Injury 2024 Injury Report/Updates

[Mollythedolly]

Too risky. Just put him out to stud.

Can we wait another 40 games?

 

[76woodenspooners]

You believe that Collingwood should rest players purely to magically invent an appropriate game for major milestones for essentially promotional reasons.

Nearly everything the AFL does is for promotional reasons? It’s all about balancing the promotional priorities.

(The only thing the AFL does that isn’t for promotional reasons is determine the outcome of games - but some conspiracy theorists would question even that)

 

[domus]

Great to see Checkers and Degoey are a chance to play against the Gold Coast in three bloody weeks' time! Surely Checkers hammy will be right after a five week break.

 

[domus]

Reading that Daicos update, I still remain steadfast that we shouldn’t risk him

I’d bring in Reef and De Mattia and make Reef the sub

Our midfield cupboard will be bare. Daicos, Pendles, Degoey and Mitchell missing! If you read that two months ago you wouldn't bother turning up. Sullivan, Crispy and Mcrae would have a huge task. If Nick misses we are going to have a battle on our hands come Sunday.

 

[Kappa]

Reading that Daicos update, I still remain steadfast that we shouldn’t risk him

I’d bring in Reef and De Mattia and make Reef the sub

Here's a wild idea.. play Nick Daicos as the sub... freshen him up for the 2nd half of the year but also he'll be able to tear North apart in the 2nd half.

 

[The Phantom]

A Nick Daicos in the harbor is safe. But that's not what a Nick Daicos is for.

Thank you.
This is how I feel every time someone suggests we should rest player X just in case.

 

[Doc1763]

Too risky. Just put him out to stud.

Hasn't played 100 yet

 

[Horaceg]

I'd never play Nick. He's too valuable.

Keep him as breeding stock

 

[jmac70]

Reading that Daicos update, I still remain steadfast that we shouldn’t risk him

I’d bring in Reef and De Mattia and make Reef the sub

Let the medical and fitness staff decide if it’s a risk.

 

[sr36]

Let the medical and fitness staff decide if it’s a risk.

I'd go with a bigfooty vote

 

[Kappa]

Let the medical and fitness staff decide if it’s a risk.

Hopefully they do a better job than the Melbourne fitness/medical staff.

 

[sr36]

Can we wait another 40 games?

Too late. He's locked up in nanna's good crockery cupboard alongside the Royal Dalton. And nanna can't find the key.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Let the medical and fitness staff decide if it’s a risk.

The same ones that brought Mihocek and De Goey back early?

cool beans

 

[Apex36]

I'd go with a bigfooty vote

Need to take the new pablo disco bar catch phrase and just don’t play him.

 

[gouki88]

The same ones that brought Mihocek and De Goey back early?

cool beans

If only everyone were as risk-averse as you, master of hindsight

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Risk what, exactly?

Risk further damage?

Risk it getting hit again?

Risk him winding up out longer term like what happened to Mihocek and De Goey?

 

[Apex36]

The same ones that brought Mihocek and De Goey back early?

cool beans

The same ones that helped deliver us a premiership last year.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

If only everyone were as risk-averse as you, master of hindsight

"hindsight"

Sure mate

That's why I literally said at the time that it felt early to be bringing him back

"hindsight"

I said "It seems odd that one second Fly was intimating that this could be on the path to OP, but then the next minute we're playing him". But yeah...hindsight lol

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Here's a wild idea.. play Nick Daicos as the sub... freshen him up for the 2nd half of the year but also he'll be able to tear North apart in the 2nd half.

I wouldn't be opposed to this as a compromise and if we see we don't need him (and no injuries occur) then don't bring him on

 

[Chameleon75]

The same ones that brought Mihocek and De Goey back early?

cool beans

and WHE, what a disaster

 

[sr36]

"hindsight"

Sure mate

That's why I literally said at the time that it felt early to be bringing him back

"hindsight"

I said "It seems odd that one second Fly was intimating that this could be on the path to OP, but then the next minute we're playing him". But yeah...hindsight lol

Do you actually believe that your vibe based return to play ideas are a better way to go than the medical screening and return to play protocols that the club uses?

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Do you actually believe that your vibe based return to play ideas are a better way to go than the medical screening and return to play protocols that the club uses?

Generally? Of course not

But sometimes I think supporters have an issue where they believe the club is infallible despite so much evidence to the contrary disguised behind posts like Apex's earlier "the same one that won a flag?"

Yeah? Melbourne's medical team won a flag too and they sent Petracca back out there lol. Like, these people are human. They're not robots. They make mistakes. We also know coaches/docs do dodgy shit. You'd be naive to think otherwise. Only need to look at Ken Hinkley for that.

But once in a blue moon gut instinct can be spot on and when you have a club like ours with a long history of small injuries turning into long term injuries and only DAYS before alluding to the possibility of De Goey suffering from OP, how does he then play that next weekend?

Seems fairly logical to me to think it was too early for him to come back?

Mihocek did his 21 days and I guess they made the call to play him ON day 21 rather than go the cautious route and let him skip one more game. That can go either way I guess and given that he played half a game with a hamstring strain they probably thought he was more durable than the average player.

 

[manicpie]

Generally? Of course not

But sometimes I think supporters have an issue where they believe the club is infallible despite so much evidence to the contrary disguised behind posts like Apex's earlier "the same one that won a flag?"

Yeah? Melbourne's medical team won a flag too and they sent Petracca back out there lol. Like, these people are human. They're not robots. They make mistakes. We also know coaches/docs do dodgy shit. You'd be naive to think otherwise. Only need to look at Ken Hinkley for that.

But once in a blue moon gut instinct can be spot on and when you have a club like ours with a long history of small injuries turning into long term injuries and only DAYS before alluding to the possibility of De Goey suffering from OP, how does he then play that next weekend?

Seems fairly logical to me to think it was too early for him to come back?

Mihocek did his 21 days and I guess they made the call to play him ON day 21 rather than go the cautious route and let him skip one more game. That can go either way I guess and given that he played half a game with a hamstring strain they probably thought he was more durable than the average player.

Back in the day it was always recommended that you miss 3 weeks or 21 days and you play on the 4th week. Playing on day 21 always comes with risk. Maybe the better conditioning of players allows for a return on day 21 but it's always a risk, as it turned out to be for Mihocek. The conservative option is to miss 3 weeks. Mihocek will now miss 4 weeks. It might just be me living in the past though

 

[sr36]

But sometimes I think supporters have an issue where they believe the club is infallible despite so much evidence to the contrary disguised behind posts like Apex's earlier "the same one that won a flag?"

I'd suggest that it comes down to different expectations of medical science. Some seem to expect them to always get the perfect outcome. Others understand that sometimes things go undiagnosed and that different bodies recover differently, as well as different players being more aware and open about discomfort and pain. Not to mention how fine a line it is between getting them fit enough to play the modern high pressure game and not overloading them.

Personally, I think the evidence suggests that our fitness guys are outstanding, but I expect the odd player to repeat an injury - always have and always will - as it's a fine line if you're trying to maximise performance.

 

[Kirby]

The same ones that brought Mihocek and De Goey back early?

cool beans

Let's go with your expert knowledge instead.

I'd like to hear about your qualifications and experience (apart from wearing the GD bib).