More than 20% of our list unavailable before our first game.

Really only McVee as a major loss from that list. Some good players in 20-28 but could be a lot worse

Good to see Hore is a test

On 08/03/2025 at 09:41, spirit of norm smith said:

UNAVAILABLE FOR ROUND 1 

SUSPENSION  Kozzzzy Pickett (available Round 4)

INJURED
Marty Hore (hand) — TBC 
Jake Melksham (hamstring) — TBC
Charlie Spargo (Achilles) — TBC

Judd McVee (hamstring) — 4-6 weeks
Koltyn Tholstrup (back) — 6-8 weeks

Luker Kentfield (illness) — TBC

Replaced on list- unavailable for the season 
Shane McAdam (Achilles)
Andy Moniz-Wakefield (knee)

If Milkshake gets up and about this year given all his injuries past and present, it will be a phenomenal effort.

And I will add, a much needed one.

At his best he is an absolute gun but he has always seemed to struggle to keep his form constant and play a string of many great games.

I still believe his injury against the Swans cost us a flag.

Yea, he's one player but he was in career best form when he went down in an already what was then  a much depleted fwd line.

Edited March 12, 2025Mar 12 by leave it to deever

On 19/12/2024 at 18:29, Whispering_Jack said:

Jake Lever - underwent a knee arthroscope and shoulder surgery in the off-season, is tracking well and is entering into his final month of rehab. He will be in a modified environment after the Christmas break and is expected to be in full training by the end of January.

Seems to be really struggling with his body.

A bloke that has always gone exceptionally hard at the comp and seems to unfortunately be paying the price.

I had to see a wrist surgeon about an operation recently and I asked about rehab. When she said, 'Four to six weeks' a chill went through me.

Edited March 12, 2025Mar 12 by Demonised
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UNAVAILABLE FOR ROUND 1 

SUSPENSION  Kozzzzy Pickett (available Round 4)

INJURED
Marty Hore (hand) — TBC 
Jake Melksham (hamstring) — TBC
Charlie Spargo (Achilles) — TBC

*Steven May - larynx - TBC 2-6 weeks 

Judd McVee (hamstring) — 4-6 weeks
Koltyn Tholstrup (back) — 6-8 weeks

Luker Kentfield (illness) — TBC

Replaced on list- unavailable for the season 
Shane McAdam (Achilles)
Andy Moniz-Wakefield (knee)

*Bizarre injury strikes again
Premiership defender Steven May was a late out for the Dees, with club officials confirming the two-time All Australian had fractured his larynx in an incident at training on Friday. Freakishly, May becomes the second Demon to suffer the injury in a matter of months, with captain Max Gawn suffering the same injury late last year. Gawn took six weeks to recover, however Melbourne believes May's injury is not as serious. May was replaced in the starting line-up by swingman Tom McDonald.

6 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Updated … 

UNAVAILABLE FOR ROUND 1 

SUSPENSION  Kozzzzy Pickett (available Round 4)

INJURED
Marty Hore (hand) — TBC 
Jake Melksham (hamstring) — TBC
Charlie Spargo (Achilles) — TBC

*Steven May - larynx - TBC 2-6 weeks 

Judd McVee (hamstring) — 4-6 weeks
Koltyn Tholstrup (back) — 6-8 weeks

Luker Kentfield (illness) — TBC

Replaced on list- unavailable for the season 
Shane McAdam (Achilles)
Andy Moniz-Wakefield (knee)

*Bizarre injury strikes again
Premiership defender Steven May was a late out for the Dees, with club officials confirming the two-time All Australian had fractured his larynx in an incident at training on Friday. Freakishly, May becomes the second Demon to suffer the injury in a matter of months, with captain Max Gawn suffering the same injury late last year. Gawn took six weeks to recover, however Melbourne believes May's injury is not as serious. May was replaced in the starting line-up by swingman Tom McDonald.

So we had 10 players out, 9 of whom have played senior footy for us.

38 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Judd McVee (hamstring) — 4-6

Where’s this from? Last week he was 3-4 weeks 

May Out this week and return TBC. 

Windsor in a Moonboot and his foot infection will be monitored. TBC. 

 

4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

May Out this week and return TBC. 

Windsor in a Moonboot and his foot infection will be monitored. TBC. 

 

what the hell is Windsor doing with his feet....

Can someone setup an account with FeetFinder.com to work this out?

3 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

what the hell is Windsor doing with his feet....

Can someone setup an account with FeetFinder.com to work this out?

Is that the spider bite rearing its head again? 

Didn't Windsor miss a few weeks of preseason with a foot infection?

Would welcome a medico giving some insight into why this would take so long to heal then come back again some weeks later. 

Hopefully it isn't like Oliver's infected foot in 2023 that just went on and on and landed him in hospital.

Sheesh!  Don't antibiotics work any more 🤷‍♀️

We need some luck on the injury front!!🙏

Windsor needs to get that infection sorted asap.  He us a big part of this team.

13 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Didn't Windsor miss a few weeks of preseason with a foot infection?

Would welcome a medico giving some insight into why this would take so long to heal then come back again some weeks later. 

Hopefully it isn't like Oliver's infected foot in 2023 that just went on and on and landed him in hospital.

Sheesh!  Don't antibiotics work any more 🤷‍♀️

We need some luck on the injury front!!🙏

First of all I’m not an expert but Spider fangs have all sorts of nasties venom or not. They can result in necrosis and in severe cases amputation of the affected limb. 
 

Hopefully it doesn’t resort to that but some bite related infections  can hang around for a long time.

He’ll probably miss knowing our luck but Selwyn didn’t rule Windsor out for this weekend.

6 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

First of all I’m not an expert but Spider fangs have all sorts of nasties venom or not. They can result in necrosis and in severe cases amputation of the affected limb. 
 

Hopefully it doesn’t resort to that but some bite related infections  can hang around for a long time.

Thanks.  I hadn't seen it reported as a spider bite ... not that it would mean much to me.

Necrosis and amputation is dead set scary - hope he looks after himself.

Edited March 18, 2025Mar 18 by Lucifers Hero

A couple of injuries make things even worse 

Injury & Suspension List: Round 2

[player, injury or suspension, estimated return]

Daniel Turner — illness / available
Marty Hore — hand / test
Steven May — larynx / TBC
Caleb Windsor — foot / TBC
Jake Melksham  — hamstring / 1 week
Aidan Johnson — suspended / 1 week
Kysaiah Pickett — suspended / 2 weeks
Judd McVee — hamstring / 2 - 3 weeks
Jai Culley — foot / 3 - 4 weeks
Koltyn Tholstrup  —  back / 3 - 4 weeks
Luker Kentfield — illness / 4 - 5 weeks
Shane McAdam — Achilles / next season
Andy Moniz-Wakefield — knee / next season

23 hours ago, Chelly said:

Caleb Windsor — foot / TBC

I'm not a religious person by any means, but I think I might go to a church and pray for his sole.   It's worth a try.

Geeez we always seem to have a number of top 22 players missing 

Whenever I look at other teams injury lists they have a list of players that I’ve hardly heard of 

Surely we are due for some luck on the injury front soon 

Praying for everyone to be back against the Cats at taxpayer stadium 🤞

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1740330/injury-report-trio-of-demons-to-test

Culley, Tholstrup and Kentfield all progress by a week, but McVee stuck at 2-3 weeks still, sadly

Marty Hore back on the injury list is disappointing. Poor guy can't seem to catch a break.

Injury & Suspension List: Round 3

[player, injury or suspension, estimated return]

Jake Lever — ankle / test
Steven May — larynx / test
Jake Melksham  — hamstring / test
Marty Hore — calf / TBC
Kysaiah Pickett — suspended / 1 week
Matt Jefferson — hand / 1 - 2 weeks 
Caleb Windsor — foot / 1 - 2 weeks
Jai Culley — foot / 2 - 3 weeks
Judd McVee — hamstring / 2 - 3 weeks
Koltyn Tholstrup  —  back / 2 - 3 weeks
Luker Kentfield — illness / 3 - 4 weeks
Shane McAdam — Achilles / next season
Andy Moniz-Wakefield — knee / next season