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The Fillopovic reason is truly bizarre.. rest him for 2 works of not playing on the assumption that hes on a low base? Yet hes had a full pre season??

On 4/28/2018 at 12:02 PM, Demonland said:

Viney not far off return. 

 

Tom Morris reporting he wants to play v Suns.  

 
2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

 

Brilliant.  We have to beat the Saints this week.. we can then get on a huge roll with gun players coming back and hopefully at or close to full strength.


11 players mentioned as injured (weeks)  provided Petracca is back and Hogan is okay. 

Of the 11, really only Viney and Salem out of our best 22.  Hoping they are only 2 weeks away and we can setup for a big run of wins. 

3 hours ago, hells bells said:

Tom Morris reporting he wants to play v Suns.  

Morris has no credits in the back at all.

7 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Play him in the seniors he's too important to play in the VFL.

 

Don't know where he says he unequivocally does NOT want to play VFL, but I am sure that is the case and fair enough.

Will probably still play VFL i reckon 

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17 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

 

Brilliant.  We have to beat the Saints this week.. we can then get on a huge roll with gun players coming back and hopefully at or close to full strength.

Obviously very good news to hear he isn't far off.  But i caution anyone who thinks he will return as the Viney we all know launching us even further ahead on ladder etc, at least in his first 3 to 5 matches.

Most players usually have an average return to the game (vs their usual standards) when coming off a very interrupted pre-season (or none at all) and tend to have some up and down results during the remainder of their season.  After such a long lay off i can't see this being any different for Jack (albeit his main game is a rung above most, so lessor results should still be pretty damn good).

Will be a great day when he finally runs out!  Then there's the effect on team moral.  Now that might have a substantial impact even if Jack is having some ups and downs so you might get the outcome you are hoping for Petracc!

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17 hours ago, hells bells said:

Tom Morris reporting he wants to play v Suns.  

Tom Morris is not even on the list. won't happen ?

15 hours ago, Cards13 said:

Morris has no credits in the back at all.

Maybe not in the back but someone has been feeding him pretty correct info.....


41 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Maybe not in the back but someone has been feeding him pretty correct info.....

lols.... I really must double dog check for typos and auto-corrects prior to submitting.

We now have 11 players on the injured list, the Saints have 4. 

 

30 minutes ago, Redleg said:

We now have 11 players on the injured list, the Saints have 4. 

 

In and of itself that doesn't mean much.

 

4 hours ago, ProDee said:

In and of itself that doesn't mean much.

 

Fair enough.

We currently have 5 top 22 players on the injury list while the Saints have 2.


Too bad theres no training thread this week, would love to know how JV is looking.  Cant wait to see him back out there cracking opposition skulls and tearing games apart.

Current Injury List (as per Fox Sports): https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/casualty-ward-after-round-7-every-afl-clubs-injury-list/news-story/36f9c9d96a2bc9b65ce52fcfee82849b

MELBOURNE

Harley Balic (plantar fascia) — 1-2 weeks

Lochie Filipovic (rested) — 1 week

Dean Kent (hamstring) — 3-4 weeks

Mitch King (elbow) — 3 weeks

Corey Maynard (hip) — 2 weeks

Pat McKenna (hamstring) — indefinite

Christian Salem (thumb) — 1 week

Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) — 4 weeks

Jack Viney (foot) — 1 week

 
On 5/2/2018 at 10:51 AM, daisycutter said:

Tom Morris is not even on the list. won't happen ?

Tom Morris is a handy golfer. He won three British Opens and his son won at least one  as well. Sporting family !!!!!

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According to the club website, Jack Viney and Christian Salem face fitness tests to determine whether they play this week -

Melbourne injury list: round eight

Harley Balic (platar fascia) – test
Dean Kent (hamstring) – 4 weeks
Mitch King (elbow) – 2-3 weeks
Corey Maynard (hip) – indefinite
Pat McKenna (hamstring) – indefinite
Christian Salem (thumb) – test
Aaron vandenBerg (ankle) – 6-8 weeks
Jack Viney (foot) – test

Source: http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-05-08/viney-salem-to-be-tested-for-round-eight


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