Player Watch Daniel Wells, (New role at the Club #3261)

[P1ET1ME]

Well at least we lasted almost 2 weeks without a pre season injury #positives #smallimprovements

 

[Jasper84]

Why would our staff be better than norths? This pick up was nothing but a desperate attempt by Buckley to save his job.

Yeah, he really recruited to save his job by getting a young kpd who was injured for most of the year, speculative F/S, an unfit small forward and no mature age rookies in this draft. All the hallmarks of a coach desperate to win games.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

I trust the media more than the club when it comes to injuries, as for two years they kept telling us Reid was 1-2 weeks away

The media that you so trust, are now tweeting it is not an injury
What do you say now?

 

[Mr Bombastic]

Yeah, he really recruited to save his job by getting a young kpd who was injured for most of the year, speculative F/S, an unfit small forward and no mature age rookies in this draft. All the hallmarks of a coach desperate to win games.

Buckley being the scapegoat for everything wrong at Collingwood is bizzare to me. I'm far from convinced he can coach but blaming him for Well's injury is just ignorant.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Not Ben Reid!!!

... sorry, I see calf and the association just happens automatically.

 

[Apex36]

The media that you so trust, are now tweeting it is not an injury
What do you say now?

The media is tweeting that Collingwood has denied it's an injury. Stop being deceptive, it's not helping.

 

[Handsome.B.Wonderful]

He had a preseason training session the same way players do at North, except people turn up to watch our training sessions...and press conferences...and games.

Yes, if Bucks and the players turn up next year you'll be set.

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Yeah, he really recruited to save his job by getting a young kpd who was injured for most of the year, speculative F/S, an unfit small forward and no mature age rookies in this draft. All the hallmarks of a coach desperate to win games.

I know.
Greedy Buckley wanting to win games.
Not like us supporters we want to lose games

 

[pablo disco bar]

Lol north supporters will love this
Hopefully this isn't a bust recruit

 

[jmac70]

Just looked up and the sky is still there.

 

[Dogs_Playing_Poker]

It wouldn't be a collingwood pre season without an injury at training and a training away from the group running laps Ben Reid!

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I trust the media more than the club when it comes to injuries, as for two years they kept telling us Reid was 1-2 weeks away

I trust the media too and they report that Collingwood have denied it.

I'll assume its a minor setback until we hear otherwise.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Lol north supporters will love this
Hopefully this isn't a bust recruit

Who cares what North fans think? Wells is ours, the risk-reward is well documented.

 

[jmac70]

I trust the media too and they report that Collingwood have denied it.

I'll assume its a minor setback until we hear otherwise.

I agree. Hopefully just a tweak, given its Dec 2nd hardly anything to be too worried about.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

All I do is laugh... pick up an injury prone player who is getting older then what do expect

I expect people to calm down and wait for the facts to come out.

245 career games says he is not ïnjury prone. And as for age, our list has got younger this year not older.

 

[Stoods]

So has the club denied there is an injury at all or has the club denied its a major calf injury (reading between the lines he has done a minor tweak)

 

[rand corp]

Last time we had a player go down with a 'minor' calf injury in the preseason we didn't see him for two years, just saying

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Last time we had a player go down with a 'minor' calf injury in the preseason we didn't see him for two years, just saying

You arent really saying anything

 

[jonbe54]

Sweet jeezuz there are some campaigners about

 

[NT.Thunder]

SuperFooty (AFL) ‏@superfooty 3m3 minutes ago
Collingwood has rejected speculation high profile recruit Daniel Wells has injured his calf. http://bit.ly/2fLC2t2

Haven't we previously said the same about Reid and Elliott over the years?

 

[Baltimore Jack]

Last time we had a player go down with a 'minor' calf injury in the preseason we didn't see him for two years, just saying

So therefore all "minor" calf tweaks are the same? Not relevant is it, particularly for Wells who has managed to play 245 games?

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

So therefore all "minor" calf tweaks are the same? Not relevant is it, particularly for Wells who has managed to play 245 games?

245 injury prone games...

 

[JB1975]

So therefore all "minor" calf tweaks are the same? Not relevant is it, particularly for Wells who has managed to play 245 games?

I'm a bit concerned about Wells myself. In the scheme of things (i.e. the rest of life) I'm really not that concerned, but Wells is one recruit who needs most things to go right. Calf injuries are an old man's injury, and he's an old man with a recent history of old man injuries. The fact that he's played 245 games hardly allays those concerns.

But maybe he hasn't strained a calf. Maybe he hasn't done anything at all. It's just unfortunate that the club's obfuscations in recent times with other injuries means that there's not much trust in what it says about the situation.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Haven't we previously said the same about Reid and Elliott over the years?

I googled Elliots name for the fun of it. The club announced in Feb hed be at least a month away.. Then in April they said at least another three months. Season over was announced in June . Thats hardly denial, its just revision.

 

[Good_Old]

Sack Donovan!