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Saturday 12th April

However you may not get your wish as Robinson is not a regular starter at the Blues nowadays.

You may have to rely on Casey.

Love to see both Riley and Tappy play this match, hit him from every angle.

Seeing that germ flattened would be as good as a win IMO.

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Appreciate that he is rehabbing his leg and been out of sight, out of mind, but I have seen this guy play for Sturt over the past two years and he is the real deal, such a tough competitor. Ferocious

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Adelaide supporting mate of mine, who has a good footy brain, is dirty on us for snagging him. He reckons Riley tackles better than most rugby players, and legally hurts those he does by just hitting

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We owe Mitch Robinson plenty.....

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Mind you, Mitch Robinson, although a thug and a cretin, unfairly cops it for branding MFC as "bruise-free footballers."

It actually came from a commentator (Dermie, I believe) and Robinson was merely asked if he agreed, to which he stupidly repeated the phrase and then gave a non-committal answer.

But he did belt a casey player, giving him a concussion.

Was it Bail?

Casey. Proper noun.

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I made a similar analysis of Lucas Cook. It's fair to say that I rarely make mistakes.

So maybe you still hold out hope for him to bulk up, get balls, and be redrafted as our next saviour ?? :-)

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He was never going to play early. This just frees up a rookie while he completes his rehab and gets his fitness up.

I never understand why they don't do this more.

If Misson says 'he won't be ready till Round 10', why not put him on the LTI and give yourself more flexibility?

Clark was not on the LTI for ages last year and this was when we all knew he was done for the year.

Aiden Riley was recruited while recovering from a broken leg, what he does this season should be completely irrelevant to his career really. I am sure he will have his goals for this year but the expectations from the club for him in 2014 would have to be in the basement.

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With Adrian Riley being placed today on the long-term injury list, which rookie do we promote in his absence?

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I never understand why they don't do this more.

If Misson says 'he won't be ready till Round 10', why not put him on the LTI and give yourself more flexibility?

Clark was not on the LTI for ages last year and this was when we all knew he was done for the year.

Aiden Riley was recruited while recovering from a broken leg, what he does this season should be completely irrelevant to his career really. I am sure he will have his goals for this year but the expectations from the club for him in 2014 would have to be in the basement.

Thats why I never believe anything that comes out of the MFC medical room.
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Thats why I never believe anything that comes out of the MFC medical room.

Yeah, but it goes beyond that, when you have a player not on the LTI who you know will not play for two months or more, you are (forgive the pun) 'hamstringing' yourself by having less eligible players than other clubs (I was about to say 'normal clubs').

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Yeah, but it goes beyond that, when you have a player not on the LTI who you know will not play for two months or more, you are (forgive the pun) 'hamstringing' yourself by having less eligible players than other clubs (I was about to say 'normal clubs').

You can only pick 22. No point promoting someone if they wont play and therefore if you aren't going to promote someone may as well leave the injured player on the main list in case they make an early recovery. Also I think promoting a rookie comes with a pay rise so no point incurring the cost if you wont get any return from it.

By the way as Riley got injured in a game my understanding is he'll be getting match payments until he returns to the VFL so we will want him back as soon as possible from a financial point of view.

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This thread put the mozz on.

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