36 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Annoying that media gets hold of this before the club even releases anything official. 

Cmon Daz, you know our media Dept is pretty shizzen!!

https://www.afl.com.au/news/878336/viney-ruled-of-dees-practice-match-with-knee-injury
 

 

41 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Maybe they’re waiting for scans before making us all panic?

 

 

 

Anyone who doesn't think Jack is a huge loss is kidding themselves. He is an A grade midfielder and our VC. Not as easy to replace as we think.

Agree.

And he has had his first uninterrupted preseason ever i think (he got though most, but i don't think all of the sessions last year). So looks in ripping shape.

His kicking improved heaps last year - but looked to have gone to another level against the saints, with more penetration and depth, which is probably a function of having an uninterrupted preseason. It makes him much more dangerous and impactful. 

At least he has completed the big Jan-Feb training block and so has his fitness base down.

17 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Staggering that people still underrate Viney.  

Intensity, on-field leadership, hardness. 10/10 in all three.

Watch the first bounce of the GF for a reminder

This is a blow, however if it does not have any ongoing issues for him, then I'll take this now, rather than round 22

People don’t notice Jack, because he is so often at the bottom of a Pack, feeding the ball out

4 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Since when is Jack Viney easily replaced? and by whom….

Viney was already set to play slightly more forward in a midfield that featured more Pickett, Sparrow and the occasional Rivers rotation.

If he does miss time then Harmes comes in and takes a chunk of Viney’s on ball minutes and probably a fraction Sparrow and Petracca more on ball covers the rest.

That really shouldn’t be a significant change in results for home and away games.

Winning without multiple parts our full quota of best 22 really should be part of the plan this year so we’re fresher for finals.

 

 

No-one panic

Viney is one of my favs and exudes terrific onfield leadership by the way he plays the game. However we have a number of others in the team that rotate through his position (Brayshaw, Sparrow, Harmes , ANB even). It’s not a like for like but we are not losing out like many of make it out to be. We have an 8-9 deep midfield for this very reason. We have his injury  covered … if it was finals then it’s a different outlook but for now, just stay calm. 

 

He's not just a hard-nut afl journo's, address him properly, club champion.

14 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Viney was already set to play slightly more forward in a midfield that featured more Pickett, Sparrow and the occasional Rivers rotation.

If he does miss time then Harmes comes in and takes a chunk of Viney’s on ball minutes and probably a fraction Sparrow and Petracca more on ball covers the rest.

That really shouldn’t be a significant change in results for home and away games.

Winning without multiple parts our full quota of best 22 really should be part of the plan this year so we’re fresher for finals.

 

 

However you word it. We shall still miss the VC. He is the engine

Sorry but this has given me my first dose of MFCSS for the year.

Jack Viney is on track for Round 1 after injuring his knee at training.

Just now, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1276974/injury-update-jack-viney

Love this line

“While he will miss this weekend’s practice match against Richmond, we don’t anticipate him to be further impacted ahead of the season.”

Just now, binman said:

Love this line

“While he will miss this weekend’s practice match against Richmond, we don’t anticipate him to be further impacted ahead of the season.”

It could be media spin from Richo, to sooth the MFCSS of some, but I hazard a guess that it was just a knock and he is missing through precaution more than anything

5 minutes ago, binman said:

Love this line

“While he will miss this weekend’s practice match against Richmond, we don’t anticipate him to be further impacted ahead of the season.”

Let's not let facts get in the way of a good ol' fashioned Demonland Mass Panic(TM) 😀

Edited March 2, 20233 yr by Stu

Further impacted? Richo playing to his audience.

Well, now what do we do if we need an approaching asteroid knocked off its course?

2 hours ago, Lewis said:

Is Lever sidelined though? Was training yesterday 

Always seems to have an issue with his feet.  Maybe not serious. Hope he's on the ground R1. Salem is a worry.

1 hour ago, layzie said:

No-one panic

Too late.  I have locked myself in the bathroom.

I bet Jack Viney's knee made someone cry when they knocked it.

2 hours ago, dl4e said:

Sorry but this has given me my first dose of MFCSS for the year.

Good practice for the season ahead  then

 

4 hours ago, Orion said:

Yes it's not a huge loss

 

4 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Maybe they’re waiting for scans before making us all panic?

 

 

 

Anyone who doesn't think Jack is a huge loss is kidding themselves. He is an A grade midfielder and our VC. Not as easy to replace as we think.

I hope what they really mean is that we can get by without him especially for a game or two early in the year - Rivers, Sparrow in particular will be keen to step up - but he is an absolute essential at the business end of the season NB finals.

Good day's work from Sammy E there. 

4 hours ago, Docs Demons said:

Whilst Viney is very important to us I believe we have cover with the likes of Sparrow, Jordan, Rivers etc. for what I hope is only a short time out, if at all.

The lack of value that some still place on this bloke astounds me.  His presence makes us much better, and gives the opposition huge headaches.

backflip?

Seriously Jack was on fire in the training sessions I attended. 

He was also on fire in the middle of last season in our big win against Brisbane at the MCG in June when he was captain in Max's absence:

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_match_statistics?mid=10664

In addition to his trademark aggressive tackling, he showed some incredible agility in that match - changing direction at high speed and leaping over fallen players to win possession.  It was the best I've seen him play in years.  Clearly he was hampered by some injury in the latter part of the season and wasn't a shadow of the player he can be in the finals.

I'm very hopeful that his great preseason sets him up to play at his best this year and this knee injury is just a small hiccup.