Player Watch Tom Mitchell

[danielnajdek]

Given macraes struggles and the club knowing this about Mitchell, the drafting of Ned Long makes even more sense.

The same Long who's out for another 3 weeks with a calf injury.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

If surgery fixes it...better to have it now than him continually breaking down.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

 

[carndapies]

Surgery for plantar fasciitis is pretty much a last resort. Conservative management was tried and failed. Unfortunate but unlikely to have been mismanaged.

Agree. Feels like it has been weeks wasted now.

 

[FatherTime]

Mitchell would be a huge loss in finals' games. He was massive in the GF. Both he and Crisp had long quiet patches during the season, but they stepped up a level when required.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Agree. Feels like it has been weeks wasted now.

I feel like you may have missed the point of my post.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

 

[sr36]

The same Long who's out for another 3 weeks with a calf injury.

Should be ready to go after the bye - with 10 rounds and finals to go. Any other mid we drafted would need longer to get up to speed with our game plan.

 

[FatherTime]

Should be ready to go after the bye - with 10 rounds and finals to go. Any other mid we drafted would need longer to get up to speed with our game plan.

Long in his hospital bed getting up to speed with tackling strategies from the game plan.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

That’s pretty bad! It doesn’t normally spark up mid-activity like that!

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

That’s pretty bad! It doesn’t normally spark up mid-activity like that!

Guess that explains why he required the surgery.. ?

..not mismanagement as others on here wanted to suggest.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Raring to go in 2025 with JDG & Checkers

 

[Finnishpie]

Given macraes struggles and the club knowing this about Mitchell, the drafting of Ned Long makes even more sense.

I haven't been won to Long yet. Looks like a plodder to me. Hope he proves me wrong.

 

[CheckerTrade666]

Raring to go in 2025 with JDG & Checkers

I can't express how glad i am that we won the flag with him last year, considering the nightmare run of injuries he's had this year. I'm hoping that he can get fit next year and get back to some good form, however if not he's served us well. We brought him in to help us win a flag and he did, job done in my books

 

[LuckyLee]

I'm grateful for Mitchell's big contribution to our Premiership but hope he now retires, along with Sidebottom. We need to accelerate the renewal of our list. We're carrying too many old, slow, injury-prone players.

 

[stormskye]

I'm grateful for Mitchell's big contribution to our Premiership but hope he now retires, along with Sidebottom. We need to accelerate the renewal of our list. We're carrying too many old, slow, injury-prone players.

For 2026 yes. Not for 2025. We are still
Challenging next year. If the kids put pressure on them, great. ATM none are

 

[Kappa]

I'm grateful for Mitchell's big contribution to our Premiership but hope he now retires, along with Sidebottom. We need to accelerate the renewal of our list. We're carrying too many old, slow, injury-prone players.

He's a complete footy nut so I expect him to play for as long as he possibly can.

 

[Apex36]

I haven't been won to Long yet. Looks like a plodder to me. Hope he proves me wrong.

I could cope if he was just a plodder who played a role. At this point though, he’s a mid who’s getting single digit touches per game. I can’t understand for the life of me why he’s been given this stretch of games while other players get dropped after 1 or 2 ok-ish games while they’re trying to find their feet.

 

[Apex36]

I'm grateful for Mitchell's big contribution to our Premiership but hope he now retires, along with Sidebottom. We need to accelerate the renewal of our list. We're carrying too many old, slow, injury-prone players.

What’s the benefit of players retiring when we have very little in the way of youth to replace them? I could understand if we had some young gun mids that need game time, but as it stands we really don’t. And please don’t call Macrae or Long young guns, because they’ve both proven at this point they’re not up to the level.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

He's a complete footy nut so I expect him to play for as long as he possibly can.

Same. If this surgery has finally fixed his foot problems, I'd expect him to be totally reinvigorated for 2025.

 

[danielnajdek]

I said about 4 or 5 weeks ago we wouldn't see him again and got shot down.

 

[SchuPie]

With JDG and Titch both out, these are the circumstances in which someone unexpectedly grabs that strong distributor role
Sometimes a situation makes a player
Could it be time for any of the players below in the middle?

• Beau
• Reef
• HH
• Allan

 

[Sea fog]

Sadly it looks like despite our mini revival these injuries are going to kill us off.

 

[jmac70]

I said about 4 or 5 weeks ago we wouldn't see him again and got shot down.

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Give the man a

I wonder how he knew Tom was going to need his appendix out? So many psychics on bf.

"Mitchell has had his appendix removed in recent days, months after being hospitalised in early May with appendicitis that was treated with antibiotics at the time".