Jaded No More

Dunny on Goodes more like it. Good match up. Footy is back!!! I think it finally sunk in, and thank god for that. Definitely helping me get through the remainder of the working week. Go Dees!!!!

Just a reminder that this time last year we were looking at Jurrah, Sylvia and Morton on relatively long term injuries. In 2 weeks time only Scully and McKenzie will be missing from our best lineup (pending no further injuries!), and in reality, both of them can be replaced in the short term. All this does is delay their development by a few weeks. Hardly a big deal. As others have said,this gives guys like Tapscott, Gysberts and Jetta a chance that they may have otherwise missed out on. I know Scully and McKenzie can play, so it's as good a time as any to see what the above 3 can do.

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I seriously doubt we are talking about the same magnitude of injury here, afterall he completed a whole pre season, I can barely climb a set of stairs I suppose what I was trying to get across is that sometimes these injuries just keep on kicking your arse, especially if the problem is tendon-related (the fracture is healed by now obviously). He could have inflammation of the tendon or "the fat pad" (no idea what the real medical term is), but there are lots of treatment options for someone in Scully's position that us mere mortals don't get as much exposure to (or can't afford). If the club already ruled him out for four weeks, then my guess is that he will be getting injected with an anti inflammatory drug or with blood or plasma cells, as those treatments require 2 weeks of non-activity afterwards. In any case, better safe than chronic tendinitis. Seriously!!!

While I agree with your second point as knee injuries can be chronic and could bring down Scully's value, I doubt the knee issue is a result of going too hard on the track. I'm no doctor but I've been in rehab with the same injury that Tom suffered pre-draft (I think my patella fracture was more severe than his), since Jan 2010. Unfortunately with that type of injury you sometimes have good days when you feel you can go harder, but ultimately your body won't physically allow you to push yourself if the knee is injured. Even if you want to push through the pain, you physically don't have strength or control in the knee to do it. I hope Tom hasn't gone and developed tendinitis like I have, because that is apparently a 2 year injury, but I've been told it's rare to develop one because of the other. In summary knees suck and I hope poor Tom can get himself right ASAP but sadly it's not the type of injury you can rush or magically cure.

4 weeks for a patella injury is nothing. Try 15 months!!!! Ugh. Poor Tom, I feel for him. Knees are motherf'ing bastards!

He is like a stalker ex boyfriend who won't leave you alone And just like said ex you're only gonna go back to them when desperate, drunk, and when all other semi viable options have left the country.

This pre-season is dead to me! Bring on Round 1 B)

Try "Ball bounced.... Hawthorn win it again". We cannot get a sniff in the middle with a near full line up. Terrible.

Agreed. Double the amount of scoring shots by the Hawks. Not good at all.

I think everyone is pretty relaxed, but a 6 goal turnaround in under a quarter is a concern no matter how serious a game is.

It's hard to know what is going on when you're not watching the game, but the midfield really does concern me. With the exception of Trengove, what else will change for Round 1? We don't seem to be able to win many contested ball, if at all, and that is a real worry.

This is what I hate, pathetic 3 minute bursts by us where the opposition is allowed to kick 3 goals. WTF is that all about?

No Frawley for us cancels out no Franklin for them. Hodge and Mitchell are obviously better players than Morton, Trengove and McKenzie (for now ), but we're missing some key midfielders too.

I wouldn't pick Newton ahead of anyone, ever. There is a reason why he's on the rookie list. He has to show us something and prove he can play in multiple positions before he earns an elevation. In the 7 years he's been on our list he has shown a distinct lack of ability to play at the highest level. At least we might get a long term player out of Evans.

I love that in order to replicate the excitement of watching Jurrah, they use capital letters to emphasize everything he's doing. Complete epic fail in terms of getting us all excited, but still hilarious. He isn't good enough for just any old typing, he deserves ALL CAPITAL LETTERS WHENEVER HE TOUCHES THE BALL!

Sounds like Watts is up and about. Obviously putting his case for selection for round 1 Oh and for sure Coleman to Maric

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I actually believe your original post, because I know you have good information regarding Jack Watts. What I'm wondering is whether this was something the club is already set on, or whether they told Watts that to try and push him on the track and on the field tomorrow? It would be disappointing if Watts doesn't get a lot of game time pumped into him this season, because ultimately every game he struggles in, brings him one game closer to getting better.

With McKenzie injured I'm going for Evans. He has been pretty good and the fact that they keep giving him game time shows me that they might be ready to elevate him. Shame Campbell is injured, he would have been a monty.

They say it's not what you know but who you know (or who you do, depending on how you roll), and we are fortunate enough to have plenty of supporters in high places. We'd be stupid not to take advantage of that, especially in a competition where the playing field is far from even. Whatever it takes to get us to a premiership I say!

Ha, that is definitley the downside. I have to rock out bigger hats this year

I'm pretty sure I've already been there done that. Can I resubmit?

Amen. F*&k practice games. Bring me a healthy team for Round 1. It's bad enough our best defender (arguably best player) injured himself at training, as has Morton. Losing these games hurts a hell of a lot less than losing your best players to injuries before the season has even started, and will hurt us a lot less in the long term.

I refuse to take this game seriously when half of our side didn't play, including our captain, our 2 best defenders, our best and most productive forward, and arguably our best midfielder in Davey. Bring on Round 1 already. Pre-season warm up games are a stupid waste of time.