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I actually feel our Fog is a bit of a forgotten man... And what i mean really is that most of us wouldn't have seen heaps of him to really remember how he goes. We are basing thoughts on the idea of what he can bring.
Fog was drafted as a mid, and plays mid in the vfl. We just shoe horn him in as a pressure forward to plug holes.
I wouldn’t mind seeing him getting a run as a mid to see how he goes.
Define proper
We've been giving midfield time to Guthrie and Clark so can't see why they wouldn't give Fog a run too. Can't be any worse
EASY.
I will stick my neck out here.
I hope.
Scott said in his presser, after the Richmond game, that it was just 'precautionary' and that it was so insignificant it wasn't worth worrying about. He corrected that to a 'slight hamstring strain', in his update during the week, which he expected to be so minor that Ratugolea would play in the game against Port after the bye. A 'standard' hamstring strain, refers to a 'low-medium grade' hamstring strain, when I'm referring to it. Anything from a test, if no tear has actually occurred, to 4-6 weeks if it has but isn't off the bone. The typical expected recovery time for these, is 3-4 weeks. Very rarely does it happen to be two weeks or less if there is a tear.
An extra week was given, to be on the conservative side. It's now been said that he's re-injured it. What I am saying, is that he trained too early, which appears to have aggravated the original problem or, they never managed the original problem correctly (icing on the day, as mentioned by CE).
Loads refer to directional changes, rate of speed/changes from low speed to top speed (acceleration), and time on ground training. It's now gone from 'we expect him to play this week' a couple of days ago, to now 'I can't give you a time frame.'
My issue here is, is that he didn't say 'he re-injured his hamstring, it's low-medium grade' etc. He said 'I can't give you a time frame', which is always concerning as it means that they're unsure and it's not cut and dry now. We have had numerous instances of this, with players like Cockatoo and McCarthy when he was here, having their prognosis and time frame changed every few weeks. Menzel went from being routine, to having a bad reaction to an injection, which has never happened before. Hell, Gregson had the wrong sized screws put into his foot which cracked his navicular and led to re-injury multiple times.
Delisted Cat eyeing AFL lifeline despite foot woe
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I'm frustrated with a constantly changing narrative (we've had more late outs than any AFL club over the past couple of years), that has been present throughout a lot of my years supporting Geelong. Notice that I'm not yelling, taking pot shots, acting aggressively, or trying to belittle you. I'm simply stating the facts as I see them. Could very well be wrong, but a lot of it is genuine frustration, so some comments about the club and the medicos might be a little more incendiary than they were intended to be.
_Game_ is a perfect example of how to respond to a post without acting rude and 'holier than thou' with your responses. Your response and Vdubs is an example of playing the man, and how not to respond. But continue with your pot shots if you both want. That's your prerogative.
Hate to spoil your theory, but the lack of ice at that stage would have zero implication on what's happening now.
Hardly a pot. Fog is simply not a great kick, and so far, a relatively poor kick. Let's hope he has chances to disprove his track record.
He would have had some ice at some stage. Tbh, it is mainly for pain. And most teams have their players jumping, or stepping carefully, into ice baths post game.The best predictor for RTP is how quickly in days you can return to a limp-free painless gait. If it's day 1, usually a very good prognosis. If it's a week, definitely a long term tear. Scans of course, help. The evidence for ice is questionable
Apart from the word bust, I agree with the post, on available evidence to date.
And he's only 191cm. Playing him in the ruck would be a strange decision.
