Training Pre-Season 2023 (First game 18/3 v North)

[mad_eagle]

“Touch and go for round 1” would be a bloody miracle

Simmo please...we've all seen this script before

 

[Rowan18]

It better not be McGovern dishing out injuries again.

If it is - then the campaigner had better keep it up for the real stuff and win his AA back.

 

[Free Agent]

My expert opinion and I've got sound knowledge on all things ankles.
Ive also seen the footage and believe Darling should be back running in two weeks. Rumour is that Darling has a thing called instant pain syndrome hense the screaming but once it calmed down Darling heals pretty quick. After talking to a few around the club Darling often screams in pain with injuries. One club official I spoke to said he stubbed his pinky toe and the scream from that was deafening. They were about it call an ambulance until the realised hang on it's just a pinky toe and not that bad.

My expert opinion on Jack Darlings ankle was probably the closest. Never doubt my expert knowledge of all things ankles.

 

[Rowan18]

Touch and go for round one……. Argh isn’t that Eagles speak for he should be available in the second half of the season.

Forgive me, but I don’t believe much that’s spewed out our Clubs mouthpiece, as history has shown time and again that their spiel is deceitful and not to be trusted.

Getting increasingly cynical as decrepitude approaches at a scary rate.

I was relieved until I read this and remembered that Allen was supposed to ne right for rnd 1 last year.

 

[The wily weagle]

If indeed Darling has avoided surgery, that is a brilliant outcome. But the cynic in me cant help but envisage a scenario illustrated below, its happened just too many times at our club:

Injury List: Return to play
Darling: 5 weeks
Darling: 4 weeks
Darling: 3 weeks
"Jack is ramping up his training nicely!"
Darling: 2 weeks
"set back/taking a conservative approach/hasn't quite come up)
Darling: 3 Weeks
Darling: 2 Weeks
Darling: 1 week
"Oh sh*t, our medical team has advised that Jack does need surgery after all!"
Darling: TBT (for about another 2 months)

To be honest it might have been better for everyone if the club said that they had no idea when he would return to play. Because if it hits round 1 and Jack is still nowhere near it, and requires surgery after the club said that he wouldn't, it just looks poor all around

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

Waiting for the week before round 1, when it's announced that Jack does indeed need surgery.

That'd be the most West Coast thing ever.

 

[Ishmael_]

“Touch n Go”. Don’t wanna hear about your sex life Simmo

More of a 'touch and gone' operator myself

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I'm still just going to assume he's out for the season and if he's back sooner all good cos we ****ing well need him.

 

[ziad]

Bloody hell, I hope it wasnt another Gov tackle.

If it was, get the boney campaigner back on the Whoppers for all preseason praccy matches.

Our tackling may have improved

 

[Dark Sharks]

So, are we still winning the flag or nah?

 

[Keys]

"In the end it was a pretty easy decision [not to have surgery], but we wanted to take our time with it all, get the scans back, get the right reports, and then make a decision today."

Sounds like they did all they could to confirm surgery wasn’t necessary

 

[Bender_]

I'm hoping the doctor that made the diagnosis has plans for a self-funded retirement.

 

[Yeahnahmate]

This is actually great news re JD. Flag is back on. If we finished above Freo this year it would be a hilarious thing

 

[Bender_]

Touch & Gonstun.

 

[squashface]

Allen Darling will be ready for Round Four One

 

[Obeanie1]

We would only get two cracks if there’s a retirement or another LTI before the mid season draft

And that would assume that Darling is out for the season which is an unknown right now

Exactly. Hense keeping our powder dry approach is the likely approach.

 

[ghostbat12]

Who da f**k is this guy.

My expert opinion and I've got sound knowledge on all things ankles.
Ive also seen the footage and believe Darling should be back running in two weeks. Rumour is that Darling has a thing called instant pain syndrome hense the screaming but once it calmed down Darling heals pretty quick. After talking to a few around the club Darling often screams in pain with injuries. One club official I spoke to said he stubbed his pinky toe and the scream from that was deafening. They were about it call an ambulance until the realised hang on it's just a pinky toe and not that bad.

Sounds like he would make an excellent South American soccer player. Those guys go down like they have been shot.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Maybe they should've sent him in for surgery just to be sure...

 

[Free Agent]

Maybe they should've sent him in for surgery just to be sure...

What hahah.
If he doesn't need surgery he doesn't need it. It's a close case.

On a side note if we did put him for surgery on a non injury how would that look on the injury list.

Darling out for season due to- Conservative Surgery.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Maybe they should've sent him in for surgery just to be sure...

A medical procedure of questionable value?

Not sure he’d be a fan of that.

 

[THE A5]

Hoping Darling doesn’t need to have surgery later down the line, purely cause I think Wiley the Eagle might actually explode of does

 

[Doashuey]

Look, I wasn't there to see the injury and admit I am no SFR, but I still maintain this campaigner has ninja healing powers.

 

[FKASC]

Spoiler: Silver lining

 

[Dark Sharks]

I maintain it was a swinging dick that hurt him, possibly Hewett's.

 

[JackOutback]

I'm hoping the doctor that made the diagnosis has plans for a self-funded retirement.

He's speaking next at the press conference.