Tom McDonald Sent for Scans

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7 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Could be wrong but didn't someone on DL post it was Stafford.  If so that fits the 'foot of a giant' description😉.

Different incident. Stafford didn’t trod on Fritta’s foot. 

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13 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Channel 7 said it was a standard scan post off season surgery.

Channel 7 also said Viney and May more likely to return this week than Salem and Fritta.

Must have been the foot of a giant that stepped on Fritta... 6 weeks off for a stomped foot sounds like someone is lying. 

Salem and Fritta might be fit but because of the long lay off they might need to get match fit either through more match sim at training or game time at Casey.  Hopefully Goodwin is in an info giving mood at the mid week presser.  Or the weekly injury video from Dr Laura(?).

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4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Check up scan but missed training???

Did he definitely miss?

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4 minutes ago, djr said:

Run

I reckon we can do better.

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20 minutes ago, Vipercrunch said:

Did he definitely miss?

Uneducated guess on my part. He was not in the training guernsey that the other players are wearing in the clip. The gear he is in players who aren't "footy" training usually wear.

I don't know for a fact that he didn't train but I'm not buying that the scans are just part of a routine check up.

Not saying he will miss footy or that he is injured but there might have been some awareness during the game and the scans are a precaution. If this is the case it makes sense not to train/load it either.

Just my opinion rooted in 40 plus years of deep-seated MFCSS

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39 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Must have been the foot of a giant that stepped on Fritta... 6 weeks off for a stomped foot sounds like someone is lying. 

No one’s lying. It might not be as simple as a teammate walked past him and stepped on his foot while it was flat on the ground. If the teammate was running and/or Fritta’s foot was at right angles to the ground, for example, you can imagine the damage that might be inflicted.

Sometimes things aren’t as straightforward as we imagine them to be. 

Edited March 20, 2023 by WalkingCivilWar

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43 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

I've long been a TMac fan but he must be close to cooked. If either Schache or JVR can't offer what he offered on Saturday night then why are they on the list.  Name one thing he did that the others couldn't do. Not to mention Fritsch will take Laurie's spot soon enough. If JVR hasn't built the tank as someone suggested then play Schache and see if at 25 the penny has finally dropped. 

Bullock. TMac has a physical presence that none of the other options provide

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Hope there isn’t anything more to this. He’s of huge value defensively/spacing-wise as the ball comes in, which blokes like Ben Brown benefit from. 

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19 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

No one’s lying. It might not be as simple as a teammate walked past him and stepped on his foot while it was flat on the ground. If the teammate was running and/or Fritta’s foot was at right angles to the ground, for example, you can imagine the damage that might be inflicted.

Sometimes things aren’t as straightforward as we imagine them to be. 

What are you alluding to WCW? Do yo you know if he is close  ? 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Gawndy the Great

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1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

Channel 7 said it was a standard scan post off season surgery.

Channel 7 also said Viney and May more likely to return this week than Salem and Fritta.

Must have been the foot of a giant that stepped on Fritta... 6 weeks off for a stomped foot sounds like someone is lying. 

Garbage on Fritsch. No one is lying.

 

A stomped on foot with bad bone bruising that’s not left to heal properly can turn stress related which can be anywhere from 4 weeks to 4 months. No risks taken at all, as there shouldn’t be. Forwards and feet aren’t things you ever rush and when you do, it’s heavily regretted long term.  

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1 minute ago, 12345_54321 said:

Garbage on Fritsch. No one is lying.

 

A stomped on foot with bad bone bruising that’s not left to heal properly can turn stress related which can be anywhere from 4 weeks to 4 months. No risks taken at all, as there shouldn’t be. Forwards and feet aren’t things you ever rush and when you do, it’s heavily regretted long term.  

I’m not suggesting that we should rush him. Never have, nor have I ever questioned the club’s management of him.
I’m just saying that it seems like something far more sinister than a bruised foot. As you say perhaps a stress fracture. Which is very concerning for our best forward. Especially when TMac and BBB are also not exactly the pillar of health. 
 

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BBB  will have to kick 15 goals on Friday.

It looks like he's the only goal kicker left.

WTF.

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Just putting this out there, dunno if it’s any good?
 

If Mayzie comes back this week and if… IF… TMAC is out, Tomlinson is 1cm short, yes he’s lighter than TMAC, but he looks very mobile and has played across CHF before plus he is hungry to play in a premiership. Considering a part of TMACs role is to open up space for BBB, I don’t see why he couldn’t fulfill that role?

Happy to be wrong?

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1 minute ago, Gawndy the Great said:

What are you alluding to WCW? Do yo you know if he is close or not? 

I do. But I won’t betray a confidence. I just wanted to make it clear that he was injured as a result of a teammate accidentally trodding on his foot during training. It’s nothing more than that. 

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10 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I’m not suggesting that we should rush him. Never have, nor have I ever questioned the club’s management of him.
I’m just saying that it seems like something far more sinister than a bruised foot. As you say perhaps a stress fracture. Which is very concerning for our best forward. Especially when TMac and BBB are also not exactly the pillar of health. 
 

Not a fracture. 

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May in for Petty. Petty to replace TMac.

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4 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Just putting this out there, dunno if it’s any good?
 

If Mayzie comes back this week and if… IF… TMAC is out, Tomlinson is 1cm short, yes he’s lighter than TMAC, but he looks very mobile and has played across CHF before plus he is hungry to play in a premiership. Considering a part of TMACs role is to open up space for BBB, I don’t see why he couldn’t fulfill that role?

Happy to be wrong?

Why not just play Petty up forward if that's the case? At least he has recent form as a forward.

Personally, I'd rather play JVR as a forward than Tomlinson.

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5 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Just putting this out there, dunno if it’s any good?
 

If Mayzie comes back this week and if… IF… TMAC is out, Tomlinson is 1cm short, yes he’s lighter than TMAC, but he looks very mobile and has played across CHF before plus he is hungry to play in a premiership. Considering a part of TMACs role is to open up space for BBB, I don’t see why he couldn’t fulfill that role?

Happy to be wrong?

Not sure why we would look to Tomlinson who hasn’t played or trained as a forward for 24-36 months now when we have JVR (who was close to being selected at the end of 2022) and Schache both fit.  

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8 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Why not just play Petty up forward if that's the case? At least he has recent form as a forward.

Personally, I'd rather play JVR as a forward than Tomlinson.

Fair call. Only going off what others have said about JVR in other threads, apparently Goodwin has commented that JVR doesn’t have the tank at AFL standard yet.

If Goodwin is brave and we want to throw a grenade at Brisbane, Petty up forward would definitely be that. 

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11 minutes ago, Vipercrunch said:

Not sure why we would look to Tomlinson who hasn’t played or trained as a forward for 24-36 months now when we have JVR (who was close to being selected at the end of 2022) and Schache both fit.  

Yup, Schache is probably the first option. I’m commented about JVR in the above post and I guess all I’d put forward about Tomlinson, is Petty went forward for one game last year and did well whilst also not having trained in that position for 24-36 months. If we wanted to reward Tomlinsons efforts for last week, give him a go up forward. 

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1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

I've long been a TMac fan but he must be close to cooked. If either Schache or JVR can't offer what he offered on Saturday night then why are they on the list.  Name one thing he did that the others couldn't do. Not to mention Fritsch will take Laurie's spot soon enough. If JVR hasn't built the tank as someone suggested then play Schache and see if at 25 the penny has finally dropped. 

 

1 hour ago, djr said:

Run

and . . . um . . .

play CHF in a premiership side. Less than 100 men have done it in 127 years. 

And I confidently forecast neither JVR or Love Shack will do it in 2023.

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2 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

JVR come on down!

Doesn't sound like great news for TMac. He's struggled with his foot for years now, and at 30 years old it's not going to get any easier to manage or recover from when injured. Shame his last few years have been impacted by the foot as he was really hitting his stride as a good key forward.

There is an Elephant in the room! aswe speak!

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TMac is one of those players that will need to be managed and probably have a couple of games rest throughout the season I don’t think we can expect him to play every week

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3 hours ago, 12345_54321 said:

Fritta says Hello. 

He will play anyway.