On 10/03/2020 at 21:29, Demonland said:

This might be the MFCSS talking and I don't think I'm going out on a limb here but I don't think Harley will ever play a game for the Demons.

Yes he will and it will be glorious 

Is it just me being impatient or does anyone else think it is bad form that we haven't heard anything on AVB yet?

  On 10/03/2020 at 21:35, BigFez said:

Is it just me being impatient or does anyone else think it is bad form that we haven't heard anything on AVB yet?

Surely scans have been done for both AVB and Weid. Not sure why we haven't heard anything good or bad. Perhaps the silence is to not give anything away to the Eagles in terms of matchups in the case of Weid who is our only tried back up ruckman.

The vision I saw of Harley leading and sprinting was a huge step-up from slow laps. There may just have been some over ambitious running after being held back for so long. I hope thats all it is.

Maybe no news is good news, so we hope. The disappointing thing is some of our boys played at Casey on Saturday and not a peep about how our players performed. Only yesterday I read a young Hawthorn player suffered an ACL injury in that game. 

With a few of our boys in some doubt for Round 1 it would have been good to hear if anyone made a claim for senior selection. All we know is that C Wagner and Rivers played because they were our only goal kickers against Box Hill.

  On 10/03/2020 at 20:38, Whispering_Jack said:

According to SEN, Harley Bennell has suffered another “slight” calf strain which will set his recovery back again. 

Christian Salem’s illness is glandular fever - he’s an outside chance to return for round 1.

BENNELL SUFFERS ANOTHER CALF INJURY IN LATEST INJURY SETBACK

Glandular fever usually results in an extended period away from contact sport, mainly due to the vulnerability of the liver and spleen. If, as the injury list says he is available i doubt he has glandular fever.

  On 10/03/2020 at 21:28, Demonland said:

I don't believe the Weideman/vandenBerg information here is based on anything official. It's most likely conjecture based on the little facts we already know.

Source was: https://www.afl.com.au/matches/injury-list which covering all clubs. 

I had the impression that clubs report info to AFL for it to publish on the Tuesday, on the understanding things can change before the next game.  Is the info 'officially' official, I don't know.

Of course, clubs can 'fudge' reports eg omitting our Joel Smith etc.  I doubt the AFL would tolerate clubs regularly reporting or not reporting injuries accurately.

The 'Early Prognosis' section is where there could be a combo of club comments and author assumptions.

Edited March 10, 20205 yr by Lucifer's Hero

	PLAYER	INJURY	LENGTH
	Toby Bedford	Ankle	TBC
	Kyle Dunkley	Ankle	TBC
	Mitch Hannan	Groin	TBC
	Harrison Petty	Groin	TBC
	Christian Salem	Glandular Fever	TBC
	Joel Smith	Quad	TBC
	Sam Weideman	Ankle	TBC
	Aaron vandenBerg	Foot	TBC
	Kade Chandler	Wrist	1 Week
	Braydon Preuss	Knee	4-6 Weeks
	Harley Bennell	Calf	Indefinite
	Kade Kolodjashnij	Head	Indefinite
	Aaron Nietschke	Knee	Season

  On 10/03/2020 at 22:01, Demonland said:

	PLAYER	INJURY	LENGTH
	Toby Bedford	Ankle	TBC
	Kyle Dunkley	Ankle	TBC
	Mitch Hannan	Groin	TBC
	Harrison Petty	Groin	TBC
	Christian Salem	Glandular Fever	TBC
	Joel Smith	Quad	TBC
	Sam Weideman	Ankle	TBC
	Aaron vandenBerg	Foot	TBC
	Kade Chandler	Wrist	1 Week
	Braydon Preuss	Knee	4-6 Weeks
	Harley Bennell	Calf	Indefinite
	Kade Kolodjashnij	Head	Indefinite
	Aaron Nietschke	Knee	Season

we are not in good shape, but fortunately a lot of these players are depth. If we pick up injuries in rds 1-3, we are really going to be tested. 

There is 4 players missing for a while. 
Nietschke, Bennell, KK, Avb.  
Preuss is back by round 5-6 whilst others are likely to be available for round 1. 
Anyone know more on Joel Smith quad injury. 

Hasn’t Salem been diagnosed with something similar before? I thought it was a long term thyroid issue he has to manage which is controlled via medication.... Not sure if there is a link to glandular or not but it derailed him for a significant period from memory

  On 11/03/2020 at 00:16, The Jackson 6 said:

Hasn’t Salem been diagnosed with something similar before? I thought it was a long term thyroid issue he has to manage which is controlled via medication.... Not sure if there is a link to glandular or not but it derailed him for a significant period from memory

Yep. He had thyroid issues. Causing low energy. Glandular is not related, but i wonder if he was misdiagnosed previously, as symptoms present in similar ways. From my understanding, Glandular cannot be contracted twice. 

FFS

Premiership teams often carry surgeries and injuries into the following season but Richmond, remarkably, will enter the season with virtually no injuries and a full list, with the notable exception of retired champion defender Alex Rance.

Remarkable Richmond have everyone available for round one

There’s an updated list on the AFL website. 

Weid is a test so should be right to go.

Vanders was always going to be TBC. Any injury to his bad foot - even stubbing his toe - is going to be treated very conservatively. 6-8 weeks is the suggestion. 

Salem - well at least corona virus fears should make sure our players aren’t stupid enough to share water bottles. I swear I’ve seen some put their lips around the spray bottle openings. Not sure he makes it to Perth but hopefully not too long after.

The biggest disappointments right now are Hannan and Petty not making any progress up from TBC with groin injuries.

And the Joel Smith mystery. 

PLAYER	INJURY	ESTIMATED RETURN
Harley Bennell	Calf	TBC
Kade Chandler	Wrist	1-2 weeks
Kyle Dunkley	Foot	Test
Mitch Hannan	Groin	TBC
Kade Kolodjashnij	Concussion	TBC
Harry Petty	Groin	TBC
Braydon Preuss	Knee	4-6 weeks
Christian Salem	Glandular fever	1-2 weeks
Aaron vandenBerg	Foot	TBC
Sam Weideman	Ankle	Test
Updated: Wednesday, March 11 FULL AFL INJURY LIST

  On 10/03/2020 at 22:04, Leoncelli_36 said:

we are not in good shape, but fortunately a lot of these players are depth. If we pick up injuries in rds 1-3, we are really going to be tested. 

We're in good shape if most of the injured players are depth, which they are.

If we're heading into Round 1 with most of our best 22 on the plane then that's a big win.  

Glandular fever is pretty serious. Not good. 

I wouldn't be playing Salem in round 1 in 30 degree heat, coming off a significant illness.

We need bloody fit blokes that can take it to WC right through to the end.

We sacrifice some class ball use from half back though. However,  Lockhart showed enough in all 3 pre season games that he'll be an able replacement and is a pretty good user of the pill.

  On 11/03/2020 at 02:57, Jaded said:

Glandular fever is pretty serious. Not good. 

Having had glandular fever many years ago, I can vouch for that.  I was as weak as a kitten, listless with no energy or appetite and ended up being bed-ridden for a week.  Took me months to fully recover so I hope that Salem only has a mild dose.

14 day Perth forecast showing a high of 33 degrees for our game.

Not ideal to say the least.

  On 11/03/2020 at 03:04, Diamond_Jim said:

14 day Perth forecast showing a high of 33 degrees for our game.

Not ideal to say the least.

Was always going to happen.

Why they scheduled a 3:20 game when 50% of the days in March in Perth are 30 + degrees is just beyond me.

  On 11/03/2020 at 03:04, Diamond_Jim said:

14 day Perth forecast showing a high of 33 degrees for our game.

Not ideal to say the least.

No excuse.  If we aren’t fitter than them now we never will be.  Some of their key defenders have had poor preseasons.  Just run them into the ground.  And I’ll back Langdon and Tomlinson to outrun their opponents.  Burgess loves heat training, so we would have done our fair share of extreme weather training over summer.

  On 11/03/2020 at 03:11, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Was always going to happen.

Why they scheduled a 3:20 game when 50% of the days in March in Perth are 30 + degrees is just beyond me.

And a 6 day break,  after Rnd 1.

Why has Nietschke been left off injured listings again. Same as last year. Other teams listed their rookies, cat b injuries even when it’s season ending. 
 

I’d like to see us go again at mid year SSP pickup option. There is definitely still some valuable youngsters in state leagues. 
 

I think Angus Baker from Canberra NEAFL has definitely AFL standard qualities and determination. 

Edited March 11, 20205 yr by spirit of norm smith
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  On 11/03/2020 at 03:11, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Was always going to happen.

Why they scheduled a 3:20 game when 50% of the days in March in Perth are 30 + degrees is just beyond me.

Maybe it’s to punish us for giving up Darwin game.