Injury 2025 Injury Thread
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is that you JL?
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It's an interesting debate. I would add Frederick to that list and I don't even rate him in our top 10 players but he plays a role that no one else on the list can replicate. Ditto Jackson. To me they are the two true irreplaceables.
Amiss and Darcy aren't technically irreplaceable, they're just much much better in their role than Tabs (for Jye) and whichever random back up out of Reidy and Knobel is chosen (for Sean)
I’d love for Freddy to start tackling.
Run down pressure, it would make him AA.
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Man, it just looks concussiony from here =(, that's 11 days out from round 1 and might cost him a debut...
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Hopefully the TBA and smoking mirrors when it comes to injury reporting have had their day ... The AFL is cracking down as such, widely reported last day or so ... "The Australian Football League (AFL) has taken a definitive stand against clubs' vague injury reporting, demanding precise return dates for injured players starting in the 2024 season. This move comes after widespread criticism from fans and commentators, with Geelong, Richmond, and Essendon specifically called out for their opaque injury timelines. The new policy aims to enhance transparency and fan engagement, marking a significant shift from the previously criticized 'short, medium, or long term' labels."
I’m sorry but this is completely rubbish 2-3 days out from an injury. If clubs don’t know I’d rather them say so.
If we get estimates so soon after soon injuries it’s nothing but pure guesswork and people just complain they’re being lied to.
The club can give us a timeframe next week and I’d be 100% fine with it. I’d rather them be right than quick just because some fans can’t wait.
I mean, he has a point IF Jackson is only a ruck. Darcy is injury prone and having two out and out rucks on 1.9m (no idea where he got that from) is risky tstl, but...
FFS Kane, have you not seen Jackson play forward and midfield??!!!
FFS Kane, have you not seen Jackson play forward and midfield??!!!
Has he seen him play in the ruck? Literally the only good thing about Jackson in the ruck is his ability to be an extra midfielder - his actual ruck work is not actually good enough to be no.1 ruck.
I could probably say the same thing about last year’s All Australian ruck though tbh. Both players are obviously still very effective in terms of their overall impact on the game.
Yeah he frequently gets smashed in the ruck contests but if the ball hits the deck in disupte, the other team is ****ed. He does have the odd moment of actual ruckwork but you are right and he he's also too small for long term ruck work.
He's just guessed that number. IIRC he's never backed up that number with anything beyond speculation.
I reckon in trade for the 7 year security, Darcy would have gotten much less than 900 with some generous appearance and performance bonuses perhaps. Or whatever the new CBA equivalent of that is.
I just think Kane Cornes isn't great at math.
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Steady on, no one is saying they need to give an exact prognosis in two days, they're saying that clubs are being deliberately opaque across multiple injuries and multiple weeks and that's not good enough
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Kane Cornes spewing another garbage take, I know he's still bitter than Fyfe basically made him realise he needed to retire, but come on now, he has it out for us.
Actually the conversation started on the Darcy and NOD injuries which I believe we found out about Monday or Tuesday after a game. I just said the club shouldn’t put a timeframe on it if they don’t know.
Darcy misses games due to injury so we need someone else to stand up.
Reidy or Knobel probably aren’t ready but that may also make them better.
Using Jackson in the ruck severely hurts the forward line.
Only other option is Treacy/Jackson rotate and Voss plays.
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Sucks for Adelaide that their tall going in for knee surgery injured his meniscus slightly deeper into the joint and will will nearly four months so that it can heal - where as our boys don't have that long because the things being removed aren't ever healing anyway, so snip snip, stitch stitch and get back out there B..
Snip snip doesn’t that just shorten your career?
Once the cartilage is gone it’s bone
On bone
It's probably not gonna have an effect on their playing career.
It most certainly will have an effect on the health of the knee joint later in life.
