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On 11/03/2025 at 13:31, bobby1554 said:

So we replace a LTI with another LTI! Classic

MFCSS.  

 

Touch wood but barring further serious injuries we could be back to near full strength by round 6.🤞🤞🤞

Marty Hore's body is simply not made for AFL. I reckon he retires at years end.

Edited by dazzledavey36

 
Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Marty Hore's bordy is simply not made for AFL. I reckon he retires at years end.

Sadly I think I agree...he cant catch a break can he. 

12 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Marty Hore's body is simply not made for AFL. I reckon he retires at years end.

There will be quite a few moved on at seasons end I think, will be the biggest list re-set we've had in a while.

Hore, Melksham, McDonald, Billings, Verrall, Woewodin & Fullarton I think should all be either retired/delisted at a minimum.

We then need to be ultra aggressive on the trade/free agency table to replenish our list. 

Have heard us linked to Oscar Allen and Kane Farrell, that would be a great start but we are going to need a lot more!


13 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

There will be quite a few moved on at seasons end I think, will be the biggest list re-set we've had in a while.

Hore, Melksham, McDonald, Billings, Verrall, Woewodin & Fullarton I think should all be either retired/delisted at a minimum.

We then need to be ultra aggressive on the trade/free agency table to replenish our list. 

Have heard us linked to Oscar Allen and Kane Farrell, that would be a great start but we are going to need a lot more!

I hope so. 

You can probably add Laurie to that list of delisted/trade. Do the club give Campbell another year or does he retire?

There is also question marks on McAdam as well and then the obvious one is Kozzie Pickett..

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I hope so. 

You can probably add Laurie to that list of delisted/trade. Do the club give Campbell another year or does he retire?

There is also question marks on McAdam as well and then the obvious one is Kozzie Pickett..

Will Howes be given a deal ? OOC

10 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I hope so. 

You can probably add Laurie to that list of delisted/trade. Do the club give Campbell another year or does he retire?

There is also question marks on McAdam as well and then the obvious one is Kozzie Pickett..

I think Laurie is contracted for another season, so I'm guessing he will be gone end of 2026 if we don't see big improvements.

McAdam also has another year so I guess we will see how that plays out.

The club will be desperate for Kozzy to stay, so I guess we will see.

Campbell you could probably give another 1 year, basement bargain contract to as depth but we need to start scouring for longer term ruck options.

 
27 minutes ago, poita said:

Is Marty Hore made of paper? What a total waste of a list spot.

Why do you even bother supporting this club? Everything is a disaster to you. 

He fractured his hand (freak/acute incident) then has a calf strain without (AFAIK) a history of calf issues. It’s disappointing but not really that big of an issue.


9 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

Why do you even bother supporting this club? Everything is a disaster to you. 

He fractured his hand (freak/acute incident) then has a calf strain without (AFAIK) a history of calf issues. It’s disappointing but not really that big of an issue.

Yeah, but he (Poita) is right though. He had been delisted, then relisted. Why? If it is just for depth, give the spot to a young bloke

3 minutes ago, bobby1554 said:

Yeah, but he (Poita) is right though. He had been delisted, then relisted. Why? If it is just for depth, give the spot to a young bloke

He had been one of the best players in the VFL two years in a row, so deserved another crack. Unfortunately his body just keeps breaking down while on our list. 

Starting to feel the dreaded Dees injury curse again 

Injury & Suspension List: Round 3

[player, injury or suspension, estimated return]

Jake Lever — ankle / fitness test 
Steven May — larynx / test

Jake Melksham  — hamstring / test / likely Casey 
Kysaiah Pickett — suspended / 1 week
Matt Jefferson — hand / 1 - 2 weeks 
Caleb Windsor — infection in his foot / 1 - 2 weeks

Koltyn Tholstrup  —  back / 2 - 3 weeks
Judd McVee — hamstring / 2 - 3 weeks
Jai Culley — foot / 2 - 3 weeks
Marty Hore — calf / likely 2-3 weeks 
Luker Kentfield — illness / 3 - 4 weeks

Shane McAdam — Achilles / next season
Andy Moniz-Wakefield — knee / next season

——————————————————-

ps Darren Burgess - fitness coach at the Crows. Their injury list is two players probably ranked in the last few on their list 

16 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

There will be quite a few moved on at seasons end I think, will be the biggest list re-set we've had in a while.

I believe we have 19 players OOC, (18 if May has been extended). Quite a few of those are fringe players who we've been persisting with, so you'd imagine there'll be a few on the way out. 

Equally, you have to bring other players in to replace them and we only have 3 draft picks, with 2 of those being in the 50's, so some work to be done. 

8 minutes ago, bing181 said:

I believe we have 19 players OOC, (18 if May has been extended). Quite a few of those are fringe players who we've been persisting with, so you'd imagine there'll be a few on the way out. 

Equally, you have to bring other players in to replace them and we only have 3 draft picks, with 2 of those being in the 50's, so some work to be done. 

Yep, massive list problems looming!


The good news is that we get two of our quickest players back - Kozzie (served suspension) and the Duke (available) plus a number of others if they pass fitness tests before Friday.

Injury List: Round 4

Caleb Windsor — foot / available

Jai Culley — foot / available

Jake Lever — ankle / test

Charlie Spargo — concussion / test

Matt Jefferson — hand / test

Luker Kentfield — illness / 1 week

Koltyn Tholstrup  —  back / 1 week

Xavier Lindsay — knee / 1 - 2 weeks

Judd McVee — hamstring / 2 weeks

Marty Hore — calf / 5 - 7 weeks

Shane McAdam — Achilles / next season

Andy Moniz-Wakefield — knee / next season

Gee Culley’s come from the clouds. In the video Selwyn says he’ll play modified minutes in the VFL this week. The way our midfield’s going, we may want to call on him sooner rather than later…

Kentfield and Tholstrup on the brink of doing the same next week.


I'm really excited to see Tholstrup playing footy again, even if it takes a few weeks of VFL to blow out the cobwebs.

 
1 minute ago, Demonland said:

As I said to mates before the season, if we have good luck with injuries, we should have a good year.

Yep.

7 minutes ago, Demonland said:

So he has gone from "maybe he'll play, we'll see if we can manage it" to "maybe we should seek the opinion of an expert".

The expert says he needs surgery, so he'll be out for 8 weeks.

What in the actual F is our 'medical' team doing?


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