. I mean... I know knees get sore, but c'mon... Are we 2 years old? Will it severely hamper our premiership chances if the world knows that Tom Scully has patellofemoral pain? And I would not in any way be blaming the doctors/medical staff for these reports. They have nothing to do with media releases. I'm sure the coach and relevant FD personnel know exactly what the diagnosis is for every injury, but the rest of us get fed vague stories of a "knee" or "groin" or "foot" injury.

Not so good now, but Sydney certainly has a few outs.

It doesn't really redleg. The nature of many of these conditions is such that the layoff is unpredictable and only known as the natural course of the injury progresses. Eg. Scully sounds like he has patellofemoral pain that occurs due to overload of the patella (kneecap) usually secondary to an external (eg. inappropriate or worn shoes, surface), remote (eg. poor foot posture) or local (eg. weak medial quadriceps, tight ITB) causative factor. The back or undersurface of the patella becomes irritated and inflamed due to patellar maltracking as the player runs. This inflammation needs to settle and the appropriate causative factors assessed and remedied before return to play. Furthermore, return to play needs to be graduated so that a player progresses through steps and milestones prior to playing. Different people resolve more rapidly than other for whatever reasons and the load required to train and play AFL footy is huge (especially one as gung ho with training as Scully is reportedly). Tom probably settled down a bit, tried to play, has flared up the original problem in the process and now his prognosis has been re-assesed. It is hard to suggest that the doctors could have known exactly how Tom would respond 2 or 3 weeks ago.

I think if anything, the real thing to be upset about is not the weeks out but the vagueness of the diagnosis given. "Sore knee". never read about that condition in any medical text book. I mean... I know knees get sore, but c'mon... Are we 2 years old? Will it severely hamper our premiership chances if the world knows that Tom Scully has patellofemoral pain? And I would not in any way be blaming the doctors/medical staff for these reports. They have nothing to do with media releases. I'm sure the coach and relevant FD personnel know exactly what the diagnosis is for every injury, but the rest of us get fed vague stories of a "knee" or "groin" or "foot" injury.

THanks Pringle. While I share Redleg's frustration at the injury lists, we do have alot of resident bush medicos on this site who would do well to consider your note.

THanks Pringle. While I share Redleg's frustration at the injury lists, we do have alot of resident bush medicos on this site who would do well to consider your note.

RR Pringle is saying what I believe we get fed BS by the Football department!

It is frustrating, it is like naming an extended bench then 24 hours later droping off 3 -4 players.

Who do they think they are fooling?

It beggars belief that the swans will be worried by which 3-4 drop out.

If it is effective then we must be really worried tonight about which 3 -4 drop out for the swans.