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5 minutes ago, deanox said:

I am absolutely shaken.

This is the first time I have seen or heard anyone involved in AFL media use the word laconic correctly.

Except he sounded more grumpy than laconic.

Reads laconic, didn't sound it.

 
52 minutes ago, binman said:

Except he sounded more grumpy than laconic.

Reads laconic, didn't sound it.

Oh binman……

 

laconic

/ləˈkɒnɪk/

adjective

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

 
On 7/23/2023 at 12:46 AM, MrReims said:

Oh binman……

 

laconic

/ləˈkɒnɪk/

adjective

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

Sorry.


On 7/23/2023 at 12:46 AM, MrReims said:

Oh binman……

 

laconic

/ləˈkɒnɪk/

adjective

(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.

And here I was thinking I'm pretty laconic.

Got that wrong.

8 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Some more mixed messaging to throw people off the scent?

That'll be 3 weeks from the 3-4 weeks, mate. Where's the mixed messaging?

 

Yze says North.

Goodwin suggest 2-3 weeks away.

I would say he'll be back for the Carlton game which gives him 3 games under his belt before finals. That would be a good result.

We have no business losing to North, regardless of the Clarko factor and the game being at our bogey venue, so I'm happy for them to wait for Carlton.

So going by reports he will be another 3 weeks on the sidelines. This must be the most intricate and troublesome hamstring of all time. A three week injury might now be 10,11 maybe 12 weeks. There also may be a possibility that we won't see him again this season. This after Goody said what 4 weeks or so ago he needed to pass one more test! Must be excruciating for him not to be out there and as a stellar player, sheer frustration for us supporters. Having said that, Jack Viney is in career best form and so too is Trac. Hope he plays soon as he is pivotal to our Premiership chances !


no one cares, pf

team going better without him

great opportunity to blood youngsters

 

 

 

 

 

just kidding 😁

The longer this goes on you begin think about "what else could it B" it's strange to say the least. Right now it still has the ring of 426 at this point.

4 minutes ago, old dee said:

The longer this goes on you begin think about "what else could it B" it's strange to say the least. Right now it still has the ring of 426 at this point.

Have to agree but I like to think we are just holding him back and get him going just before finals...

A fresh Clarry could be the difference 

 

Whatever the case is, we have to get it perfectly right as there's not much wiggle room left before finals. A re-injury now would be catastrophic.

3 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Whatever the case is, we have to get it perfectly right as there's not much wiggle room left before finals. A re-injury now would be catastrophic.

Agree, but Soo frustrating.


24 minutes ago, old dee said:

The longer this goes on you begin think about "what else could it B" it's strange to say the least. Right now it still has the ring of 426 at this point.

It’s a tendon injury. They are difficult to get right. There’s nothing else to it except that he can’t run at full speed with confidence. Until he can do that he won’t play.

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41 minutes ago, picket fence said:

So going by reports he will be another 3 weeks on the sidelines. This must be the most intricate and troublesome hamstring of all time. A three week injury might now be 10,11 maybe 12 weeks. There also may be a possibility that we won't see him again this season. This after Goody said what 4 weeks or so ago he needed to pass one more test! Must be excruciating for him not to be out there and as a stellar player, sheer frustration for us supporters. Having said that, Jack Viney is in career best form and so too is Trac. Hope he plays soon as he is pivotal to our Premiership chances !

Goody said 2-3 weeks in his presser but Yze said he is likely to be back in a fortnight.

 

The poor guy just lives for footy - he must be even more frustrated than all of us combined.

Get well soon Clarrie.  Looking forward to you coming back fully refreshed and raring to go.

I can imagine Clayton Oliver being incredibly frustrated.

He is such a competitive beast.

His fiery discussion with Selwyn Griffith proved this. He just wants to be out there playing footy!

Anyway, best that he just takes his time to fully recuperate so he can be cherry ripe for the finals.


believe it when I see it.....almost weirder than an episode of the X-Files

15 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

believe it when I see it.....almost weirder than an episode of the X-Files

Now that's really weird.

The positives are that we won games against Coll and Bris without him, and that he will surely be fresh and ready to go when he returns ready for finals

Has been great to see Riv, Sparrow, etc lift in his absence

Would like Trac to play more forward when Clarry returns 

 

Did anyone else see the topic and thought his hammy had blown up again?

Anyway, Yze sounded really confident on radio that he's on the right path and will playing games within 2-3 weeks.

(I've learnt not to hang off every word Goodwin says in his interviews)

If he can get the last 3 games in before finals, then that would be a good result. Even better if we can knock off Richmond without him.

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