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5 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Fritta 7-8 weeks according to club. TMac 4-6. That’s our 2 best forwards from the last 5 years.

Time to get inventive.

Agree Thbt JVR certainly earnt a return to the seniors but these injuries are really going to test our depth as we need a bit of height against the Saints and Lions let’s see just how inventive the Footy department can be.!!

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May forward?

Petty Full back

Tomlinson as the third tall back

Forward line of

Pickett  May  Smith

Petracca Van Rooyen  Woewodin 

Viney and Oliver on ball

Ben Brown on the bench 

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1 minute ago, DeeZone said:

Agree Thbt JVR certainly earnt a return to the seniors but these injuries are really going to test our depth as we need a bit of height against the Saints and Lions let’s see just how inventive the Footy department can be.!!

Everything is an opportunity. JVR, and Brown will be well served by Marvel. You’d also think we might back Tomlinson in and play Petty forward if needed too. Oddly it’s a good time for us to be playing on a guaranteed dry deck. Get some confidence back in our skills. 

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3 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

May forward?

Petty Full back

Tomlinson as the third tall back

Forward line of

Pickett  May  Smith

Petracca Van Rooyen  Woewodin 

Viney and Oliver on ball

Ben Brown on the bench 

Was thinking about May forward. Becoming a little sloppy below his knees and might be a good change to have some half decent leadership forward.

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25 minutes ago, OhMyDees said:

Wiling to bet this was an injury for Fritsch just waiting to happen and he was being managed with it from the start of the season.

He has definitely been carrying something , we knew it was stood on already in pre season and the load of playing footy was probably slowing down recovery. 
 

They took a chance on him getting through the season and it didn’t pay off. Can’t really blame them. Think May I’m the 2021 GF. You win some and lose some. 

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31 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Fritsch 7-8 weeks all going well.

All will go well, probably better and sooner than expected. The surgery went as well as was hoped for and Fritta has this incredible healing ability. It runs in their family. He’s in really good spirits and that’s always a good thing. He should be ready for finals.

Incidentally, he did what I did in December at our AFLW B&F... Rolled his left ankle which caused a small fracture in a bone in his foot. That’s  where the similarity ends. He didn’t do it running in platform sandals on uneven ground while drunk, and I’m not an elite AFL footballer. 😁

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Just now, WalkingCivilWar said:

Incidentally, he did what I did in December at our AFLW B&F... Rolled his left ankle which caused a small fracture in a bone in his foot. That’s  where the similarity ends. He didn’t do it running in platform sandals on uneven ground while drunk, and I’m not an elite AFL footballer. 😁

EXCELLENT behaviour @WalkingCivilWar, keep up the good work!

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Injury List: Round 17

Clayton Oliver - Hamstring | Test
Michael Hibberd - Kidney | 2 Weeks
Tom McDonald - Ankle | 4 - 6 Weeks 
Bayley Fritsch - Foot | 7 - 8 Weeks
Kye Turner - Groin | TBC  

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24 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

All will go well, probably better and sooner than expected. The surgery went as well as was hoped for and Fritta has this incredible healing ability. It runs in their family. He’s in really good spirits and that’s always a good thing. He should be ready for finals.

Incidentally, he did what I did in December at our AFLW B&F... Rolled his left ankle which caused a small fracture in a bone in his foot. That’s  where the similarity ends. He didn’t do it running in platform sandals on uneven ground while drunk, and I’m not an elite AFL footballer. 😁

So it’s NOT the dreaded navicular or lisfranc? 

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4 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

So it’s NOT the dreaded navicular or lisfranc? 

Neither. It’s a very small fracture in a very small bone. The rolling of his ankle caused it. The fact that it’s the same foot that was stomped on before round one doesn’t have any bearing on this one. 

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16 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Neither. It’s a very small fracture in a very small bone. The rolling of his ankle caused it. The fact that it’s the same foot that was stomped on before round one doesn’t have any bearing on this one. 

Well thank god for that! I was prepared for the worst. 

Send him our best wishes! 
 

By the way, how close are you with Clayton’s mum? Can you tell her that I can no longer live without Clarry and he has to come back and play please? 😂

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I think Petty needs to go forward again, with JVR and possibly Brown. Do they all fit? The Dogs have Ugle, Naughton and Lobb. Tomlinson back in to defence. Whatever the club decides, they need to stick with it hoping it will gel come September

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2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Well thank god for that! I was prepared for the worst. 

Send him our best wishes! 
 

By the way, how close are you with Clayton’s mum? Can you tell her that I can no longer live without Clarry and he has to come back and play please? 😂

Will definitely send everyone’s best wishes, the family really does appreciate it. 💖

As for Clarry… cheeky bugger never thinks of telling his mum anything. She finds out everything about him by watching the news, just like the rest of us. 🤣

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2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

So it’s NOT the dreaded navicular or lisfranc? 

So we KNOW this?

And what small bone in the foot needs a plate but isn’t very important??

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1 hour ago, monoccular said:

So we KNOW this?

And what small bone in the foot needs a plate but isn’t very important??

I’m just going by what has been said here and the fact that a navicular or lisfranc would require a much longer recovery than 7-8 weeks. 
I wonder where @Webber is. He probably knows more than us. 

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1 hour ago, monoccular said:

So we KNOW this?

And what small bone in the foot needs a plate but isn’t very important??

Who said it isn’t an important bone? I know I didn’t. I said it was a very small bone; small as in physical size, not as in importance.

Besides, I’m sure every bone in one’s foot is important. You get a tiny fracture in one of them and they’ll remind you of how important they are with every step you take. 😭 

Posted
21 minutes ago, mrnolsy said:

Hi Guys

 

I missed the game on GWS as I was working. How bad is Fritsch injury and how long do we expect him out for?

 

Noah

It’s on the AFL and club news sites mate. 
Knock yourself out. 🤙

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9 hours ago, bobby1554 said:

I think Petty needs to go forward again, with JVR and possibly Brown. Do they all fit? The Dogs have Ugle, Naughton and Lobb. Tomlinson back in to defence. Whatever the club decides, they need to stick with it hoping it will gel come September.

Agree Bobby one of you finest suggestions.

 

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11 hours ago, DeeZee said:

May forward?

Petty Full back

Tomlinson as the third tall back

Forward line of

Pickett  May  Smith

Petracca Van Rooyen  Woewodin 

Viney and Oliver on ball

Ben Brown on the bench 

Don't move May that's suicide Petty CHF and Tommo back. JVR yo replace Fritta. BBB more time esp st Marvrl this Sat night.

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8 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Who said it isn’t an important bone? I know I didn’t. I said it was a very small bone; small as in physical size, not as in importance.

Besides, I’m sure every bone in one’s foot is important. You get a tiny fracture in one of them and they’ll remind you of how important they are with every step you take. 😭 

So true. 
The amount of times I’ve broken little toes and you think “who cares, what are these toes even for”, and you find out they are for walking and stuff 🤪

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14 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

All will go well, probably better and sooner than expected. The surgery went as well as was hoped for and Fritta has this incredible healing ability. It runs in their family. He’s in really good spirits and that’s always a good thing. He should be ready for finals.

Incidentally, he did what I did in December at our AFLW B&F... Rolled his left ankle which caused a small fracture in a bone in his foot. That’s  where the similarity ends. He didn’t do it running in platform sandals on uneven ground while drunk, and I’m not an elite AFL footballer. 😁

Yesssssss!

We love Fritta and we love you @WalkingCivilWar!

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Clarry won’t play this week 

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