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Could this be Majak Daw’s opportunity to get some game time in the seniors? Have to think long game here, if we push Max to breaking point (if we haven’t done already) it could put us up the creek without a paddle for the pointy end of the season. 

We have to dig deep big time now. 

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16 minutes ago, Spirit of '87 said:

 

57 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Lol, when has anyone ever said players are being “pushed through the injury barrier”?

 

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On 6/13/2022 at 6:39 PM, Jaded No More said:

It is 100% his back. He was holding it constantly. Channel 7 commentary is trash. 

We don’t deserve him. He is a warrior and I’m fuming that Cox, genuinely one of the worst footballers going around, gets to look like some sort of hero today playing on nobody after injuring Gawn. I hope he drops those stupid sunglasses in the toilet! 
 

We are in genuine trouble if Gawn is going to be out for a while or down on form due to the injury. 
 

 

Cox should follow them 😎

1 hour ago, Pates said:

Could this be Majak Daw’s opportunity to get some game time in the seniors? Have to think long game here, if we push Max to breaking point (if we haven’t done already) it could put us up the creek without a paddle for the pointy end of the season. 

We have to dig deep big time now. 

Sadly Majak didn’t play VFL - and nobody has said why (unless it has appeared in the last few hours). 

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10 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Cox should follow them 😎

Sadly Majak didn’t play VFL - and nobody has said why (unless it has appeared in the last few hours). 

Believe he was ill. Maybe the flu? 

I’ve wanted to see Daw given a go for a while now. My only concern though, is that it seems he has become a lumbering big man. He doesn’t cover the ground much. That is from the handful of Casey games I’ve seen. I always thought he was super athletic at North. Did he bulk up too much? 

 

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Majak has played 1 game in 4 weeks, can't see him getting a game

Round 12 - Did Not Play
Round 11 - 7 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 34 hit outs
Round 10 - Did Not Play
Round 9 - Did Not Play (Bye)

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On 6/13/2022 at 9:45 PM, Demon Dynasty said:

Maybe don't take significant injuries / illness impacted players into a game?

You don't always need a Maxy to square the ledger in the big man dept.  Use Majak in small doses as required and craft / grind out some of these games.  Maybe for the odd win.  Ok so we lose a few ....we probably would've lost them anyway taking in compromised players.

Gives the injured / ill time to reset and come back primed.

I'm only a keyboard amature but seems a little strange to be managing a team in this manor over such a grueling long season.

Goody goes back to learnings but it appear he has allowed this error with two of our key players now over the last few weeks.  An error that could be the difference between 2nd and 3rd maybe if things get tight?

As we know this is often a game of inches or small percentages.  A few good/poor decisions can be the difference.  Playing a big time player impacted by such issues to me also has the potential to effect a player's mental state / confidence in general, IF he ends up feeling he has not been able to play at his best and has let the team down etc.

Simply not worth it in my book.  Would we take this risk in a big final?  If not, why do we do so in regular season?

Totally agree, we had the chance a few weeks ago with the WC / North fortnight to rest up a few players.  Especially the ones who got Covid early in the season.

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2 hours ago, Spirit of '87 said:

No it didn’t. They weren’t pushing through injuries. 
 

you can build them up and push them through those periods where they're a little sore, a little bit tender and a little bit fatigued … 

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5 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Cox has got form.
Pulled a similar stunt about a month ago.
Got fined 2k.
 

 

I actually thought the same thing that Cox has done this in the past, I wonder if this was Toby Greene we were looking at would he be suspended (for the v Lions incident, I actually haven’t seen the moment he did it to Max)?

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22 hours ago, poita said:

Salem and Langdon are clearly underdone and can't run.

Gawn has been carrying injuries since before the West Coast game.

Petty has been carrying injuries for weeks as well.

Petracca has been well down since being sick prior to the Freo game.

The young kids are looking tired and beaten up.

How much more evidence do we need that we can't keep carrying players who aren't anywhere near full fitness?

so why didnt we rest players v north and west coast???

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I saw a snippet of an interview with Max last night.  He was very unhappy with the short bye.  It was in the context of recovery from injuries. 

It is not like him to take aim at AFL boffins so it must be a real sore point with players and/or the club.  He said something like:  "...thanks everyone for the shortest bye in history..."

No guessing who 'everyone' is!!

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  • Demonland changed the title to Max Gawn Injury

We await the results of the scan. Our season could depend on it. Fingers crossed it’s nothing serious for the skipper. 

And yes, a 10 day bye seems unjust when other clubs get over 15 days break. We’re struggling with injuries so it’s going to hit us hard.

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2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

We await the results of the scan. Our season could depend on it. Fingers crossed it’s nothing serious for the skipper. 

And yes, a 10 day bye seems unjust when other clubs get over 15 days break. We’re struggling with injuries so it’s going to hit us hard.

On top of having the shortest pre season of all. Biased AFL 

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1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

I saw a snippet of an interview with Max last night.  He was very unhappy with the short bye.  It was in the context of recovery from injuries. 

It is not like him to take aim at AFL boffins so it must be a real sore point with players and/or the club.  He said something like:  "...thanks everyone for the shortest bye in history..."

No guessing who 'everyone' is!!

There is a lot to read into that statement. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

I saw a snippet of an interview with Max last night.  He was very unhappy with the short bye.  It was in the context of recovery from injuries. 

It is not like him to take aim at AFL boffins so it must be a real sore point with players and/or the club.  He said something like:  "...thanks everyone for the shortest bye in history..."

No guessing who 'everyone' is!!

He has a point. Collingwood play on the Sunday after the bye. Go figure

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Seriously, if we can't cover for Max and we drop out of the top four by years end, we're not the 'team' we thought. 

Great teams consistently cover for key players. It's everything else that isn't working. 

Petracca needs to pull his finger out for one. Talks about lack of motivation when playing in front of small crowds and then has an opportunity to drag us over the line in front of 75,000 and has possibly the worst 30+ disposal game you can have. Fumbly, no class, not 100% committed. Fumbles in the goal square. Continues to miss easy targets. 

TAKE SOME [censored] CARE WITH THE FOOTBALL. HANDLE AND KICK IT AS IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. 

 

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16 minutes ago, JimmyGadson said:

Seriously, if we can't cover for Max and we drop out of the top four by years end, we're not the 'team' we thought. 

Great teams consistently cover for key players. It's everything else that isn't working.

Fortunately we have a highly talented young ruck who can cover for him. Lucky we haven't traded him for an 18 year old midfielder yet hey? ;)

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