Our first injury list for the season has us looking in good Nick.

Chris Dawes (calf) 4 weeks
Matt Jones (concussion) test
Ben Newton (ankle) 4 weeks
Christian Salem (finger) available
Jake Spencer (foot) TBC
Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) test

 

I can't remember an MFC injury list as small as this ever before. 

In fact I can't remember an injury list that didn't have at least 1 of our best 22 players on it.  Apologies to Dawes, but I personally have Pederson ahead of him.

Hopefully our luck is turning.

Moderators please close and delete this thread ASAP. I recall talk last year about how good our injury list looked before it all went to hell in a hand basket. I blame DL posters for this.

Let's not make the same mistake this year.

Or perhaps we go all reverse psychology  - wow our injury list is sooo bad. It's not how many are injured it's who is injured.Dawes and Newton are both critical players for the dees - without them we will struggle, particularly Dawes. I mean who else will compete manfully and bring the ball to ground?

Edited March 23, 20169 yr by binman

11 minutes ago, Chelly said:

Our first injury list for the season has us looking in good Nick.

Chris Dawes (calf) 4 weeks
Matt Jones (concussion) test
Ben Newton (ankle) 4 weeks
Christian Salem (finger) available
Jake Spencer (foot) TBC
Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) test

 

Chris Dawes (calf) 4 weeks
Ben Newton (ankle) 4 weeks
Jake Spencer (foot) TBC

Fingers crossed Spencers foot's not too bad. Definitely need him available just for backup if something where to happen to Max. Otherwise we'll be in trouble in that regard. Both Kings aren't ready to take the load if needed.

Hope Salem isn't going to be playing with an injured finger. Can really kill motivation when going to marks with a damaged finger. If it needs surgery then just do it.

I know there are Dawes knockers ( Ha, I like that one!) on this site: I'm not one of them. He plays his guts out when he's on the field and I,for one, am anxious to see him fit and well.

What concerns me is that on the latest Injury List, he's listed as '4 weeks'. By crikey I hope it ain't the 4 weeks Frost was always going to be out for last year.

I don't consider myself a Dawes knocker but worry very much about his future, the way his body has continually let him down I suspect he won't play 10 more games of AFL

very concerned about his future in the AFL

1 hour ago, Chelly said:

Christian Salem (finger) available

According to the training reports his finger was fine I thought and no scan ever took place?

Spencer is the biggest concern because he's our only ruck coverage.

1 hour ago, Clint Bizkit said:

According to the training reports his finger was fine I thought and no scan ever took place?

His finger was fine and no scan ever took place.

Nevertheless, the sky is falling.

Just watched Mission's report on the website

Dawes - 4 weeks

Petracca - will not play VFL this week. May play next week v Box Hill

Spencer - foot doesn't need surgery. Starts running on Monday. 4 weeks away

Newton - 4 weeks

42 minutes ago, bing181 said:

His finger was fine and no scan ever took place.

Nevertheless, the sky is falling.

According to who?

3 hours ago, RedLegs23 said:

Chris Dawes (calf) 4 weeks
Ben Newton (ankle) 4 weeks
Jake Spencer (foot) TBC

Fingers crossed Spencers foot's not too bad. Definitely need him available just for backup if something where to happen to Max. Otherwise we'll be in trouble in that regard. Both Kings aren't ready to take the load if needed.

Jake Spencer (foot) TBC,,,   I wonder if this is just in case,   if Gawn were to cop an injury,  then they may rush 'Spence' back with injections?   a sort of a 'notification'.

I'd expect Spencer to be off a few more weeks from an RSI ?

 

19 minutes ago, _becks_ said:

Just watched Mission's report on the website

Dawes - 4 weeks

Petracca - will not play VFL this week. May play next week v Box Hill

Spencer - foot doesn't need surgery. Starts running on Monday. 4 weeks away

Newton - 4 weeks

ah, there ya go.

Edited March 23, 20169 yr by dee-luded

Calf injuries are lingering and recurring bastards - particularly as you get older.

4 hours ago, bing181 said:

His finger was fine and no scan ever took place.

Nevertheless, the sky is falling.

I was at training last week and his bandaged finger never touched a footy in flight. He took everything with his other hand. I hope that was purely precautionary but we have no way of knowing the extent of the injury. We must assume it is nothing. 

1 minute ago, Earl Hood said:

I was at training last week and his bandaged finger never touched a footy in flight. He took everything with his other hand. I hope that was purely precautionary but we have no way of knowing the extent of the injury. We must assume it is nothing. 

did you notice how the sky looked, earl? a bit dodgy? crumbly maybe?

Just now, daisycutter said:

did you notice how the sky looked, earl? a bit dodgy? crumbly maybe?

DC being a long time Dees supporter it goes without saying, of course it's crumbling. 

So only Dawes, Newton and Speno out for a month. Looking good. Spencer the only concern as we need his cover

lets hope we have an equally good injury list at round 8

13 hours ago, dieter said:

I know there are Dawes knockers ( Ha, I like that one!) on this site: I'm not one of them. He plays his guts out when he's on the field and I,for one, am anxious to see him fit and well.

Hard to fault his work ethic, but it's his ability that's the issue. Others have passed him by, and the only way he'd get into my best 22 would be if we are hit with a barrage of injuries to our other KPPs. 

Please include:

Matt Burgan (medial meniscus) 2 - 6 weeks

On the injury report it was said that Spencer " popped " his plantar fascia with spontaneous improvement. Can any one explain what happened there?

On 23 March 2016 at 5:34 AM, chook fowler said:

On the injury report it was said that Spencer " popped " his plantar fascia with spontaneous improvement. Can any one explain what happened there?

When it tears in half you can't fix it, so it's helpful when it rips so you can get over it and move on. 

I think Jamar had the same thing happen?

And the story goes Robert Harvey jumped off a table a few times to 'pop' his. 

I think most of this is close to accurate anyway. 

Just nice not seeing Trengove and Petracca's names on the list...although if Petracca is not yet playing I'm not sure why his name is not there. 

13 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Just nice not seeing Trengove and Petracca's names on the list...although if Petracca is not yet playing I'm not sure why his name is not there. 

because he has been cleared to play - which will be on GF....

I just had an update from Adam Baldwin regarding Spencer. I was confused initially but it looks like a good outcome!