An interesting read:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...5012432,00.html

I am not sure where he gets his information re Bartram, Maloney and Rivers being out for the rest of the season.

i cant see any of them playing this year tbh. bartrams time frame just keeps getting pushed back and back. moloney has op and i dont think he will be right, and i reckon rivers is in a real spot of bother with that lower back problem...

i cant see any of them playing this year tbh. bartrams time frame just keeps getting pushed back and back. moloney has op and i dont think he will be right, and i reckon rivers is in a real spot of bother with that lower back problem...

There's no point in risking any of them, give them all as much time as needed to recover.

Whoopee.........we get to shape the finals!!!!!

Being there would have been nicer!!!!!!!

hopefully we screw adelaide and sydneys chances........that'd be sweet. good to see the cats on top . obviously i prefer vic teams over interstate cept collingwood

I'd rather any club over the filth.

My niece can only say the word hate, when its used in a sentence about Collingwood.

I heard him say all that on SEN on Friday, and i agree, we will shape the 8 in a big way, but he got one thing wrong.

We lost to 4 of the 5, not all 5.

I am not sure where he gets his information re Bartram, Maloney and Rivers being out for the rest of the season.

From what I understand, Bartram has had some complications with his knee, and is unlikely to play again this year.

Thanks Jaded for that info. Shame! Just another lousy setback for our troops.

Agree we want to be in the finals but it doesn't seem to be our destiny this year. However I am hoping for some minor joy along the way.

Thanks Jaded for that info. Shame! Just another lousy setback for our troops.

Agree we want to be in the finals but it doesn't seem to be our destiny this year. However I am hoping for some minor joy along the way.

Don't forget people, there is a silver lining for every dark cloud that hangs above us. 2007 is not our year, so what, it never was going to be with so many young & inexperienced key players to our engine room. '08 was allways a most likelier year as long as we could get more games & experience into players like Mclean, Sylvia, Jones, Bate, Dunn, Pettard, Davey, Bell, Jamar & PJ.

Well guess whats happening, their growing & accepting some leadership as welll.

Our injury list has helped us more towards our next GF appearance than anything else.

Play the kids & forget about ego & '07 ladder position, build our future now!

As much as we will miss Rivers, Moloney and Bartram, every club has its injuries and as long as we don't have any more major injuries we can at least put on a strong showing and save someface from a shyzenhaus year so far. Also, other players like Petterd, Frawley and dare I say Newton will get opportunitiesey might not have otherwise had this year which will hold them in good stead in 2008.