A foot stress fracture last December rocked the second half of his pre-season and he appeared to lack confidence for a time on return. However, the co-captain fought back to play some good football and all but two matches in 2013 and finished eighth in the B & F. The elephant in the room for Trengove was the cloud cast by the association of Dank with the former club doctor who was treating him before the start of the season for his foot injury. That situation remains unresolved.

Games MFC 2013 20 Career Total 79

Goals MFC 2013 9 Career Total 38

Keith "Bluey" Truscott Memorial Trophy 257 votes

I think it looks ominous for JT in 2014.

A holiday looks possible!

I think it looks ominous for JT in 2014.

A holiday looks possible!

Not probable though.

Trengove needs rebooting. Still has all the tools to be an outstanding player. Make it happen Roosy.

I understood the cream was an approved product so unlikely any problems.

I hope he can get his pace back over summer, that is the thing missing from his game and will result in 5+ extra possies each week being first to the contest. Also I think the defence focus over the last two years will be a good learning experience, and that he can keep that up bit add back the attacking side of his game.

Roos said in his article he thinks he can be a star. Will be great to see what type of effect the new coach has on him.

I understood the cream was an approved product so unlikely any problems.

I haven't heard that and I hope it's the case because if what he applied to his foot contained AOD9604 then he's at the mercy of the ASADA which is bound to apply the strict liability of the WADA Code. In those circumstances it's somewhere between 11 games and two seasons.

All depends on the facts and whether mitigating circumstances apply.

Let us hope he gets through the AOD cream issue and that there aren't more players involved. But can we get to the bottom of his lack of speed and acceleration? We have never heard anything from the club apart from his foot problem which should not impact your acceleration. How do you loose speed at his age? If he gets that back we have a player.

I haven't heard that and I hope it's the case because if what he applied to his foot contained AOD9604 then he's at the mercy of the ASADA which is bound to apply the strict liability of the WADA Code. In those circumstances it's somewhere between 11 games and two seasons.

All depends on the facts and whether mitigating circumstances apply.

WJ you may be correct. I know it is sold over the counter at department stores as a cream and therefore I assumed it must have the approval by a therapeutic goods authority as a cream which may move it out of S2.

This article gives more info but does not confirm my above statement exactly:

http://sportsbusinessinsider.com.au/news/category/media-and-technology/aod9604-allegations-opinions-and-doping-so-what/

WJ you may be correct. I know it is sold over the counter at department stores as a cream and therefore I assumed it must have the approval by a therapeutic goods authority as a cream which may move it out of S2.

This article gives more info but does not confirm my above statement exactly:http://sportsbusinessinsider.com.au/news/category/media-and-technology/aod9604-allegations-opinions-and-doping-so-what/

Thanks for providing the link deanox. The problem is that there's been a great deal of confusion about the status in the media and about what advice (if any) Dank and others received from ASADA about AOD9604. So far I haven't seen any evidence that would assist players who took it and I don't know what Jack was supposed to have taken. We'll have to wait until ASADA reports on our club to find out but until that time comes, I'm not prepared to rule out anything.

One thing I've learned about how ASADA and WADA operate is that they don't do back room deals like many others do and they don't leak out information to favourites in the media as happens elsewhere. In particular, WADA and some of the other authorities operating in this sphere don't worry too much about tall poppies and there are a few about that will soon find out (not talking MFC there).