Injury Walsh's Injury Updates

[Fruit]

What injury does Grundy have?

 

[Vicky Park]

What injury does Grundy have?

Shin. Said it ‘flared up’ during the game, second quarter I think.

 

[Finnishpie]

3 times in 12? As opposed to the traditional 3 times in 21.

Yep

 

[PIEWITHSAUCE]

Shin. Said it ‘flared up’ during the game, second quarter I think.

The Tiggers are supposed to risk their own shins , not ours

 

[Maggie5]

From AFL site updated yesterday. Wells not on the list??????

 

[The Dawes]

From AFL site updated yesterday. Wells not on the list??????

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need a few of the 'tests' to come good this week, otherwise it's a ridiculously long list for this time of year.

 

[peter moore]

The cricket pitch in the middle of the Gabba is probably not a great place to play a ruckman with shin issues.

Lions lack good talls aside from Martin. I think we can get away with playing Darcy forward and Cox in the ruck.

Agree, or the other option is to play Brodie predominantly forward.

 

[Old Spice]

What's happening to the test of our training surface?

 

[sr36]

3 times in 12? As opposed to the traditional 3 times in 21.

The way we are counting, the traditional is 3 in 14. The shortened gap between the Anzac Game is likely to have contributed to injuries, but I love us playing Anzac Day - some years it's just a consequence. When it's a Wednesday game - I'd prefer us and Essendon to both play games on the previous Friday night before Anzac Day and thus have the short break before Anzac Day rather than after.

 

[JB1975]

From AFL site updated yesterday. Wells not on the list??????

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Wells isn't injured anymore...he's just a dud who isn't good enough to make our 22!

 

[tommyv49]

The Tiggers are supposed to risk their own shins , not ours

Not relevant, but absolutely hilarious that 95% of Richmond supporters don't even know the right words their theme song.

 

[Apex36]

From AFL site updated yesterday. Wells not on the list??????

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Why would he be? He’s been played in the last 2 VFL games.

 

[Luke321]

Looks like the injury list is getting really big hopefully some players like Adams and Moore come back this week. The injuries have been bad all year with at least a few best 22 players out each week. Grundy's injury is going to have a big impact on the team as he has been so good early this year.

Reid and Aish's injuries are a bit of a worry as they could be out for a while. Why did they play Reid against the Tigers? It was too short a turn around for an injury prone player.

Only positive is that the injuries have meant that young players have been able to get more games and experience.

 

[sideswipe]

The way we are counting, the traditional is 3 in 14. The shortened gap between the Anzac Game is likely to have contributed to injuries, but I love us playing Anzac Day - some years it's just a consequence. When it's a Wednesday game - I'd prefer us and Essendon to both play games on the previous Friday night before Anzac Day and thus have the short break before Anzac Day rather than after.

traditional is 3 in 15 (need the third Saturday). But I agree!

 

[Apex36]

It’s not difficult to soften the ground, I assume we have a groundskeeper.

Golf courses punch holes (coring) about 1cm wide into greens twice a year so they don’t become too hard. Or they punch smaller thick nail sized holes.

If our ground is hard surely it wouldn’t be hard to get a hold of one of these golf course turf punchers and run it over the grass then give it a decent water.

I specialise in golf course equipment I’ve never actually used myself.

Hate to break it to you mate, but coring greens is actually designed to make them harder, not softer. The coring is done to remove thatch build up (old grass clippings that make greens soft) and then the greens are top dressed with sand. The purpose is to improve drainage and make a faster putting surface. If a softer surface is the aim then realistically mowing the grass without a catcher and building up the thatch would be the easiest way of doing it, but then the grass would be harder to keep alive during summer too because their root systems would be shorter due to the moisture build up in the thatch layer. It’s not a simple fix unfortunately.

<— ex greenskeeper

 

[Kilmo]

Aish 4 weeks in a brace and then they'll decide if he needs surgery
Reid 2 weeks rest
Maynard 1-2 weeks rest
Elliott not injured but needs another week of training before he plays
Kayle still test
Langdon unlikely this week

Moore, Adams, Smith, Greenwood, Crocker, Varcoe all available

 

[swoop42]

If anyone saw the footage of Treloar hobbling to training yesterday you'd swear he was no chance.

He said it was in relation to a sore foot that was stood on during the game.

I hope that's 100% correct and it's not his groin.

 

[sideswipe]

Hate to break it to you mate, but coring greens is actually designed to make them harder, not softer. The coring is done to remove thatch build up (old grass clippings that make greens soft) and then the greens are top dressed with sand. The purpose is to improve drainage and make a faster putting surface. If a softer surface is the aim then realistically mowing the grass without a catcher and building up the thatch would be the easiest way of doing it, but then the grass would be harder to keep alive during summer too because their root systems would be shorter due to the moisture build up in the thatch layer. It’s not a simple fix unfortunately.

<— ex greenskeeper

OK Apex I have a thatch build up in my Santa Ana couch. Do I core it or try to de-thatch it some other way?? Between that and a kikuyu invasion I am worried.

 

[Apex36]

OK Apex I have a thatch build up in my Santa Ana couch. Do I core it or try to de-thatch it some other way?? Between that and a kikuyu invasion I am worried.

You could core it or scarify it then top dress with sand. Scarifying is probably more effective but will damage the grass more too, so you’re best to wait until spring when the couch is going berserk to do it. That way it will repair itself within a couple of weeks.

You can hire scarifiers from places like Kennards. They usually list them as lawn de-thatchers.

 

[Maggie5]

Why would he be? He’s been played in the last 2 VFL games.

Just saying...so sorry!

 

[sideswipe]

You could core it or scarify it then top dress with sand. Scarifying is probably more effective but will damage the grass more too, so you’re best to wait until spring when the couch is going berserk to do it. That way it will repair itself within a couple of weeks.

You can hire scarifiers from places like Kennards. They usually list them as lawn de-thatchers.

thanks! What about the kikuyu invasion?

 

[Apex36]

thanks! What about the kikuyu invasion?

Poison it and pull it out. That’s what we used to do. Boiling water will kill it too if it’s only a small patch.

 

[unplugged]

Aish 4 weeks in a brace and then they'll decide if he needs surgery

For God sake, we all know how this will go. In 4 weeks he'll be getting surgery and we'll all flame our medicos for delaying it.

 

[Brent24]

No word on Grundy at all... Or did I miss something?

 

[whiskeytown]

Given his importance, surely we rest Grundy?? We'd be fools to put a sore Grundy on a plane to play the equal bottom team.

Leave Cox mostly forward... and bring in McLarty or even Lynch.