2 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

Now the AFL call inequality just a fixture quirk, and note another example 

Terrible news for Jagga. One of my kids favourites from the u/18 crop and a very well spoken young man. Pretty sure the first social media post the Blues put up after drafting Jagga included my son with his Dees jumper on!

Get the feeling Carlton rolled some dice to get a midfield gun into the team to support Walsh & Cripps whilst in their peak, so this will be especially flattening for them. Long term am certain Jagga will come back strong. Will be a star.

Edited February 23, 20251 yr by ChaserJ

7 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Shocking news for the kid. He can take example from our own Christian Petracca who also suffered a torn ACL in his first year at the club, worked hard to come back (and from the experience of some of my own family members who have undergone that surgery, it’s hard work) and win a Norm Smith, a premiership medallion and acclaim as one of the great players of our game.

Good luck Jagga!

Not that much luck!

cruel news for the kid. This year will feel like an eternity. 

Poor young man. As if being named "Jagga" wasn't bad enough.

1 hour ago, At Least I Saw a Flag said:

Poor young man. As if being named "Jagga" wasn't bad enough.

You have to have sympathy for the poor devil.

23 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

the ssp won't be extended

it's now a case of waiting til the mid season draft to be able to bring a player on to the list, if determined that it's worthwhile doing so

How things change 🙂

Will White a small forward gets his chance at the Blues while Jagga Smith is recovering from his ACL injury.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1271641/where-theres-a-will-carlton-blues-sign-small-forward-will-white

An absolute shocker that, both him and Wakefield, just awful. 

 

 

Take either of those over an acl or Achilles. 

Fractured ankle is probably 12 weeks minimum. Depends on how bad the fracture is, can be season ending if it’s bad enough.

 

From yesterday

 

 

On 24/02/2025 at 05:03, Demonstone said:

You have to have sympathy for the poor devil.

Heartbreaker (Doo Doo Doo)

AFL to intervene how?

make the games non contact?

More injuries happen in training and intraclub games 

What is Hardwick going on about - better scheduling > fewer injuries???

But is pushing into packs in causing injuries then that is something the AFL could potentially do something about. (Couldn’t read the story due to HS paywall)

Edited March 1, 20251 yr by monoccular

 

 

15 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

A case could be made the High-Performance Manager is now the most important nonplaying role in footy, including senior and assistant coaches. 

8 minutes ago, binman said:

A case could be made the High-Performance Manager is now the most important nonplaying role in footy, including senior and assistant coaches. 

Not necessarily. We gave Adelaide Darren Burgess and they still haven't made finals in the 3 years that he has been there.  Horse to water?

On 02/03/2025 at 11:03, Demonland said:

 

Fines mean nothing - if it is deliberate and dangerous suspension is the only deterrent. 

the afl haven't updated their /injurylist page yet; i think tuesday evening is generally the 'form submission' time via api, so should be updated tomorrow i presume

 

Out for round 1 then 😁