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Suggest this has more to do with the Qb game than Viney.  “Will you be right by then, jack”?  “Yep, I start running Tuesday and will be cherry ripe by QB”.  Suggest this does not preclude him being available earlier....

 

actually he said before qb game

Viney has been sidelined for the past fortnight with another foot injury and is yet to pinpoint 
a return date, but believes his recovery is "tracking really well".

Speaking at the launch of Big Freeze 7 in support of Neale Daniher's FightMND foundation, 
Viney said he will be back in action before the annual Queen's Birthday clash with Collingwood.

 

8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

So much for 2-3 weeks. 

Having let the bone heal and gradually increased his loading, Viney said he plans to resume running on Tuesday and is confident he will be back to face the Magpies in five weeks’ time in round 13, in what has become the annual FightMND Big Freeze fundraiser led by inspirational former Demons coach Neale Daniher.

This is bad news indeed.

If its the case then I stand by thread that maybe we lack midfield depth.

Imagine if we lost Trac or Oliver or they are suspended.

Harmes was good as is Jordan but is Sparrow up to it?

I defy anyone to argue we need to find a replacement for Jack. Not that I want him replaced but we need to cover our bases.

Perhsps a filler is a better word.

 

 
3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

This is bad news indeed.

If its the case then I stand by thread that maybe we lack midfield depth.

Imagine if we lost Trac or Oliver or they are suspended.

Harmes was good as is Jordan but is Sparrow up to it?

I defy anyone to argue we need to find a replacement for Jack. Not that I want him replaced but we need to cover our bases.

Perhsps a filler is a better word.

 

Maybe you could find someone in Goulbourn Prison


13 minutes ago, demonstone said:

A story in The Age promoting Neale Daniher's Big Freeze features Jack Viney who says he expects to be "cherry ripe" for the Queens Birthday day game in round 13.

This has been a very long 2-3 week injury.  Hope he's fully recovered.

he also said he expected to be back in action before qb game...... the prev game to qb is 10 days before

“I will be cherry ripe for the Big Freeze, that’s for sure, but in terms of when I come back, (I’m) not 100 per cent sure, but it is tracking really well,” Viney said at the Big Freeze launch on Monday.

Important context that he was asked at the launch of the big freeze. 

The clubs initial time frame was round 10. Viney says for sure by round 13 he’ll be back. 

My guess is round 11 or 12. 

Now he has two dodgy feet!

We will just have to nurse him to the end of the season and the finals, like we did in 2018.

 
16 minutes ago, demonstone said:

A story in The Age promoting Neale Daniher's Big Freeze features Jack Viney who says he expects to be "cherry ripe" for the Queens Birthday day game in round 13.

This has been a very long 2-3 week injury.  Hope he's fully recovered.

Jack will be lucky to play 10 games a season. Foot problems don’t go away, they are managed 

10 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Jack will be lucky to play 10 games a season. Foot problems don’t go away, they are managed 

Totally amazing that he played 21/22 in 2019 and 16/17 in 2020 then


4 minutes ago, Pollyanna said:

Totally amazing that he played 21/22 in 2019 and 16/17 in 2020 then

And 10/12 this year

you see the correlation 

Worrying stuff.  Is Chunk up to covering as an extra rotation  for short stints off the bench?  Probably not eh.

Alternatively chunk shares the wing role with Gus who spends a bit of time in the middle to assist with rotations?

More time in the middle for LJ who is pretty good and mobile at ground level for a big man?

Like Deaver, ideally i still feel we are short one very good classy mid fielder.  Would have loved to have landed Tom Green in the draft but you can't select everybody.

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

And 10/12 this year

you see the correlation 

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I suppose we have the luxury of not rushing him. In saying that I get the feeling this will be an on going issue for his whole career. 

I would imagine they will be very cautious due to his history and at 8-0 we have that luxury. If it takes another 4/5 weeks then so be it. This is exactly why early wins are some important. 

Also why we should target another midfielder in the mid season draft!


1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

And 10/12 this year

you see the correlation 

Do you know what correlation means?

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Just as a QB aside, we won't need to worry about Jeremy Howe who will miss most of the rest of the season after requiring surgery to repair damage caused when he aggravated scar tissue on his hamstring at training on Saturday.

The way he explained it in that interview (link below) suggests that this is not unchartered waters. Given the procedure he had in the pre-season it was likely that there could be issues. He's been through it before with his other foot and this time he & the medicos were more vigilant - catching the reactions as hot spots before they got to the stress fracture stage.

I suspect some of his prior foot issues were exacerbated by JV trying to push through it. Reckon it would be hard work trying to get him to come off the track.

Jack Viney presser


I posted a couple of years ago regarding the operation he had after tearing his Plantar Fasciitis and that I had spoken to the head physio at North during that time who mentioned Jack's foot wouldn't be the same and that he'd be constantly battling it from here on.

Not surprising.

However. We're 8-0 so we have every reason to hold him back on a return date so that we can get a consistent block of games from him.

That goes for all players who need management from here on and I'll be keen to see what we do from a selection pov going forward. Listening to David King on Whately this morning, he basically said that from here on it'll be about management for us. It's incredible we've banked so many wins without playing a sing four quarter game. We have the luxury of being able to rest anyone who is sore knowing that we need our core firing toward the end of the season.

I'm happy for Vines to take all the time he needs. And I really hope we see some well thought out management of players over the coming weeks. Especially against lesser sides/short turn-arounds/long travel. 

Edited by JimmyGadson

9 minutes ago, JimmyGadson said:

I posted a couple of years ago regarding the operation he had after tearing his Plantar Fasciitis and that I had spoken to the head physio at North during that time who mentioned Jack's foot wouldn't be the same and that he'd be constantly battling it from here on.

Not surprising.

Surely Melb would know this too, which makes you question a 5 year deal. 

 

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