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In one of the earlier threads someone flagged the Doggies injuries are just as bad as ours, so I thought it worth exploring in terms of "best 22" on todays announced IR, not the bullshit rumours spread by some.

Collingwood injuries

FB ------ ~ Murphy ~ Howe
HB ------ ~ ------ ~ ------
C ------ ~ Mitchell ~ ------
HF ------ ~ Mihocek ~ WHE
FF McInnes ~ McStay ~ Elliott
R Cox ~ JDG ~ -------
I Richards ~ ------ ~ ------ ~ ------ ~ ------

Depth Steene ~ Carmichael ~ Begg ~ Eyre ~ Bytel

Could return this week

Think thats everyone.

Doggies injuries

FB ------ ~ ------ ~ ------
HB Johannisen ~ ------ ~ Richards
C Smith ~ Liberatore ~ ------
HF ------ ~ Naughton ~ Weightman
FF ------ ~ ------ ~ ------
R ------ ~ ------ ~ ------
I Scott ~ Gardiner ~ ------ ~ ------ ~ ------

I think that's all of their injuries. Neither team's IR makes great reading but I think we've got them covered.
 
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I assume that Time Sniper has an agreement with Pendles that reduced his 6 months out to zero?
 

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Collingwood forward Dan McStay is on track to make a fairytale comeback to the Magpies’ senior side by about Round 20 in a major boost to the club’s back-to-back flag quest.
The gun goal kicker who missed the club’s premiership win with a knee injury last year could make his return to the VFL side in about six weeks and press for AFL action three weeks later.

And former Collingwood favourite son Tyson Goldsack urged McStay to trust himself and the work he had done in his recovery after coming back in 21 weeks as part of a miraculous return in 2018.

It comes as the Pies attempt to stitch together a makeshift forward line for Friday night’s clash against Western Bulldogs without some of their most reliable goal kickers.

Jamie Elliot (illness), Mason Cox (knee), Brody Mihocek (hamstring), Joe Richards (foot) and Jordan De Goey (groin) are all out injured although Jeremy Howe (groin) could return this week.

Jeremy Howe will attempt to return from a groin issue, Billy Frampton could be swung forward, and Ash Johnson could be recalled despite some patchy form.

While the bulk of the forwards are expected back after the Magpies’ bye in Round 15, McStay looms as a huge inclusion to bolster the forward setup one month out from finals.

Goldsack played two games in the VFL after his rapid recovery and faced huge assignments in September against West Coast’s Josh Kennedy, Richmond’s Jack Riewoldt and ex-GWS superstar Jeremy Cameron.

He said he ignored traditional timelines, spent hours in the gym every day, was buoyed by Alissa Camplin’s 16-week return to competition from the same injury, and accelerated his program in the first six weeks with a quicker-than-anticipated return to running.

He said McStay would have to overcome a mental battle and the doubts which accompany a return from any ACL injury.

“Once you get back to playing it’s mental, but you have to be really aware of what part of your game is holding you back,” Goldsack said.

“It’s not going to be running and for me it wasn’t changing direction but jumping and landing and picking yourself up off the ground was my concern.

“In my first game against West Coast I would compete OK but if I went to ground I had to wait until I stopped moving until I would go to get up.

“It was only a small thing, but I couldn’t just bounce back up off the ground.

“So you have to be aware of those little things, make some adjustments and experience all those things during the week so when you get to games you know.

“You are familiar with it all and what you can do.

“But you have to be positive and you have to trust the process you have been through and trust the people who have been looking after you and have been there the whole time.”

Goldsack’s recovery also included a three-week trip to Italy where he and his wife took their 10-month old daughter, Harriet, on long walking treks to help bolster his leg strength.

Western Bulldog Bailey Smith is also considering an overseas trip but is less likely to make a return to playing this season.

Goldsack said the power of positivity and his mindset also fueled his return.

“I’m not a spiritual person by any stretch, but the mindset of being happy was massive for me so I would train really hard and recover really well so the next session was going to better than the one I just did,” he said.

“So I didn’t want to take any backward steps and aimed to enjoy the process as much as I could.”

McStay was the Magpies’ most dangerous forward in the preliminary final win over GWS Giants last year before suffering a high-grade medial ligament injury.
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Kappa said:
Yeah, but lets remember he won't be that player coming off a year out of the game and a serious knee injury.
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I agree. Let’s carry him to a flag and make up for 2023.
 

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Great news on McStay on Pies AFL site Injury report:
The 28-year-old has returned to contract training drills away from the main group.

He is expected to return to match play training post the team’s BYE in June.
 
Match play training strikes me as oxymoronic, but I’ll take it on face value as good news.
 
Kirby said:
I’m travelling around Europe in my happy place mentally and I log on and read this. It’s carnage.

Kreugs and Howe in should ease the blow.

We will win this week. This stuff is made for us.
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Has anyone ever seen Graham Wright and Kirby in the same room at the same time? Just saying...
 
neilk said:
Has anyone ever seen Graham Wright and Kirby in the same room at the same time? Just saying...
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I’m picking up what you’re throwing down. I mean… we’ve all thought it.
 
I'm surprised so many in the media are surprised McStay is coming back this year?

Many of us here called it back in January. Even the Club was basically telling everyone he would be back this year when they didn't put him on the long term injury list.

Round 20 is a little later than I predicted though.

I honestly thought he'd be back playing AFL early to mid-July but I won't complain about Round 20. Still gives him a month lead in to finals
 
Cousin of Daicos said:
I'm surprised so many in the media are surprised McStay is coming back this year?

Many of us here called it back in January. Even the Club was basically telling everyone he would be back this year when they didn't put him on the long term injury list.

Round 20 is a little later than I predicted though.

I honestly thought he'd be back playing AFL early to mid-July but I won't complain about Round 20. Still gives him a month lead in to finals
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... because ACL's are generally 12 months.

Many called it in January? A month after he did his ACL?
 
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