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Thankfully, Fraser Rosman has escaped injury after going off against Werribee last Saturday with hamstring tightness. Also, Tom Sparrow who was seen in the hands of the trainers late in that game seems to have pulled up okay. Injury List: Round 18 Nathan Jones (calf) — 1 to 2 Weeks Mitch Brown (heel) — 2 to 3 Weeks Bailey Laurie (shoulder) — 3 to 4 Weeks Marty Hore (knee) — 6 to 7 Weeks Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

Umpires for tomorrow night are Simon Meredith (21), Andre Gianfagna (27) and Jacob Mollison (32). I expect them to be completely unbiased either way but two have a Melbourne connection. Gianfagna was once on Melbourne’s rookie list and I believe there’s a family connection with the Mollisons.

Yes, the list just doubled in size - Injury List: Round 17 Mitch Brown (heel) — 2 Weeks Bailey Laurie (shoulder) — 4 to 5 Weeks Nathan Jones (calf) — TBC Marty Hore (knee) — 7 to 8 Weeks Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

There is no official market yet for this week’s game between Casey Demons and UWS Giants - at this stage the time venue have yet to be announced and the odds of the game taking place are not very good. Bad news for the players lining up for promotion to the AFL.

The club’s injury report is up on the MFC site. Injuries minimal and limited to our three ACL players. No mention of Mitch Brown who left the ground early in the Casey game which was reported as a “heel injury”. Round 16: Injury List Marty Hore (knee) — 7 to 9 Weeks Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

6. Christian Petracca 5. Clayton Oliver 4. Christian Salem 3. James Jordon 2. Jake Lever 1. Steven May

Mac Andrew must have been injured early in the Stingrays’ game at the weekend. Stats were 0 disposals, 2 tackles and 2 hit outs.

Round 15: Injury List Jack Viney (toe) — Available Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — Available Deakyn Smith (ankle) — Available Joel Smith (knee) — Available Marty Hore (knee) — 8 to 10 Weeks Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

Injury/Suspension List: Round 13 Ed Langdon (concussion) — Available Jack Viney (toe) — 1 to 2 Weeks Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — 2 Weeks Deakyn Smith (ankle) — 2 Weeks Joel Smith (knee) — 2 Weeks Marty Hore (knee) — 9 to 11 Weeks Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

Now that we’ve gone past the MSD, it’s time to review my phantom 2021 draft and let’s make it the top 20:- 1. Jason Horne 184 cm 78 kg (South Adelaide, SA) 2. Nick Daicos 183 cm 74 kg (Oakleigh Chargers - Collingwood Father/Son) 3. Matt Roberts 183 cm 81 kg (South Adelaide SA) 4. Josh Rachele 180 cm 78 kg (Murray Bushrangers) 5. Tyler Sonsie 181 cm 76 (Eastern Ranges) 6. Arlo Draper 185 cm 71 kg (South Adelaide SA) 7. Matt Johnson 191 cm 80 kg (Subiaco WA) 8. Campbell Chesser 186 cm 83 kg (Sandringham Dragons) 9. Josh Sinn 186 cm 72 kg (Sandringham Dragons) 10. Jacob Van Rooyen 194 cm 88 kg (Claremont, WA) 11. Finn Callahan 189 cm 82 kg (Sandringham Dragons) 12. Josh Fahey 186 cm 78 kg (GWS Academy) 13. Ben Hobbs 183 cm 80 kg (GWV Rebels) 14. Josh Gibcus 195 cm 84 kg (GWV Rebels) 15. Sam Darcy 200 cm 75 kg (Oakleigh Chargers) 16. Ned Long 192 cm 88 kg (Northern Knights) 17. Darcy Wilmot 182 cm 70 kg (Northern Knights) 18. Jack Williams 195 cm 91 kg (East Fremantle, WA) 19. Josh Goater 190 cm 79 kg (Calder Cannons) 20. Neil Erasmus 188 cm 80 kg (Subiaco, WA)

Poor old Marty Hore has gone from “season” to “10 to 12 weeks” and back to “season”. Mind you, if our gold standard contact tracing lives up to form, we could all be out for the season before too long. Injury List: Round 11 Christian Salem (groin) — Available Aaron vandenBerg (quad) — Available Jack Viney (toe) — 2 to 3 Weeks Joel Smith (knee) — 3 to 4 Weeks Deakyn Smith (ankle) — 4 to 5 Weeks Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — 5 to 6 Weeks Marty Hore (knee) — Season Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

Injury List: Round 10 Jake Bowey (ankle) — Available Luke Jackson (finger) — Available Nathan Jones (hamstring) — Available Aaron vandenBerg (quad) — 2 Weeks Jack Viney (toe) — 2 Weeks Joel Smith (knee) — 5 Weeks Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — 5 Weeks Marty Hore (knee) — 10 to 12 Weeks Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

Injury List: Round 9 Christian Petracca (corky) — Available Jay Lockhart (calf) — Test Luke Jackson (finger) — 1 to 2 Weeks Aaron vandenBerg (quad) — 2 Weeks Jack Viney (toe) — 2 Weeks Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — 5 Weeks Joel Smith (knee) — 5 Weeks Marty Hore (knee) — Season Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

Kangaroos v Collingwood will be moved to Arden Street.

Nothing was done at the club without Eddie’s imprimatur but there was a board in place and it had the responsibility of oversight. Those back ended contracts, the Grundy deal and the decision to get Beams back were all done with board approval and they will be called upon in due course to answer for that!

A bit old.

One thing that stands out from the statistics is the fact that despite having two solid ruckmen and a number of players who we all rate as quality midfielders, we are still regularly trailing our opponents in clearance statistics. Should we look for someone who is capable of addressing this?

Injury List: Round 8 Jay Lockhart (calf) — Test Jack Viney (toe) — 2 Weeks Aaron vandenBerg (quad) — 3 Weeks Joel Smith (knee) — 5 to 6 Weeks Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — 6 Weeks Marty Hore (knee) — Season Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season Adam Tomlinson (knee) — Season

Could they please award Luke Jackson with a Rising Star nomination now?

And if they do, they become one of our competitors.

Actually, very appropriate given that they’re getting saht upon.

Injury List: Round 7 James Harmes (wrist) — Available Jay Lockhart (calf) — 1 Week Aaron vandenBerg (quad) — 3 Weeks Bailey Laurie (eye socket) — 6 to 7 Weeks Joel Smith (knee) — 8 Weeks Marty Hore (knee) — Season Aaron Nietschke (knee) — Season

Good luck to him (except in about 4 week’s time when they play us).

If there’s one thing I have learned, it is that you don’t trust these injury lists that the AFL issued, especially if they don’t bear the imprimatur of Mr Burgess. This one omits to mention the likes of Mitch Brown, Jay Lockhart and AVB who were mysteriously missing from the Casey lineup last week as well as Harry Petty as mentioned above. Given that there’s a VFL game on later today and we have yet to hear officially from the club, I’m guessing that there are one or two mystery injuries about to be revealed.