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40 minutes ago, Pinball Wizard said:

Salo’s progression -

March 21 | 6 - 8 weeks 

March 30 | 5 -7 Weeks

April 5 | 4 - 6 Weeks

April 12 | 4 - 6 Weeks

April 19 | 4 - 5 Weeks

 

Just mark him down for post bye and then you won’t be disappointed. 

 
5 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Looks like he will miss a decent chunk of the season, unlucky for the young fella.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/745175

Expected to be out for 12 weeks.

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

Very disappointing news about Blake Howes' injury.

He is only in his first year though. So luckily he has time on his side.

Hopefully, he can still bulk up muscle in his arms and upper body while allowing his stress fracture in his foot to heal? However, I am sure Selwyn Griffith will sort out a plan for Blake Howes.

I wish the young fella all the best and a speedy recovery.


5 hours ago, Freddy Fuschia said:

I wonder if the injury to Howes is enough for him to be put him on the long term injury list?

There’s talk of a few young talented players emerging in the ranks who could be worth looking at in the mid season draft. We would probably have the last pick but it might be worthwhile exploring whether there’s a player out there to fit our needs eg. a genuine young ruck prospect to nurture for the day when Max retires or if Luke Jackson gets homesick.

The article says … “Melbourne expecting Howes to be sidelined for at least two months as he recovers”.

Two months would not likely amount to a long term injury so the club would have to wait some time before making an assessment. 

Mmnn, the dreaded navicular injury. That's Howes done for the year. Will need a good six months recovery. 

Horrible luck for the young fella. Definitely showed a bit in the pre-season and VFL.

Poor fella. Navicular stress factures can be life-long injuries ala Viney, James Hird and also career ending like Trengrove. Its not the injury you want at any age let alone at the start of your AFL career.

Lets hope that he is properly rested, allowing the injury to properly heal. I wonder whether research has uncovered any new treatment and prevention measures given the prominence of this type of injury in all forms of sport.

 
Just now, Travis Boots said:

Some bad news incoming on Hibbo unfortunately

Can you elaborate any further? Still the calf?


1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

Can you elaborate any further? Still the calf?

Yep, prepare yourself for another edition of “4-6”

22 hours ago, Travis Boots said:

Some bad news incoming on Hibbo unfortunately

He played a great game last Anzac round.

At least we have plenty of defenders in the mix to cover our injuries. 

Off topic, depending on how Weid fares this year we may be looking for a proven big forward at the end of the year. Tmac was great for half a season last year but is very inconsistent. With Jackson spending more time on the ball we really now only have Bbb as a reliable tall.

 

Devastated about the Howes injury, was loving seeing him in training. Really hope they take all the precautions and get him cherry ripe for pre season. 


On 4/21/2022 at 1:13 PM, Travis Boots said:

Some bad news incoming on Hibbo unfortunately

Looks like it just got better.

Available this week.

Given the length of time out does the ETA on Salem allow for effectively putting in some sort of mini pre-season post full recovery?

Edited by Demon Dynasty

Hibberd ... available

great to hear.

Casey will be very strong this week against the Box Hill Hawks with T Mac, Tomlinson,Bedford, Dunstan and Hibberd

2:05pm Sunday.... I believe at Box Hill... a lovely place to watch a game and easy parking within a five minute walk

15 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Given the length of time out does the ETA on Salem allow for effectively putting in some sort of mini pre-season post full recovery?

I reckon. 
Maybe we’ll aim for him to play first game post bye. Have a couple of weeks hard training and a game and Casey abs come in firing

26 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Hibberd ... available

great to hear.

Casey will be very strong this week against the Box Hill Hawks with T Mac, Tomlinson,Bedford, Dunstan and Hibberd

2:05pm Sunday.... I believe at Box Hill... a lovely place to watch a game and easy parking within a five minute walk

Not sure about that... i've had some absolute ****ful days out there copping and giving it back to some of the numbskull Dawk supporters.  Other times have been good days but bit of a coin flip depending on which numb nutz are about.

If i go i'll probably bring my earphones for some more intelligent radio commentary :lol:

Edited by Demon Dynasty


Injury List: Round 7

Michael Hibberd - Calf | Available 
Jake Lever - H & S Protocols | Available 
Jack Viney - H & S Protocols | Available
Daniel Turner - Foot | 2 weeks
Christian Salem - Knee | 3-4 weeks
Blake Howes - Foot | TBC

Heavenly football father, please continue to bless our list with health. Amen. 
 

 
3 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Not sure about that... i've had some absolute ****ful days out there copping and giving it back to some of the numbskull Dawk supporters.  Other times have been good days but bit of a coin flip depending on which numb nutz are about.

If i go i'll probably bring my earphones for some more intelligent radio commentary :lol:

The venue itself is a great place to watch a match, the crowd is a different story, but this time you get to be the smug premiership winning wnker supporter, how good.

15 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Given the length of time out does the ETA on Salem allow for effectively putting in some sort of mini pre-season post full recovery?

Given the health of our list and winning form he’ll be the proverbial cherry ripe come game time. Whatever is needed, he’ll get. Loading on damaged/filled joint surfaces has to be done with progressive care, otherwise the surface starts to degrade irreparably…..Clint Bartram’s early career end being an example. 


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