Scully out for 4 weeks, Jordie out for 6 weeks.

MFC website.

Bugger

Here's the link:

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/109814/default.aspx

Massive blow, but hopfully it'll give another player a chance to shine. Gysberts perhaps? At least Trenners is good to go for rnd1.

It's his Patella

I think I just chipped a tooth.

FOR F&%KS SAKE....we can never have a good start to the season. Really need others to step up now, but with our injury list as it is, I think we'll struggle to win a game in the first few rounds bar Brisbane.

Unimpressive.

Way to ruin my day.

Not Ideal. However it's good to see that Trengove 'should' be right to go according to Connolly. Especially with one of these two out, i would love to see Grimes move into the midfield for a fair chunk of the game - his hard ball winning skills go to waste drifting off for cheapies in the backline. We're better served to have hopefully Strauss/Tapscott play this QB role in the future.

Back to Scully's injury....It will only be a matter of time before the Scully to GWS pessimists go to town on this one.

“Jordie has experienced an increase in groin pain due to pubic overload syndrome,”

Maybe i'm just imature, but that sounds funny.

He has had knee problems for a while, over training i am guessing.. a bit worried about Jordie, i think that is the reason he slipped so far into the drft and then into the RD.... hope he gets over it soon, he hsa huge potential and i a key part of our emerging midfield

Major blow, however gives the likes of Tapscott, Blease and Gysberts a chance.

Laaaaaaaammmmmeeeee

I reckon scully's injury is a carry over form the cracked knee cap he had surgery on last year. Doesnt sound great.

Edited March 23, 201114 yr by stranga

4 weeks for a patella injury is nothing. Try 15 months!!!! Ugh.

Poor Tom, I feel for him. Knees are motherf'ing bastards!

I'd rather our current injury list look how it does at the moment rather than on this date in 2013 or 2014.

Step right up Master Tapscott, your opportunity is now.

What a blow for him after putting in so hard on the track (which no doubt is the cause).

The only upside in this is it will put a cloud over his head for any recruiter.

What a blow for him after putting in so hard on the track (which no doubt is the cause).

The only upside in this is it will put a cloud over his head for any recruiter.

While I agree with your second point as knee injuries can be chronic and could bring down Scully's value, I doubt the knee issue is a result of going too hard on the track.

I'm no doctor but I've been in rehab with the same injury that Tom suffered pre-draft (I think my patella fracture was more severe than his), since Jan 2010. Unfortunately with that type of injury you sometimes have good days when you feel you can go harder, but ultimately your body won't physically allow you to push yourself if the knee is injured. Even if you want to push through the pain, you physically don't have strength or control in the knee to do it.

I hope Tom hasn't gone and developed tendinitis like I have, because that is apparently a 2 year injury, but I've been told it's rare to develop one because of the other.

In summary knees suck and I hope poor Tom can get himself right ASAP but sadly it's not the type of injury you can rush or magically cure.

Robert Campbell 6-8 weeks away,LOL,to think we got rid of a fit PJ !!!

Someone explain Bailey's logic,neither are guns and never will be but at least PJ is fit some of the time.

Right on the eve of the season - THIS. This would deflate morning glory!!!

However, because he is still developing it is not a massive blow. The mongrel is that pace is our major asset and he is super quick and super intense at the contest. Bail, Gysbert or Tapscott to replace him.

But I am getting sick of our injury-plagued starts to seasons.

I need a cup of coffee... no, a whiskey... no, an Irish coffee.

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“Jordie has experienced an increase in groin pain due to pubic overload syndrome,”

Maybe i'm just imature, but that sounds funny.

Who are you ? Some manscaping expert or something ?

Let me play Devil's advocate. What the hell is our football department doing??? They hold Scully back for the majority of the pre-season because of his knee, then all of a sudden decide to play him at the end of pre-season and he does further damage to his knee. Very amateurish by our bloody football department if you ask me. Goes against the grain of recent times, when our staff have been overly cautious with the young kids, holding them back, but the most important one they rush??? Lets bloody hope they don't bring Chip back too early! And poor old Jordie can't take a trick either . It's amazing how players have 6 months to get their bodies right, yet on the cusp of the season-proper, they drop like flies. Speaks volumes about the preparation of AFL clubs, not just Melbourne's. As it seems to happen to most clubs too.

All i want, is for our list to be injury free come the start of a season, just once! Dammit.............who do i replace Sculls for in my Dream Team now?

With Scully down, it'sTime for Trengove to step up (not that he ever really went down) and show the AFL world why he was a #2 draft pick, that could have easily been a #1 pick.

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.............who do i replace Sculls for in my Dream Team now?

Callan Ward from the Dogs. Just done it.

I reckon scully's injury is a carry over form the cracked knee cap he had surgery on last year. Doesnt sound great.

Pretty sure it was the reason he missed the U18's Grand Final

BUGGER!