Injury Fremantle 2023 Injury Thread

[Docker82]

At this stage, Hill, Pearce (LTI List) and Bewley (LTI List) - gives us 2-3 spots at midseason

No it doesn’t. We currently have ZERO.

Creating a spot is done by a retirement and/or season ending injury. Nothing suggests any of these guys has season ending injuries at this stage other than baseless negativity.

 

[Taylor]

Correct, we have no players listed as inactive and no vacant list spots outside of a category B rookie list position that cannot be filled until the end of the year.

 

[DragoDelph]

No it doesn’t. We currently have ZERO.

Creating a spot is done by a retirement and/or season ending injury. Nothing suggests any of these guys has season ending injuries at this stage other than baseless negativity.

Correct.
Which is why I said it may be worthripping the bandaid off to create some spots

 

[Piggy Smalls]

If Henry has done a calf, there has to be an explanation from the club (there wont be). You cant have that many soft tissue injuries of one type in the space of a couple of months, not to mention the hamstrings as well. Its simple unacceptable and the supporters need to be given a reason for it. If that's because of a change in program, then fine, but I want to be given an explanation and not be treated like an idiot like Bell likes to do

Is it even customary for the person in Bell’s position to give the injury updates? I can’t stand it. He talks for 5 minutes and says absolutely nothing.

 

[ChimpaWompa]

Is it even customary for the person in Bell’s position to give the injury updates? I can’t stand it. He talks for 5 minutes and says absolutely nothing.

you'd think the guy who replaced Webber would be doing it

 

[Piggy Smalls]

you'd think the guy who replaced Webber would be doing it

I’m assuming he’s injured

 

[Taylor]

I like that Bell takes responsibility for it rather than leaving someone else to take the heat

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Is it even customary for the person in Bell’s position to give the injury updates? I can’t stand it. He talks for 5 minutes and says absolutely nothing.

He doesnt address half the players, including ones we want to hear about (ie Logue), and the ones he does give an update are more than often generic shit that like you said, means nothing

 

[nurries]

I like that Bell takes responsibility for it rather than leaving someone else to take the heat

Or that could be self preservation as he appointed Merriman

 

[Piggy Smalls]

He doesnt address half the players, including ones we want to hear about (ie Logue), and the ones he does give an update are more than often generic sh*t that like you said, means nothing

Yeah Logue has been really cloak and dagger. I can’t think of one player in recent memory who has had a simple transparent progression from an X week injury back to playing.

 

[sumavich]

Wasn’t Logue training at Optus the week b4 the Melbourne game?

 

[Square Peg]

Wasn’t Logue training at Optus the week b4 the Melbourne game?

Yep with the main squad

 

[Scham]

Wasn’t Logue training at Optus the week b4 the Melbourne game?

I think Sturt was too.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

I remember reading a lot about the younger boys training hard over the post season. Do you think it could be possible they’ve gone over their own load limits trying to get an edge with the competition for spots?

 

[Docker82]

Correct.
Which is why I said it may be worthripping the bandaid off to create some spots

Alex Pearce is currently listed as 6-8 weeks...

There is no reason to be suggesting the club should rule him out for the season at this stage.

Don’t know about the other two but nothing suggests they have season ending injuries at this stage. The club has until days before the MSD to make that decision.

We’ll probably have someone get an actual season ending injury before the MSD - almost every club will.

 

[Scham]

I remember reading a lot about the younger boys training hard over the post season. Do you think it could be possible they’ve gone over their own load limits trying to get an edge with the competition for spots?

I’d expect that to be the case at most clubs so unlikely.

 

[Dockeroo]

Haha of all the problems this footy club has, finding a player to place on the LTI by round 10, so we can free up a MSD spot, is HIGHLY UNLIKELY to be one of them.

 

[CapitalA]

Or that could be self preservation as he appointed Merriman

Maybe he saw how everyone ripped into the predecessor so he is taking the heat for the head of S&C this time.

 

[sumavich]

Alex Pearce is currently listed as 6-8 weeks...

There is no reason to be suggesting the club should rule him out for the season at this stage.

Probs come back and get injured first game back. The bloke is sadly cursed

 

[wakojako]

I remember reading a lot about the younger boys training hard over the post season. Do you think it could be possible they’ve gone over their own load limits trying to get an edge with the competition for spots?

No that was our mids I think

 

[Cesoir]

I cant understand why Fremantle get the talls or any of the players really running lap after lap. Heavy bodies putting that type of stress on feet and lower legs always seemed to me to be a disaster waiting to happen. Surely technology has found away to put miles into legs another way than pounding out lap after lap.

100%. I remember seeing a suggestion that the guys train by tying a 10kg weight to each leg and tread water in the deep end of the pool - we could even send them down the water slides with the weights on.

 

[Purple Madness]

He doesnt address half the players, including ones we want to hear about (ie Logue), and the ones he does give an update are more than often generic sh*t that like you said, means nothing

He is a flog that's why

 

[Docker82]

Probs come back and get injured first game back. The bloke is sadly cursed

In which case you make the call then not when he’s listed as 6-8 weeks, one week into a 23 week season.

 

[Carnthedockers]

JL said on 7 we in discussions with afl and wafc about treacys ban

 

[Docker82]

Haha of all the problems this footy club has, finding a player to place on the LTI by round 10, so we can free up a MSD spot, is HIGHLY UNLIKELY to be one of them.

Agree somewhat. Highly doubt the club would bother considering making a spot until the week before the MSD.

I only see the point if the club thinks said player is part of our long term plans or at the very least proposes to give them 2-3 years on the list to develop.