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Posted
4 hours ago, SFebes said:

Recruiting/drafting way too many injury prone players IMO.

Perhaps the MFC could ask that all future draft selections and players that are traded into the club sign an affidavit that they will not sustain any future injuries.

Posted
16 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

Perhaps the MFC could ask that all future draft selections and players that are traded into the club sign an affidavit that they will not sustain any future injuries.

Perhaps they could just apply common sense and stop taking risks with players who have a history of being injury prone....

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Posted
26 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Lever to make his return on Queens Birthday?

Would be great to have him up and running b4 the bye....

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Why do I get the awful feeling that JKH will be ready before Vanders or Joel Smith?

Posted
1 hour ago, Demonised said:

Why do I get the awful feeling that JKH will be ready before Vanders or Joel Smith?

At first blush the Joel Smith situation is a disgrace. 

Quite likely if he was removed from the ground in the JLT game when he hurt himself, the injury would have been less severe.

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Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, SFebes said:

Perhaps they could just apply common sense and stop taking risks with players who have a history of being injury prone....

Like Hawthorn??? Forget Burgoyne...O'Meara

Geelong??? Selwood or Stevie J....

We can't play it totally safe 'Febes' or we get nowhere...

I do understand the frustration though.

May & Lever would be handy on the park now.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, rjay said:

Like Hawthorn??? Forget Burgoyne...O'Meara

Geelong??? Selwood or Stevie J....

We can't play it totally safe 'Febes' or we get nowhere...

I do understand the frustration though.

May & Lever would be handy on the park now.

Have a look at the two clubs you're comparing with, we are not even close to a Hawthorn or Geelong.

Posted
1 minute ago, SFebes said:

Have a look at the two clubs you're comparing with, we are not even close to a Hawthorn or Geelong.

...and we never will be unless we take the opportunities that present.

It's a good idea to have a look at what strong organisations do and emulate them.

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Posted
1 minute ago, rjay said:

...and we never will be unless we take the opportunities that present.

It's a good idea to have a look at what strong organisations do and emulate them.

I'd rather build a solid base, then speculate, just like the Cats and Hawks did. Our history isn't great with recruiting and the last few years may come back to bite us.

Posted
6 hours ago, SFebes said:

Recruiting/drafting way too many injury prone players IMO.

Which ones?

KK sure. 

Lever had 1 major injury before in his career. May had a couple of small soft tissues but had played a lot more than he missed the last few years. A lot of our recent recruits - Melksham, Hibberd, Lewis, Garlett, Preuss aren't guys who had bad injury histories. 

Same goes for our draft picks. I may be wrong but as far as I can remember in the last 5 years the only guy we've drafted who had a big injury concern on him was Weideman. 
 

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Posted
20 minutes ago, SFebes said:

I'd rather build a solid base, then speculate, just like the Cats and Hawks did. Our history isn't great with recruiting and the last few years may come back to bite us.

I don't think we've had speculative picks or trades that I can think of...

Clarrie was probably the only one to come close as being speculative, would you rather we played safe and went for a solid player like Parish?

Posted
17 hours ago, Chelly said:

Injury List - Round 5

Oscar McDonald (concussion) – available 
Neville Jetta (knee) — test 
Jordan Lewis (hamstring) — test
Jay Lockhart (shoulder) — test
Braydon Preuss (shoulder) — test
Kade Kolodjashnij (concussion) – TBA
Steven May (groin) — 2-4 weeks
Joel Smith (groin) —  4-6 weeks
Aaron vandenBerg (foot) — 4-6 weeks
Mitch Hannan (knee) — 6 weeks
Jake Lever (knee) — 6 weeks
Jay Kennedy-Harris (knee) — 8-10 weeks
Guy Walker (shoulder) — indefinite 
Aaron Nietschke (knee) — season

From experience I'd say a 4-6 week injury is much longer than a 6 week injury. 

Posted
3 hours ago, SFebes said:

Perhaps they could just apply common sense and stop taking risks with players who have a history of being injury prone....

All clubs take risks with players who have a history of of injuries including geelong and hawthorn

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Posted
1 hour ago, chookrat said:

From experience I'd say a 4-6 week injury is much longer than a 6 week injury. 

I think you can say season and hope it is not.

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Posted
3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Quite likely if he was removed from the ground in the JLT game when he hurt himself, the injury would have been less severe.

Or not.


Posted
10 hours ago, SFebes said:

Recruiting/drafting way too many injury prone players IMO.

Just like Hawthorn did with O'Meara (sp) and Scully. Depends on your medical staff diagnoses and an A1 medical/fitness team to get them right. Scully I'm still not sure about but did I just read that O'Meara has extended his contract? You take your chances sometimes.

 

Posted
6 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Would be great to have him up and running b4 the bye....

Don't rush him  after the bye is fine.

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Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Don't rush him  after the bye is fine.

Ok i wont then...if hes fit he plays. Season could be over after the bye

Edited by Wadda We Sing
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Posted
3 hours ago, maximum bob said:

Just like Hawthorn did with O'Meara (sp) and Scully. Depends on your medical staff diagnoses and an A1 medical/fitness team to get them right. Scully I'm still not sure about but did I just read that O'Meara has extended his contract? You take your chances sometimes.

 

I'm convinced the talk around Scully was all a smokescreen. Kennett has taught every one at Hawthorn politspeak. We were told Scully would be lucky to play at all this year, his injury was so grave he may never return, Hawthorn were looking long term, blah, blah. Lo and behold, he has been playing since Round 2. It's a miracle! Win, win for Hawthorn. They got a bargain, and praise for the expertise of their medical/fitness team/programs. What a load of codswallop. 

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Posted
15 hours ago, bing181 said:

Or not.

Possibly, but a bloke who is limping around with an injury, who continues to play and seems to be limping worse at the end of the game than earlier, has most likely worsened his injury , rather than improved it. I think that is a fair conclusion to draw, given The extended period he is now facing on the sidelines. 

However, as you said, or not. 

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Posted
12 hours ago, Dame Gaga said:

I'm convinced the talk around Scully was all a smokescreen. Kennett has taught every one at Hawthorn politspeak. We were told Scully would be lucky to play at all this year, his injury was so grave he may never return, Hawthorn were looking long term, blah, blah. Lo and behold, he has been playing since Round 2. It's a miracle! Win, win for Hawthorn. They got a bargain, and praise for the expertise of their medical/fitness team/programs. What a load of codswallop. 

Otherwise known as "rat cunning" DG.  Something the MFC seems to lack but  must find at the trade/draft table.

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