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He's actually one of favourites players and is pretty underrated so it's disappointing to lose him. 

Great opportunity for Tomlinson to step straight back into that role.

 

10 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

He's actually one of favourites players and is pretty underrated so it's disappointing to lose him. 

Great opportunity for Tomlinson to step straight back into that role.

Is Tomlinson aiming to be ready for round 1?

 

Surgery to release bleeding from a corkie.

Tommo straight back in. We will barely miss a beat.

No Petty no worries just bring in  the Tomlinator.

Interesting to see what they do. If Tomlinson isn’t quite ready J Smith is the other option to play early. They might also stick with just May and Lever with Hunt coming back in. Hopefully  Petty only misses the first couple of rounds, feels a little weird not to panic with news like this on the eve of the season. 

I recall hearing last year the interesting stat about a premiership team never all playing in the same line up ever again … whilst not impossible for this group given no retirements , round 1 would have been the most likely time to do it 

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20 minutes ago, djr said:

Hope it doesn't turn into 426 from a decade ago

ah bugger, what was his name? 

3 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Interesting to see what they do. If Tomlinson isn’t quite ready J Smith is the other option to play early. They might also stick with just May and Lever with Hunt coming back in. Hopefully  Petty only misses the first couple of rounds, feels a little weird not to panic with news like this on the eve of the season. 

I think it’ll be J smith to come 

I reckon they’ll wait on Tomlinson for abit 

Smith isn’t in our best 22 but isn’t a bad player to come in for injury. Seemed to do well when he played last season I reckon 

Tomo shouldnt be far off he was back in light training in Grand Final week so he's been up and going for a fair while now

Watching the last 6 odd games and the finals Petty grew in confidence each week.

Tomlinson will have to play well to match him


56 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Surgery to release bleeding?

Surely leeches would be effective 😉

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The Dogs don't have an overly tall forward line and GC without King in round 2 so we may be able to go with May, Lever, Salem, Rivers, Hunt, Bowey & Hibberd if Tomlinson isn't ready yet.

4 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The Dogs don't have an overly tall forward line and GC without King in round 2 so we may be able to go with May, Lever, Salem, Rivers, Hunt, Bowey & Hibberd if Tomlinson isn't ready yet.

Quite right Dr. That backline you just noted is pretty handy.

However, I'd love to see Tomlinson get a crack !

 
54 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

I hope Goody congratulated and thanked the doctor in a jovial manner when he found out!

if not we will find out on the front page of the HS in 2 years time

27 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The Dogs don't have an overly tall forward line and GC without King in round 2 so we may be able to go with May, Lever, Salem, Rivers, Hunt, Bowey & Hibberd if Tomlinson isn't ready yet.

Yep and Dogs will still be without Bruce. 

Bad news for Petty. Hopefully 4-6 weeks means he won’t miss a heap of footy. 


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