2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Fritta all good to go as confirmed by King.

Wasn't even his own dogs that bit him....

Don't know why they would lie to us like that.

4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Fritta all good to go as confirmed by King.

Wasn't even his own dogs that bit him....

Werewolf.. called it

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1968334/injury-update-trio-tracking-towards-selection

It’s looking a little better but the club’s depth is certainly still being challenged.

Injury List: Round 1

Jai Culley — arm / available

Bayley Fritsch — hand / available

Jack Henderson — sacrum / available

Brody Mihocek — concussion / available

Andy Moniz-Wakefield — knee / available

Shane McAdam — Achilles / 2-4 weeks

Matthew Jefferson — foot / 4-6 weeks

Aidan Johnson — knee / 4-6 weeks

Luker Kentfield  — knee / 4-6 weeks 

Kalani White — glandular fever / 4-6 weeks

Jake Bowey — foot / 8-10 weeks

Tom Campbell — neck / TBC

Jack Viney — Achilles / TBC

So after all that we’ve ended up with 2 clear cut best 23 out, and as much as Viney would be handy only one in Bowser who could be vital for the way we want to play.

And most of the 23 we do pick on the weekend will have done a very solid block of the preseason.

Bummer about Luker and Jeffo but it seems they’ve both escaped longer injury and can be back running sooner than later.

Good to see Culley and Fritta available for round one, both have put the work in over the off season and deserve their crack at it from the start.

I'm really hopeful the AMW can start to press his claim through Casey.

See AJ has gone from a hamstring to a knee. Detail?

2 hours ago, Chelly said:

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1968334/injury-update-trio-tracking-towards-selection

It’s looking a little better but the club’s depth is certainly still being challenged.

Injury List: Round 1

Jai Culley — arm / available

Bayley Fritsch — hand / available

Jack Henderson — sacrum / available

Brody Mihocek — concussion / available

Andy Moniz-Wakefield — knee / available

Shane McAdam — Achilles / 2-4 weeks

Matthew Jefferson — foot / 4-6 weeks

Aidan Johnson — knee / 4-6 weeks

Luker Kentfield  — knee / 4-6 weeks 

Kalani White — glandular fever / 4-6 weeks

Jake Bowey — foot / 8-10 weeks

Tom Campbell — neck / TBC

Jack Viney — Achilles / TBC

Of that list if there’s two best 23 out, Viney and Bowey (although it’s a tricky exercise to work out which mid to drop for Viney), and MAYBE one of Jefferson, Johnston and Kentfield would’ve got a game, but all three can’t play together.

Casey’s depth will be challenged but only 2/3 best 23 missing from the 1s is a hell of a lot better than we were looking a month ago and leaves us with a pretty damn good team which will have some tough choices at selection. Also with AMW available we finally have the small lockdown defender many have been crying out for, if he can find last preseasons pre-injury form lookout. I wouldn’t want to have to pick the team this week, some very good exciting players will miss.

Edited March 10Mar 10 by deejammin'

Did anyone hear Brody Mihocek on triple M rush hour yesterday?

Said he is still battling a toe injury and its looking likely that he will have to continue to manage it throughout the season.

16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Did anyone hear Brody Mihocek on triple M rush hour yesterday?

Said he is still battling a toe injury and its looking likely that he will have to continue to manage it throughout the season.

Amazing, I have has busted toes, cracked toes and they are painful. This sounds like a tendon issue and wonder if a PRP injection would do the trick? Melbourne pioneer Sports Doctor Peter Lewis fixed up my tendon issues with this style of treatment. There are some skeptics out there by I, and others swear by it

Just now, picket fence said:

Amazing, I have has busted toes, cracked toes and they are painful. This sounds like a tendon issue and wonder if a PRP injection would do the trick? Melbourne pioneer Sports Doctor Peter Lewis fixed up my tendon issues with this style of treatment. There are some skeptics out there by I, and others swear by it

Just now, picket fence said:

Amazing, I have has busted toes, cracked toes and they are painful. This sounds like a tendon issue and wonder if a PRP injection would do the trick? Melbourne pioneer Sports Doctor Peter Lewis fixed up my tendon issues with this style of treatment. There are some skeptics out there by I, and others swear by it

Did mention something about having issues with the tissue injuries his toe or something along those lines.

1 minute ago, picket fence said:

Amazing, I have has busted toes, cracked toes and they are painful. This sounds like a tendon issue and wonder if a PRP injection would do the trick? Melbourne pioneer Sports Doctor Peter Lewis fixed up my tendon issues with this style of treatment. There are some skeptics out there by I, and others swear by it

Do a Daniel Chick and cut off the bastard. He has spares.

lol

So using the unavailable lists from AFL.com In the mix article for the round we start the season with 10 teams having an equivalent size or longer list of unavailable players than us.
Granted we don't appear to have many returning shortly on ours and would much prefer to be the Pies with Howe a week away then only McInnes missing. However still not as bad as some to start the season and only two of those walk up starts for our best 23.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by Lil_red_fire_engine

2 hours ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

So using the unavailable lists from AFL.com In the mix article for the round we start the season with 10 teams having an equivalent size or longer list of unavailable players than us.
Granted we don't appear to have many returning shortly on ours and would much prefer to be the Pies with Howe a week away then only McInnes missing. However still not as bad as some to start the season and only two of those walk up starts for our best 23.

Def an improvement on how we were travelling injury wise at Xmas.

We've been lucky in post Xmas break as I think I'm right to say that Kentfield and Jeffo were the only serious injuries (fritters was minor)

And I'm amazed that both Culley ad Mihocek are seemingly locks for round one and ready to roll.

325 is the new 426

23 minutes ago, Demonland said:

325 is the new 426

Odds instead of evens... nothing to do with the looming petrol shortage i hope

Injury List: Round 2

Shane McAdam — Achilles / 2-4 weeks

Matthew Jefferson — foot / 3 -5 weeks 

Aidan Johnson — knee / 3-5 weeks 

Luker Kentfield  — knee / 3-5 weeks 

Kalani White — glandular fever / / 3-5 weeks 

Jake Bowey — foot / 7 -9 weeks 

Tom Campbell — neck / TBC

Jack Viney — Achilles / TBC

On 10/03/2026 at 10:41, dazzledavey36 said:

Fritta all good to go as confirmed by King.

Wasn't even his own dogs that bit him....

Jet and Flynn are Fritta’s dogs. Jet bit Fritta, ergo Fritta was bitten by his own dog.

PS mama Fritta didn’t take too kindly to being accused of telling “pork pies” on a PUBLIC forum. Keep that sch!tt private.

On 11/03/2026 at 09:15, dazzledavey36 said:

Did anyone hear Brody Mihocek on triple M rush hour yesterday?

Said he is still battling a toe injury and its looking likely that he will have to continue to manage it throughout the season.

He was limping post game if you watch it. Only slightly obvious.

2 hours ago, Chelly said:

Injury List: Round 2

Shane McAdam — Achilles / 2-4 weeks

Matthew Jefferson — foot / 3 -5 weeks 

Aidan Johnson — knee / 3-5 weeks 

Luker Kentfield  — knee / 3-5 weeks 

Kalani White — glandular fever / / 3-5 weeks 

Jake Bowey — foot / 7 -9 weeks 

Tom Campbell — neck / TBC

Jack Viney — Achilles / TBC

White has been 3-5 weeks for what seems like 5-6 weeks. Any update?

Speaking of Fritta, some folks noticed he seemed sore after the match. That was just cramping.

Just now, GawnOfTheDead said:

White has been 3-5 weeks for what seems like 5-6 weeks. Any update?

At the Season Launch which was two weeks ago he said he’s well over the glandular fever. I can’t see why he’s listed as still having it 🤷‍♀️

13 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

At the Season Launch which was two weeks ago he said he’s well over the glandular fever. I can’t see why he’s listed as still having it 🤷‍♀️

Hmm… that seems odd. Maybe they have put that timeline as now he’s actively getting back into shape and they’ve listed that as the reason he was “injured”.