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Injury List - Season 2019


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22 hours ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

According to this list:- https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-03-13/the-full-afl-injury-list-postjlt-update-

 

we have 15 payers listed as injured. That is an incredible number. By comparison, Port Adelaide have 9. I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I think we will struggle in the early part of this season, and hopefully come good in the second half. However, the loss of Hannan is significant as ANB looks to have gone backwards and Stretch is not up to the standard required for AFL . When we let Kent go, it was hoped that natural development of these fringe types, add JKH, would help fill a void. Spargo has been underwhelming, Garlett is out...we got a small forward problem. 

I don’t think a player like ANB can go backwards. The ones who make it on guts and work ethic rarely do.

He will never have the flair of Petracca but he will play his role and be an important cog in the chaotic footy we play.

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20 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

This tweet paints one picture whilst the article paints another.

Based on the tweet it sounds like he's in consideration for Round 2 or at the latest Round 4. The article has him traveling to Sydney with the chance of an amputation.

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Anyone who was at the game and saw him trying to do run throughs on the boundary line either before or after half time would've put Joel Smith's cue in the rack then and there considering it was a practice match. Play 1 man short if they must. Richmond did it in the JLT a couple of years ago.

I couldn't believe it when I saw him hobbling to the goal square just before the start of the last qtr. It wasn't exactly a home and away game when you're down to 1 fit bloke on the bench and you have to trot the least injured player out there.

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It was a mistake to keep playing Joel, although he kept kicking goals. This thread is going to go ballistic with DLers outrage.

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19 minutes ago, Damo said:

It was a mistake to keep playing Joel, although he kept kicking goals. This thread is going to go ballistic with DLers outrage.

And they should be outraged Damo. As STMJ mentioned above, if we played with a normal sized squad it would've been a non issue. That alone lead to a number of players playing more game time than they were expected to ( I was told this by a player). 

Regardless,  the fact they kept him out there hobbling is one of the more inept decisions team management have made for quite a while . Mind boggling 

He was our best performaning forward preseason, now gone for at least a quarter of the season .

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Bad judgement and I wonder if any medical advice was sought in JLT 2 on Joel at Casey.

Not sure we have a forward still available other than Pruess assuming Spargo is a real certainty now (Was with me anyway).

Surely Fritsch must go forward to provide a skill and marking contest.

Bad news on Vanders also exacerbates this news!

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What an absolute [censored]! WTF did he keep Son of Shaun out there when clearly he was injured? Can't wait to see Misson GTFO.

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On a more positive note, KK expected to play VFL this week.  Very happy with that one, at least.

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53 minutes ago, Philthy said:

What an absolute [censored]! WTF did he keep Son of Shaun out there when clearly he was injured? Can't wait to see Misson GTFO.

This,  alongside allowing  Viney to play so early last year,  were two of the worst decisions I can remember re injury management. Both should have and so easily could have been avoided. I want to hear him respond to questions about this...I want to hold him to account as we would anyone else in the club. 

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7 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Round 1 and once again we have a long injury list.

I wouldn't say it's long, and those on there will be back in short time (apart from Hannan and Lever).

Harmes, Viney, Jones and KK are all off that list now, with three playing this week and KK returning in the VFL.  It sounds like Preuss was with the main group as well, not with the rehab group, so you would suggest he is a chance for either AFL or VFL selection this week too.  Hannan, AVB, JKH and Joel Smith are three of the mid size injuries that come to mind, along with Jake Lever.   

So, in essence, I don't think it's that long at all, we've just had a few ups and downs with it in the last month.

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Wish Dean Kent was still on our list, i know he was injury prone, but he could play and is exactly what we need right now, a goal kicking small fwd. God help us if Tmac or weid get injured.

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We have about eight blokes who are nowhere near ready for senior football, so to have another ten on the injury list leaves us with little more than the bare minimum to pick from this week. Some of our list management and player management decisions in the past 12-18 months are mind boggling.

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