Shoddy news. But the silver lining is it means McVee can probably have an extended run in the side. 

Doh.

 

Right in the kisser.

Tell me you can't catch a break without telling me you can't catch a break.

Poor Salo.

 

Is it the same knee / ailment that affected him last year? 

If there's a silver lining here this gives him some valuable time to recover from the thyroid issue, also he'll hopefully have fresher legs at the business end of the season.

He’s at least 8 weeks away with no/little pre season fitness base. He is unlikely to be considered imv until round 14 at least if all goes to plan. 

By my calculations, Salem has played 143 games out of 203 since he was drafted in 2013, so has basically missed 3 full seasons out of 9 even before this setback. That's not a great return, given that the games leader from that draft has played 195.

He's a great player when fit, but he is missing a lot of football. If we start looking to refresh our list over the next few years, he might be a prime candidate to be traded.

44 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

He’s at least 8 weeks away with no/little pre season fitness base. He is unlikely to be considered imv until round 14 at least if all goes to plan. 

He did pretty much the whole preseason bar the last couple of weeks 

8 minutes ago, poita said:

By my calculations, Salem has played 143 games out of 203 since he was drafted in 2013, so has basically missed 3 full seasons out of 9 even before this setback. That's not a great return, given that the games leader from that draft has played 195.

He's a great player when fit, but he is missing a lot of football. If we start looking to refresh our list over the next few years, he might be a prime candidate to be traded.

What you neglected to say was 10 of the 97 picked have played more games than Salo and Dom Sheed (1game) and James Aish (2games) have only gone past him this season 

Clearly a glass half empty kind of person