On 21/03/2017 at 11:21 PM, Deeman said:

Anyone know on which date the club's own injury list get published?

Here it is and not surprisingly, it differs from the one on the afl.com.au site (that is not to suggest the following is accurate):-

Melbourne injury list: round one

Sam Frost (toe) – test
Colin Garland (knee) – season
Michael Hibberd (Achilles) – 2-3 weeks
Liam Hulett (hip) – 3-4 weeks
Jay Kennedy-Harris (arm) – 2-3 weeks
Mitch King (knee) – 5 weeks
Aaron vandenBerg (heel) – 4-6 weeks
Josh Wagner (fibula) – 2-3 weeks
Mitch White (ankle) – 2-3 weeks

 

Of that list above, you could argue that Frost, Hibberd and AVB are in the best 22, while the others are on the outside looking in.  It's a longer injury list than we'd like, but we're not missing too many crucial players, so we can't complain too much.  And of those crucial players, Frost should be back very soon and Hibberd is hopefully back within a month.

Rumours St Kilda have another player out with injury too...,guess we'll find out soon

Jkh is hurt more often than he isn't. Poor guy just can't stay on the park.

 

On 03/23/2017 at 6:19 PM, sisso said:

Rumours St Kilda have another player out with injury too...,guess we'll find out soon

McCartin was mentioned (on 3AW?) as a possible late withdrawal.

So how long does a (Im assuming it was dislocated) shoulder take to come good? 4-2-6??

If it needs a reconstruction it's four months to season ending. 

Otherwise, it could be 426 or 628.

Mentioned on 3AW yesterday that the standard time out for this type of injury is 12 weeks ...... not great

We seem to be suffering an injury curse this year. Luckily not to key players but it will test us if a few more go down.

The absence of another player on our list due to the Lumumba saga may yet become a factor

Edited March 26, 20178 yr by Diamond_Jim

Has it been confirmed yet if its a break or a dislocation? Would have had scans by now.....? I wouldnt have thought it would be a break from the way he went down......but who knows.

I spoke with one of the staff behind the coaches box at three qtr time, he said they were waiting scan but could be 4-12 weeks.

Joel Smith going under the knife following dislocating his shoulder. 

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/846280452088377345

4 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Joel Smith going under the knife following dislocating his shoulder. 

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/846280452088377345

Dam.

He got up and swung the arm so i thought he may have been ok...

9 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Joel Smith going under the knife following dislocating his shoulder. 

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/846280452088377345

Four months ... and that means he goes back to the rookie list at least until he recovers.

Whoever set the headline like this needs to be found and added to the injury list.

The rest of the headline says Hogan's OK.

1 hour ago, The Great Pretender said:

The rest of the headline says Hogan's OK.

OK?  he's fantastic!

10 players unavailable this week... and its only round 2 !!!   thank goodness for 45 on the full list including rookies.

Vince 1 wk susp

Garland season

Smith 12 weeks 

JKH 4-5 weeks

King 5 weeks

Vandenburg 5 weeks

Wagner 2 weeks

White 2 weeks

Hulett 2 weeks

Hibberd 2 weeks

2 hours ago, The Great Pretender said:

Four months ... and that means he goes back to the rookie list at least until he recovers.

Does he? Wouldn't it be the LTI list as he was elevated to the senior list. 

Then another rookie may get elevated if the club sees the benefit, and we have cap space.

If Frosty is fit does he come in for Smith? Our backline stocks have taken a hammering already.

This week's injury list is out - 

Smith, Garland undergo surgery

Melbourne injury list: round two

Sam Frost (toe) – available
Colin Garland (knee) – season
Max Gawn (back) – available
Jay Kennedy-Harris (arm) – 1 week
Mitch King (knee) – 4 weeks
Michael Hibberd (Achilles) – 2 weeks
Liam Hulett (hip flexor) – 2 weeks
Joel Smith (shoulder) – 3-4 months
Aaron vandenBerg (heel) – 6 weeks
Josh Wagner (fibula) – available

Whilst both Sam Frost and Josh Wagner are available and expected to play games this weekend, I think it's fair to say they are most likely to be seen in action at Casey Fields on Saturday and not the MCG on Sunday.

Nice to see JKH just a week off...speedy recovery. Hopefully he'll be able to make his mark at Casey soon and put himself in the frame for selection.

Frost and Wagner both available,  thats great timing and a big boost for us.

Edited March 29, 20178 yr by Petraccattack

If you take out the available players, we only have 7 who are injured, JKH is only a week away while Hibberd is just two weeks away.  That's not too bad all things considered.

1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

If you take out the available players, we only have 7 who are injured, JKH is only a week away while Hibberd is just two weeks away.  That's not too bad all things considered.

I agree and the most important aspect is that none of those currently injured are first ten picked. 

I do worry for Hibberd though. He has the ability to wander into the "automatically picked each week" category and at his best could make a real positive difference to the side. However his achilles injury coupled with spending a year out of the game and I wouldn't be completely surprised to not see him in Melbourne colours till after the bye. 

23 hours ago, Chelly said:

Melbourne injury list: round two

Sam Frost (toe) – available
Colin Garland (knee) – season
Max Gawn (back) – available
Jay Kennedy-Harris (arm) – 1 week
Mitch King (knee) – 4 weeks
Michael Hibberd (Achilles) – 2 weeks
Liam Hulett (hip flexor) – 2 weeks
Joel Smith (shoulder) – 3-4 months
Aaron vandenBerg (heel) – 6 weeks
Josh Wagner (fibula) – available

Mitch White was down as 2 - 3 weeks in the previous list but now no longer noted. Has he recovered or just been forgotten?