I’ve been a strong critic of Russell but it’s a long bow to blame him for speed. Hewitt could be trained by Charlie Francis, put on the same ‘protocol’ as Ben Johnson, and still be slow.
I think they’re fit enough. All the fast players are injured.
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I think they’re fit enough. All the fast players are injured.
Looks a lot different when Saad, Williams, Doc, Gov, Martin, Boyd, Cottrell are available for selection. Not just foot speed, but also some decent ball use there
Geez, we ain’t got long to go before the succession plan needs to kick in (3yrs)..
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Some excellent news!
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incredible! Hopefully while he's out Cincotta/Saad/Cowan/Newman all gel so once Sam is back he can play more midfield minutes.
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Just workload management I reckon
Players report their workloads to the club and are trusted to be accurate in doing so. The Strength and Conditioning team make decisions as such. Plus, the GPS data that the clubs get is vastly different to what we see on the Telstra Tracker via the AFL App. I've seen it, as my friend works for an AFL club in the Strength and Conditioning department.
To give you an example, he might've:
- Covered more total KM's than the team expected him to on matchday
- Covered more KM's at a high speed (not Telstra Tracker high speed, but the Teams definition of High Speed) on matchday
- Done either of the above at training
- Pulled up sore, so are managing his KM's at training as such
- Moved houses
- Had poor sleep
- Had a corky
While all of the above is true, I have become accustomed to unreported injuries from our club. Unlike some others it doesn't upset me at all. I am just preparing myself for Blake not to be out there.
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you reckon being named at half back is the best indicator of a future injury? (damn me too now I've typed it out)
Probably getting some tips on how to play half back
Could just be lonely too. No harm running with Doc so he's got company.
The time will come where Blacres will be rotated through the injury group, he will be ready. We Are Carlton.
**** I love Doc.
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doc is one of our most important players….need him asap.
Can't believe Russell has Doc coming back earlier than the 4-6 week timeline
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Unfortunately it's flawed, as it's based on total games played
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Agree. 300+ game player on his last legs not much of a loss anyway.
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