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13 hours ago, Damo said:

Along way under the Radar but how massive would it be if Tom MacDonald came back in fine form. Unlikely I know but if he can run he would be putting the Heeby Jeebys into Collingwood Brisbane and Port.

he cannot run thats the problem ! 

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14 hours ago, Damo said:

Along way under the Radar but how massive would it be if Tom MacDonald came back in fine form. Unlikely I know but if he can run he would be putting the Heeby Jeebys into Collingwood Brisbane and Port.

Very massive. 

I would love to see one more shot at it from T-mac this year but I'm having more doubts, can he get up to the speed we need from him?

Living in hope. 

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4 minutes ago, layzie said:

Very massive. 

I would love to see one more shot at it from T-mac this year but I'm having more doubts, can he get up to the speed we need from him?

Living in hope. 

I'd like to see TMac considered for the backline  playing 2nd or 3rd defender during preseason and early season 2024..if and only if he get his body right. If Tommo decides to leave then he has the attributes to play that role.

I still fancy J Smith as a forward - i dont know how you make it all fit together though. He is one of the better athletes on our list. Clearly lacks some skill and footy IQ but he can address that through training and development.

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32 minutes ago, layzie said:

Awful news for Oli Sestan who is out for the season now with a dislocated shoulder 😭

At least with Sestan they said he'll be back for end of season conditioning. Not that many games left for Casey this season so it does look a bit sinister.

I know they wont do it, but wish clubs would stop Click Baiting Injury News as well. 

 

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16 minutes ago, roy11 said:

At least with Sestan they said he'll be back for end of season conditioning. Not that many games left for Casey this season so it does look a bit sinister.

I know they wont do it, but wish clubs would stop Click Baiting Injury News as well. 

 

It's pretty rough yeah. Total clickbait.

Onward to next year for Sestan, big pre season and a massive tilt at things. 

 

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Just in regards to Clayton's injury, Jack Mclean (Melbourne's strength and conditioning coach) does a podcast/Vodcast called 'Prepare like a pro'. He released his latest episode literally 7 hours ago where he interviewed Ryan Timmins, who has done a bunch of great research into hamstring injuries. They spoke about how the frequency of hamstring injuries in the AFL has decreased, but the severity (length of time out injured) has increased. One suggestion is that athletes these days are getting too strong too quick. In other words, the amount of force the hamstring produces will outweigh the ability for the tendon to transfer load to the bone. As we know, this is exactly where Claytons injury is, at the musculotendinous junction. There is no research into this yet, but the idea has some merit. The point here is that that our very own strength and conditioning coach is having conversations with a well-know hamstring researcher about why some athletes are injured for longer. The answer is we don't know yet and there isn't any research to help guide us. 

To me, this explains why the club has been a little vague with their information. These football clubs are often right at the edge of research and are constantly having to alter and adjust how they do things. Then you add in the complexity of each individual and how their own body reacts. Again, these are just my own thoughts and I have no context for Claytons individual case. I just found the podcast super interesting and from what I have seen of Jack, we really have some of the best high performance staff in the competition. From what Ryan Timmins was saying, some clubs are deficient in their hamstring prevention strategies, so we are in good hands. 

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1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

Hyperbole is your One Wood isn’t it

So losing out one tall forward capable of splitting open packs couldn’t be costly? 
I mean that’s cool if you don’t think so. I bet Goodwin is not in agreement. 
Doesn’t mean we can’t or won’t win without him. 

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2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

So losing out one tall forward capable of splitting open packs couldn’t be costly? 
I mean that’s cool if you don’t think so. I bet Goodwin is not in agreement. 
Doesn’t mean we can’t or won’t win without him. 

Of course it could but he’s not played a big part this year. We have options. I remain confident. 

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