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Massively disappointed about this.

However, if his injury is no worse than last time, one would assume it puts him in the frame for a Preliminary Final return?

You would hope we have a forward structure settled before then and so the only thing that encourages me  he will get back is the way we have played the tactical sub this season - particularly Joel Smith’s role. It’s a low risk way of bringing players into the game and Petty is really the perfect option.

We may find ourselves lining up with Smith at FF and Petty on the bench as the ‘super sub’. That would seem the best case scenario - aside from a miracle return to the side.

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Just now, spirit of norm smith said:

It’s Fu****ked according to Petty himself.  Broken foot probably so 6-7 weeks at best.  That’s back for the GF if possible.  

Time for plan C … Grundy, Schache or BBB. 

now we’re F*****d 

You spoke to him? 
Goody said he needs a scan so how would he know it’s broken?

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1 hour ago, adonski said:

Enter the wizard, Jeffo!!

This season's Bowey?

But seriously, this sucks for Petty and is very rough for us, for the reasons we all are well aware of.

Very glad we've got Melksham offering such uncannily effective contests, and very glad we have Fritsch coming back soon.

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Think I'd prefer to welcome Oliver back into the midfield, and keep Trac up forward for a little longer, at least until we get Fritsch back.

Was at the game today, loved what Hibbo gave, us... not so much Harmes, I think Woey was stiff missing given that we had Sparrow coming back.

Having Trac take his mark and Kozzie with his goal right in front of the Melbourne cheer squad/supporters was a highlight.

... There was no Nth cheer squad.  

Finally apparently the crowd was closer to 10k, not the 8k reported. Blundstone not great with technology it appears, but they also diverted anything onto Nth saying it was their issue.  (Thought it was ticketek)  anyway, good day!

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14 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

You spoke to him? 
Goody said he needs a scan so how would he know it’s broken?

We are all hoping it’s not too serious.  Fingers crossed. 🙏🏽🤞🙏🏽🤞🙏🏽🤞🙏🏽

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Appreciate all the positive thinkers showing optimism but its hardly abnormal to be frustrated at this injury when we've been having selection headaches about the forward line week after week, finally feel we've hit gold, then have to go to the drawing board again. 

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You know it's [censored] when you don't even bother icing it straight after you've done the injury.

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13 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

We are all hoping it’s not too serious.  Fingers crossed. 🙏🏽🤞🙏🏽🤞🙏🏽🤞🙏🏽

 

11 minutes ago, layzie said:

Appreciate all the positive thinkers showing optimism but its hardly abnormal to be frustrated at this injury when we've been having selection headaches about the forward line week after week, finally feel we've hit gold, then have to go to the drawing board again. 

Agreed Layzie. There's some Pollyanna posting permeating at present about Petty's present predicament.

Our forward line was in dire straights and even Kozzie lifted in his presence.  Finally found a solution and poof he's gone.

[censored].

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1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Injured because of a terrible kick inside 50 that should've hit him on the chest 🤬

THIS. This is exactly what made me furious. It a big hypothetical but if that pass hits him on the chest he’s not tackled. 

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14 minutes ago, deegirl said:

THIS. This is exactly what made me furious. It a big hypothetical but if that pass hits him on the chest he’s not tackled. 

Sh.t happens, it’s a footy match.  Not every kick is going to be perfect 

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1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

I think we will see Grundy back. Maybe he will surprise us all.

It could definitely be a golden opportunity for Grundy, to become a FF in a premiership team. 🤔🤔

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52 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

This season's Bowey?

But seriously, this sucks for Petty and is very rough for us, for the reasons we all are well aware of.

Very glad we've got Melksham offering such uncannily effective contests, and very glad we have Fritsch coming back soon.

Why is everyone so convinced frittata is coming back soon? He’s got a potential season ending injury. Foot injuries are notorious for healing 

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Whether it's a great opportunity for Grundy or not, I see it altering our forward line in ways I'd rather do without. The movement we were getting out of JVR and Petty was amazing to watch, I don't see Grundy coming in and making off the ball movements like that instantly and I can see us going back to the long balls in which just don't work. It's not like for like player wise and game style wise things could change, possibly for good but it remains to be seen. Just have to wait and see.

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Grundy coming back in induces the issues we had before he was dropped. 
grundy doesn’t work. Let’s be honest. The 2023 premiership hobbled off the ground today . 
we don’t have anyone else . Best to put in bbb and tell our midfield to stop kicking it on his head . Then see how we go 
 

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15 minutes ago, Gillies said:

Why is everyone so convinced frittata is coming back soon? He’s got a potential season ending injury. Foot injuries are notorious for healing 

Your commitment to negativity in all six posts on the forum so far is impressive.

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1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Injured because of a terrible kick inside 50 that should've hit him on the chest 🤬

Can't go back in time but as the play unfolded I couldn't work out why sparrow who can kick 60 metres off one step , tried a 15m dinky kick in that situation

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Why are we blaming Sparrow? He was hot and being tackled? 

We should be blaming the AFL for fixturing us at that [censored] ground that had every player slipping over. 

Look at the replay, foot totally gives way under the chopped up surface. The state of that ground was a disgrace!

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32 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Sh.t happens, it’s a footy match.  Not every kick is going to be perfect 

It was a 20m pass, it should’ve hit a target.  Unlike the rough forward entries of the first half, this one has done more than just  hurt us on the scoreboard. 

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31 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

It could definitely be a golden opportunity for Grundy, to become a FF in a premiership team. 🤔🤔

I don't get why some people would facepalm this. Obviously Petty is first choice but who else is left. Fritta of course but that only gives us one tall. It ain't gonna be Bbb, schacke or Tmac.

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