Hogan set to miss VFL finals

[Good Times Grimes 2,396]

Jesse Hogan us out 4-6 weeks with the knee injury he sustained on the weekend against Bendigo Gold. His next game will be for the Demons in round 1, 2014.

[Ted Lasso 19,521]

good, set himself with mitch clark for a huge pre season

[Jaded No More 68,966]

Quick, put him in a bubble and release him day one of pre-season.

See you in 2014 you magnificent beast!

[DemonFrog 1,354]

Can we send back the rest of the MFC team to Casey as most of them can't play AFL footy anyway so they will not be missed. May be they could win a few games as well. That would be good for their confidence.

[hardtack 10,555]

good, set himself with mitch clark for a huge pre season

I actually feel for him as I'm sure he would loved to have been involved in a finals tilt in his first VFL season - particularly considering that Casey's position is in no small part due to his contribution on the field... so, not good in my opinion.

[PJ_12345 1,098]

Jesse Hogan us out 4-6 weeks with the knee injury he sustained on the weekend against Bendigo Gold. His next game will be for the Demons in round 1, 2014.

Something about bone bruising?

[Nasher 33,616]

good, set himself with mitch clark for a huge pre season

I think it's disappointing, personally. It's good that he'll be fit for pre-season, but he has been a huge part of Casey's form this year and I reckon he'd have wanted to finish the job he started. Not the end of the world, just a bit of a bummer I think.

[ThreeOneSix 954]

Commonsense prevails.

[Sir Why You Little 37,052]

Long as bis knee is ok.

[Machsy 2,858]

Once again, the tags on this thread typify the messiah complex entrenched in the psyche of this club.

[rpfc 28,542]

Commonsense prevails.

Kid got injured.

If he wasn't, 'commonsense' would have made him play.

[DeeSpencer 25,723]

Disappointing for Jesse and for Casey. But good news that he'll be right for preseason.

Although by my count the VFL grand final is not for 5 weeks. If the guys beat Box Hill this week they will likely head in to finals in second place with momentum. Do we want to give up on it so easy?

[Jack7 528]

He's ok to play VFL Finals but they won't risk him.

[Jaded No More 68,966]

He's ok to play VFL Finals but they won't risk him.

And no should they.

If he was fit I'd be all for him playing, because it's great experience and he would signficantly help the cause of winning a premiership.

However, his body is young and still developing and we should take absolutely no risk with somebody so important. The significance of him doing a full pre season can't be underestimated.

I would think that if his body is up to it, he probably will play 23 games next year and every season after that.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,077]

That's bad news, but not horrible for Casey. They'd love to have him, but they'll have Fitz, Gawn and Spencer out there, so their forward line still looks pretty scary.

[Grapeviney 9,731]

I would think that if his body is up to it, he probably will play 23 games next year

26 including finals ..

[pitmaster 3,561]

26 including finals ..

You're assuming we get a double chance...even the greatest optimist would reckon our 1988-like run into the GF would come from the bottom four, giving us 27 matches.

[daisycutter 29,623]

And no should they.

If he was fit I'd be all for him playing, because it's great experience and he would signficantly help the cause of winning a premiership.

However, his body is young and still developing and we should take absolutely no risk with somebody so important. The significance of him doing a full pre season can't be underestimated.

I would think that if his body is up to it, he probably will play 23 games next year and every season after that.

if he is fit he should play

list management and crappy red'n'blue-print is part of the faulty culture that got us into this shytey position

let's not turn him into another jw

[45HG 1,553]

26 including finals ..

You're assuming we get a double chance...even the greatest optimist would reckon our 1988-like run into the GF would come from the bottom four, giving us 27 matches.

Not sure what you guys are talking about...

After our week off in finals courtesy of our win over the Hawks, we'll have played 25 games at the end of next year...

[Lil_red_fire_engine 11,217]

Disappointing as he deserved to share in Casey's finals tilt as he has been a massive reason for it. However once he hurt his knee the most important thing for him and club was to ensure he is cherry ripe physically and mentally for day 1 of pre-season.

[Chook 15,013]

Just make sure you don't spiral into depression and go throwing wads of money into other people's yards, young Jesse.

[dee-luded 2,959]

That's bad news, but not horrible for Casey. They'd love to have him, but they'll have Fitz, Gawn and Spencer out there, so their forward line still looks pretty scary.

does Fitz qualify does he? I hope so.