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Anyone know how his injury is coming along? would be good of the footy club to keep us updated..

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    Looking like somewhere around 4th game is best scenario, according to a news report.

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    Must admit I'm nervous about this injury. Hopefully the big fella is back as soon as possible and can get back up to speed pretty quickly.

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    Must admit I'm nervous about this injury. Hopefully the big fella is back as soon as possible and can get back up to speed pretty quickly.

    What a great acquisition Mitch Clark has been both on and off the field and what a wonderful example he sets for our youngsters. Let's hope we see plenty of 'on the field 'contribution from this very admirable person.

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    Anyone know how his injury is coming along? would be good of the footy club to keep us updated..

    My gut feel tells me think May / June return

    When it happened a physio friend told me think 12 months off.

    I have seen nothing to suggest he was wrong

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    The club has said training back on the field in the next few weeks. From that timeline I'd say it would be another 3 weeks until training with the main group. That takes us to round 1. From there I'd think he'd need at least 2 matches in the vfl. One to play a half then another to play more of a match. So all things to plan we are at 8 weeks which means back around round 3.

    The thing to watch for are progress. If we see him out their training properly that means he's graduated a step. After that look for him making the main group and so on.

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    Neeldy said in his intraclub game presser that both Mitch and Trenners were looking at around the round 1 mark. I too had thought around May/June would be more likely. Really hope I'm wrong. I guess the club is all over it and doesn't want to take any risks.

    I'm drooling at the thought of Dawes at CHF, Mitch at FF and the guys further up field pumping it their way

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    My gut feel tells me think May / June return

    When it happened a physio friend told me think 12 months off.

    I have seen nothing to suggest he was wrong

    12 months though is such a nebulous figure od

    i wouldn't place too much exactitude to it

    anything before round 5 will be a bonus i think based on where he seems to be now. fingers crossed

    but what would i know

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    Neeldy said in his intraclub game presser that both Mitch and Trenners were looking at around the round 1 mark. I too had thought around May/June would be more likely. Really hope I'm wrong. I guess the club is all over it and doesn't want to take any risks.

    I'm drooling at the thought of Dawes at CHF, Mitch at FF and the guys further up field pumping it their way

    Or the other way round.

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    The club has said training back on the field in the next few weeks. From that timeline I'd say it would be another 3 weeks until training with the main group. That takes us to round 1. From there I'd think he'd need at least 2 matches in the vfl. One to play a half then another to play more of a match. So all things to plan we are at 8 weeks which means back around round 3.

    The thing to watch for are progress. If we see him out their training properly that means he's graduated a step. After that look for him making the main group and so on.

    I read that late in the week before last. So my understanding he should be starting skills work this week. I watched Adam Goodes at the Swans intraclub on Friday. He was running laps while the intraclub was going on and then joined in skills training with the group after the game. Mitch will probably be eased in, in a similar way.

    On a side note. Kirt Tippett looked awesome. Teddy Richards was playing on him and couldn't get a hand on him.

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    Yes but he had a long history of injury.

    And just quietly, there's a slight talent gap between the two so we may show just a fraction more patience with Mitch, even in the unlikely event that the injury is worse than is being reported.

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    Remember John Meesen? Never recovered from foot injury. Delisted.

    Remember Matthew Richardson? He recovered from an almost identical injury and went on to play superb footy.
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    Must admit I'm nervous about this injury. Hopefully the big fella is back as soon as possible and can get back up to speed pretty quickly.

    I want them to be eXXXtra careful with his foot.

    We cannot afford him to come back early & redo it.

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    Mitch only just started running in a straight line 2 weeks ago.

    He has a lot of work to do and wont be risked early.

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    I read that late in the week before last. So my understanding he should be starting skills work this week. I watched Adam Goodes at the Swans intraclub on Friday. He was running laps while the intraclub was going on and then joined in skills training with the group after the game. Mitch will probably be eased in, in a similar way.

    On a side note. Kirt Tippett looked awesome. Teddy Richards was playing on him and couldn't get a hand on him.

    It's red hot that we get put through the ringer for going after one priority pick and yet Sydney, the reigning premiers, can simply land Tippett in dodgy circumstances for Jesse White and pick 22 and seem to escape any significant negative press for it.

    Hope Mitch is back and firing by round 3. We desperately need him to be. Pity we can't play Hogan in his absence.

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    It's red hot that we get put through the ringer for going after one priority pick and yet Sydney, the reigning premiers, can simply land Tippett in dodgy circumstances for Jesse White and pick 22 and seem to escape any significant negative press for it.

    Hope Mitch is back and firing by round 3. We desperately need him to be. Pity we can't play Hogan in his absence.

    The Swans got Tippett for nothing.

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    There's an article on him in the HS which indicates he'll liky miss round 1 but worst case scenario is seen to be out unt round 6. We have a couple of winnable games early so hopefully we can manage withou him until then. Would be close to our most valuable player now which is a credit to him.

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    may be good for the progress of Dawes and Pedersen to know that they have an opportunity to display their talent as key forward before Mitch comes back.

    His presence at training is apparently enthusiastic but I would not want to see him, introduced too early

    Hopefully we can hold him back with Howe pedersen and Dawes still creating a winning forward line and allow Mitch to come back match fit bursting with the game he displayed last year as an even more potent forward line.

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    Easily our most important player IMO.

    We've had no heart for a few years at least, and Mitch came in and instantly gave us one. Really looking forward to having him and Viney in the team at the same time, finally the makings of a team with spirit.

    Incidentally, his initials also stand for Man Crush.

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    It's red hot that we get put through the ringer for going after one priority pick and yet Sydney, the reigning premiers, can simply land Tippett in dodgy circumstances for Jesse White and pick 22 and seem to escape any significant negative press for it.

    Hope Mitch is back and firing by round 3. We desperately need him to be. Pity we can't play Hogan in his absence.

    & in the light of AFL interferences, if it weren't for the threat of court action & 'restraint of trade', the AFL would have tippett at GWS along with $ulky.

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    12 months though is such a nebulous figure od

    i wouldn't place too much exactitude to it

    anything before round 5 will be a bonus i think based on where he seems to be now. fingers crossed

    but what would i know

    That will not be far from 12 months dc

    I thought it was the First GWS game in June.

    But not sure.

    Anyway I will be delighted if it is round 5

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