Demonland 74,429 Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 ? | https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/melbourne/melbourne-still-paying-the-price-for-preliminary-final-run/news-story/7799d50db1b1734778b9eda48a3e9c1b Quote
Bring-Back-Powell 15,547 Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 You don't hear many (if any) premiership sides say "we had a poor preseason that was interrupted by injuries and off season surgeries". That is why I won't be livid if we miss the finals. Our preparation has been seriously compromised and I can't see how it won't cost us. Quote
Demonland 74,429 Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 ? | https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/03/30/goodwin-provides-injury-update-on-may-following-80-point-loss/ Quote
Demonland 74,429 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 Waiting on scan results for length of time on the sidelines. 1 2 Quote
BrisbaneDemon 1,575 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 28 minutes ago, Demonland said: Waiting on scan results for length of time on the sidelines. 1 Quote
DV8 2,271 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, BrisbaneDemon said: shhh, Micky.m will start to gloat. Quote
DV8 2,271 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) Now, I think I see ? Why May started off playing the Lever role as intercept role, and why we went in with all 3 tall defenders. I think we 'May' have gambled, and lost. Could it be, that we brought him back in a weak or so early, because of Hawkins ? ... and then go in one running player, short on.? Mayb a case of whowoz available ? Edited April 1, 2019 by DV8 Quote
TGR 1,367 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 35 minutes ago, DV8 said: Now, I think I see ? Why May started off playing the Lever role as intercept role, and why we went in with all 3 tall defenders. I think we 'May' have gambled, and lost. Could it be, that we brought him back in a weak or so early, because of Hawkins ? ... and then go in one running player, short on.? Mayb a case of whowoz available ? A better question is: a) he initially went off complaining of what was obviously this issue. b) Why did he go back on? He will miss more than this week. Quote
DV8 2,271 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, TGR said: A better question is: a) he initially went off complaining of what was obviously this issue. b) Why did he go back on? He will miss more than this week. I think we went in with 3 tall defenders because the coaches have no faith in our ability for OMc or Frost to handle Hawkins, and others they might throw at us. I suspect they played May a bit too early, for this reason. Hoping it would pay off and he would get thru OK. He was just coming back from the groin injury. They might have thought we are up against IT, with the Cats, as it was... visa injuries and fitness to our senior players.... and that after the Cats game, then things get a tad easier, for a few weeks. This might have led to them playing May, instead of giving him and extra week. same could be said of KK. Either way we went in underdone, with a host of players... and many ran themselves into some match fitness, at the least. Some looked much better, than they were the preceding match. Quote
At the break of Gawn 4,511 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 Just watched On the Couch, and Tommy Morris said that May came back “unfit” at the start of the pre-season and finished last in the time trials. I had heard he had a habit of doing that at the GC but didn’t realise it happened again with us. Was this mentioned on DL late last year/early this year? Quote
dazzledavey36 56,331 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said: Just watched On the Couch, and Tommy Morris said that May came back “unfit” at the start of the pre-season and finished last in the time trials. I had heard he had a habit of doing that at the GC but didn’t realise it happened again with us. Was this mentioned on DL late last year/early this year? There was talk that he didn't come back in suitable condition. I think even May has admitted this on record also. 1 Quote
titan_uranus 25,255 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said: Just watched On the Couch, and Tommy Morris said that May came back “unfit” at the start of the pre-season and finished last in the time trials. I had heard he had a habit of doing that at the GC but didn’t realise it happened again with us. Was this mentioned on DL late last year/early this year? IIRC there's a quote from May where he talks about our training standards being much higher than GC's. Edit: this is what I was thinking of, I think. https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/hamstring-setback-for-new-demon-may/6d95c2aa-3659-4ee1-b1b9-9f8868c26544 He doesn't say it but I think it's implied. Edited April 1, 2019 by titan_uranus 1 Quote
spirit of norm smith 16,679 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 May will miss 2-3 weeks. Needs to play on Gorillas like Hawkins. NOT BE THE LOOSE MAN. Quote
Jaded No More 68,976 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 So far it’s not been a good start for May. At 27 he doesn’t have a decade of chances ahead of him. I understand that injuries can’t be helped, but keeping himself in top condition over pre season and not getting suspended for silly stuff is within his control. Very disappointing. 4 Quote
whatwhat say what 23,854 Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jaded said: So far it’s not been a good start for May. At 27 he doesn’t have a decade of chances ahead of him. I understand that injuries can’t be helped, but keeping himself in top condition over pre season and not getting suspended for silly stuff is within his control. Very disappointing. unfortunately, like eddie mcguire with his disparaging comments of anyone and everyone he deems 'below' him, may is a recidivist when it comes to a) not being fit and b) getting suspended he's too small (height-wise) for modern forwards, many of who are lightning quick 200cm+ athletic freaks may is no better / no worse than chip frawley 1 Quote
DV8 2,271 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said: unfortunately, like eddie mcguire with his disparaging comments of anyone and everyone he deems 'below' him, may is a recidivist when it comes to a) not being fit and b) getting suspended he's too small (height-wise) for modern forwards, many of who are lightning quick 200cm+ athletic freaks may is no better / no worse than chip frawley ... well, thank goodness we have a young 'Tom' petty coming through then. do we have to remove him from the mast-head, already. Edited April 2, 2019 by DV8 Quote
bobby1554 1,275 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 13 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said: unfortunately, like eddie mcguire with his disparaging comments of anyone and everyone he deems 'below' him, may is a recidivist when it comes to a) not being fit and b) getting suspended he's too small (height-wise) for modern forwards, many of who are lightning quick 200cm+ athletic freaks may is no better / no worse than chip frawley If that’s the case what was the point of getting him? And giving up so much in the process! I can see this turning to [censored] very quickly Quote
Wiseblood 24,637 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, bobby1554 said: If that’s the case what was the point of getting him? And giving up so much in the process! I can see this turning to [censored] very quickly It turns bad quickly based off one poster's opinions on a bloke who has been at the club for six months? Really? 1 Quote
bobby1554 1,275 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said: It turns bad quickly based off one poster's opinions on a bloke who has been at the club for six months? Really? Well right now I would rather still have Hogan or a top round draftee. I hope it turns out with May, but turning up to pre-season in sub standard knick, getting suspended for stupidity, and now soft tissue injuries (which could be attributed to his condition pre-season) doesn’t exactly instil me with a lot of confidence Quote
Wiseblood 24,637 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 Just now, bobby1554 said: Well right now I would rather still have Hogan or a top round draftee. I hope it turns out with May, but turning up to pre-season in sub standard knick, getting suspended for stupidity, and now soft tissue injuries (which could be attributed to his condition pre-season) doesn’t exactly instil me with a lot of confidence Like us being at 0-2, I'll wait for a larger sample size before I write off this trade. We need to give some of these things a little more patience. 2 Quote
La Dee-vina Comedia 17,137 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 2 hours ago, bobby1554 said: Well right now I would rather still have Hogan or a top round draftee. I hope it turns out with May, but turning up to pre-season in sub standard knick, getting suspended for stupidity, and now soft tissue injuries (which could be attributed to his condition pre-season) doesn’t exactly instil me with a lot of confidence And I'd rather still have hair on the top of my head. There's not much use in wanting something that couldn't be kept. Quote
binman 44,822 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 On Joel Smith: “Joel’s still settling down. He’s been progressing pretty well, but he hasn’t started running yet. We’ll probably give him another week or so before he does that, then he’ll need probably two to three weeks at least to reload, but again, his rehab plans and return to play plans are still a bit up in the air.” So assuming no further set backs that looks like a minimum of four weeks before he is even ready to resume full training. So say another 2-3 weeks of training and then you'd think he's come back via the VFL. Best case scenario is he's available for the seniors in rounds 10-11. That's with everything going well. Any hiccups and we may not see him until rounds 12-13 or later. Great. Just great. 1 Quote
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