Injury Injuries 2021

[VogonProsthetnic]

Slightly off topic, but once Williams is available, it'll be interesting to see who makes way. . On the weekend our 7 defenders were Keath, Cordy, Wood, Crozier, Duryea, Dale and Daniel. Hard to leave any out on grounds of quality, form and structural necessity.

‘We could play Williams in Dunkley spot in the middle.

I always believed Bailey would go back to the midfield once he matures.

 

[Pugz89]

Great that Gardner and Williams will be ready soon. Guessing they might not take them to Port but who knows....

Williams should be straight back in, Gards may need a VFL hit out prior to his senior return though given he has been out a little longer.

 

[X_box_X]

Williams should be straight back in, Gards may need a VFL hit out prior to his senior return though given he has been out a little longer.

Yeah, I reckon you're right. It will be cruel to have Gardner return immediately and be expected to shoulder the load.

 

[Dog 36]

‘We could play Williams in Dunkley spot in the middle.

I always believed Bailey would go back to the midfield once he matures.

Matures body wise or as a footballer?

He would be a damaging player as a midfielder

 

[ossie_21]

Yeah, I reckon you're right. It will be cruel to have Gardner return immediately and be expected to shoulder the load.

Nah, I think he’ll be right to come straight back in and won’t stink the joint out

 

[Testekill]

At least Williams should be back in a week or two and be ready to slot back into the team; Gardner, McLean and Richards should also all be back by the bye. Bring Gardner back in and give McLean and Richards a few weeks to find some touch in the VFL.

 

[weltschmerz]

 

[Bulldog Brent]

Hunter had surgery today. Stabilizing a fracture in his hand. No word re timeframe.

EDIT - Stevo said he hasn’t been ruled out of this weekends match yet ….

From club website:

Lachie Hunter has had surgery on a hand injury sustained in Sunday’s win against Carlton.

Scans post-game confirmed he did have a fracture in one of the small bones in his hand.

Surgery was required to stabilise the fracture, with that procedure completed today.

Hunter’s return to play timeline will be confirmed over the coming days.

 

[TommyD13]

Seen the latest update on the injury list, but no Will Hayes on it. Didn't play VFL, not an emergency and not injured?? Anyone know what happened there?

 

[Doggy]

Vandermeer out for 4-6 weeks with a knee issue..

 

[Optimistic Dog]

Seen the latest update on the injury list, but no Will Hayes on it. Didn't play VFL, not an emergency and not injured?? Anyone know what happened there?

Maybe is gone to join his brother as a horse trainer.

 

[Freshwater]

Hunter had surgery today. Stabilizing a fracture in his hand. No word re timeframe.

EDIT - Stevo said he hasn’t been ruled out of this weekends match yet ….

From club website:

Lachie Hunter has had surgery on a hand injury sustained in Sunday’s win against Carlton.

Scans post-game confirmed he did have a fracture in one of the small bones in his hand.

Surgery was required to stabilise the fracture, with that procedure completed today.

Hunter’s return to play timeline will be confirmed over the coming days.

He would be mad if he played. What point? Allow it to heal properly. And it gives those on the outer a chance to prove themselves and have experience if this happens in finals.

 

[dogwatch]

Here's the official list from the WB website:

Injury list

English (concussion) test
Gardner (shoulder) test
Williams (collarbone) test
Hunter (hand) TBC
Ugle-Hagan (concussion) TBC
McLean (knee) 2-3 weeks
Martin (Achilles) 2-4 weeks
Richards (ankle) 3-5 weeks
Vandermeer (knee) 4-6 weeks
Jong (hamstring) 9-10 weeks
Dunkley (shoulder) 10-14 weeks

 

[Doggy]

Here's the official list from the WB website:

Injury list

English (concussion) test
Gardner (shoulder) test
Williams (collarbone) test
Hunter (hand) TBC
Ugle-Hagan (concussion) TBC
McLean (knee) 2-3 weeks
Martin (Achilles) 2-4 weeks
Richards (ankle) 3-5 weeks
Vandermeer (knee) 4-6 weeks
Jong (hamstring) 9-10 weeks
Dunkley (shoulder) 10-14 weeks

Richards is a concern as it doesn't appear to be coming down much

 

[CarnTheScray]

Arguably 7 of our best 22 haven’t been playing.

 

[Virgin Dog]

Arguably 7 of our best 22 haven’t been playing.

Arguably up to 8. On last weekend's selected side:

Gardner in for Cordy
Williams in for Khamis
Martin in for Sweet
Dunkley in for Lipinski
English in for Hannan

That's at minimum 5 of our best 22. Then McLean, Richards and Vandermeer should all be in the mix somewhere, bringing the number up to 8, although it's unclear who exactly they'd be pushing out. At a guess, maybe McNeil, JJ and Scott?

 

[Dogs_r_barking]

At least like 2016, we get those players back through the year.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Ball-magnet Dog pushes through pain barrier in bid to face Port

Lachie Hunter will test his broken left hand at training as he tries to prove his fitness to face Port Adelaide

www.afl.com.au

 

[X_box_X]

I wonder if our trainers will apply strapping to the hand Hunter didn't have surgery on.

 

[dogwatch]

I wonder if our trainers will apply strapping to the hand Hunter didn't have surgery on.

They might have got even sneakier and operated on the other hand.

 

[Libba39]

They might have got even sneakier and operated on the other hand.

I think we'll make a Lachie Hunter Scarecrow out if a life-size Bart Simpson doll and place it out near the boundary on the left back flank.

And tape the other hand...

 

[The Inbetweener]

Here's the official list from the WB website:

Injury list

English (concussion) test
Gardner (shoulder) test
Williams (collarbone) test
Hunter (hand) TBC
Ugle-Hagan (concussion) TBC
McLean (knee) 2-3 weeks
Martin (Achilles) 2-4 weeks
Richards (ankle) 3-5 weeks
Vandermeer (knee) 4-6 weeks
Jong (hamstring) 9-10 weeks
Dunkley (shoulder) 10-14 weeks

Providing we don’t have any unknown injuries the list should look better this week given Marra, English, Hunter and Gardner should be available (hopefully).

Wood will be a hard one to replace, hopefully it’s only 3 weeks and we get him back post bye but given his history that seems unlikely.

 

[doggies ftw]

Providing we don’t have any unknown injuries the list should look better this week given Marra, English, Hunter and Gardner should be available (hopefully).

Wood will be a hard one to replace, hopefully it’s only 3 weeks and we get him back post bye but given his history that seems unlikely.

Yeah we’ve done well to get through the worst of it while still winning, from here on McLean, Wood, Dunks, Martin, VDM is relatively manageable.

 

[Doggy]

Gardner (shoulder) available
English (concussion) test
Hunter (hand) test
Ugle-Hagan (concussion) test
McLean (knee) 1-2 weeks
Richards (ankle) 3-4 weeks
Martin (Achilles) 3-4 weeks
Vandermeer (knee) 3-6 weeks
Wood (hamstring) 4-6 weeks
Jong (hamstring) 8-10 weeks
Dunkley (shoulder) 8-10 weeks

 

[doggies ftw]

Dunks down to 8-10 is fantastic news, makes it a 10-12 week injury rather than the 12-16 first reported