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In my opinion Melbourne has a duty of care to injured players such as Neita and Robbo, to rest them before a serious injury may occur. An injured player and particularly an older one is more susceptible to injury and in their case it could be career ending.

Carlton has acted responsibly in resting Thornton and Fevola for the last few games, allowing them to start their recovery now and be in tip top condition for next season. I urge Melbourne to do the same with Neita and Robbo.

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In my opinion Melbourne has a duty of care to injured players such as Neita and Robbo, to rest them before a serious injury may occur. An injured player and particularly an older one is more susceptible to injury and in their case it could be career ending.

Carlton has acted responsibly in resting Thornton and Fevola for the last few games, allowing them to start their recovery now and be in tip top condition for next season. I urge Melbourne to do the same with Neita and Robbo.

Gee, when I saw the title of this thread I thought my worlds were colliding.

I took a break from my take home exam on Criminal Negligence only to hit Demonland and see a post relating to a Duty of Care!

I do agree, all those not 95% fit should be rested. That said we do have to pick 22 ...

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In my opinion Melbourne has a duty of care to injured players such as Neita and Robbo, to rest them before a serious injury may occur. An injured player and particularly an older one is more susceptible to injury and in their case it could be career ending.

Carlton has acted responsibly in resting Thornton and Fevola for the last few games, allowing them to start their recovery now and be in tip top condition for next season. I urge Melbourne to do the same with Neita and Robbo.

You know, I was thinking exactly the same thing myself a little earlier in the evening. David Neitz and Russell Robertson are valuable to our cause. Both of them went down with knee injuries in Round 2 v Hawthorn and then each missed a number of games. When we lost them, our season was derailed.

Neither of them has produced anything near what they are capable of (except for Robbo's QB game vs. Collingwood). On Friday night Neita's kicking was symptomatic of someone who didn't have full power in the legs. Robbo's knee appeared unstable and I noticed the odd wince at times. These guys are major assets of the club and they should be able to start recuperating and resting those valuable knees.

What exactly are they playing on for anyway?

Sheep stations?

Club records?

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In my opinion Melbourne has a duty of care to injured players such as Neita and Robbo, to rest them before a serious injury may occur. An injured player and particularly an older one is more susceptible to injury and in their case it could be career ending.

Carlton has acted responsibly in resting Thornton and Fevola for the last few games, allowing them to start their recovery now and be in tip top condition for next season. I urge Melbourne to do the same with Neita and Robbo.

I think you will find that Fevola isn't fit to play and thus won't rather than being rested. Melbourne is already looking after those players that have had serious injuries (see injury list).

Most players will carry some sort of injuries into games for every team but they wont risk it when it comes to the long term future.

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In a round about sorta way I think the club did show a duty of care on the weekend.

They pulled Miller, Buckley, Ward, Garland and Johnson from the Sandy team to make sure they had numbers for the AFL team next week. :lol:

It's not quite the same though.

Give at least Neitz and Robbo an early break.

GO DEES - Onward and Upward

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If they are not 100% fit then they will be found out at Subiaco. I agree Neitz seemed to move OK. And as far as Robbo is concerned, if it is the same sort of knee injury as last year two extra weeks off is not going to make a difference. I hope they play but understand if they don't.

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In a round about sorta way I think the club did show a duty of care on the weekend.

They pulled Miller, Buckley, Ward, Garland and Johnson from the Sandy team to make sure they had numbers for the AFL team next week. :lol:

It's not quite the same though.

Give at least Neitz and Robbo an early break.

GO DEES - Onward and Upward

Hope Neitz' final season is not affected. Rest Robbo next week, there is absolutely no glory in winning next Sunday.

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Neita went down with what appears to be a knee injury in the final few minutes of the game.

As soon as he went down, I couldn't help but scream "I hate this club right now".

I hope it's not serious, and I hope it scares the club enough as to not play him next week. Same goes for Robbo.

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Neita went down with what appears to be a knee injury in the final few minutes of the game.

As soon as he went down, I couldn't help but scream "I hate this club right now".

I hope it's not serious, and I hope it scares the club enough as to not play him next week. Same goes for Robbo.

A little bird told me you may be having a little celebration, if so have a great time and all the best from Redleg.

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A little bird told me you may be having a little celebration, if so have a great time and all the best from Redleg.

I'm hoping it's a big celebration, not a little one.

Thanks though. I'm sure we'll be going harder than Carlton the next day :rolleyes:

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could you tell us what happens if a team cannot field 22 players due to injury or other reasons? does the afl allow us to play rookies? promote any players we want? or do we automatically forfeit?

The league rules state 14 can play in a team. So we need some serious injuries to get that many out there.

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