Injury Blue Healers Medical Room 2022

[katmanblue]

Sam Kerridge - soft tissue hamstring injuries history

Jed Lamb - injury history at Swans and GWS

Andrew Phillips - recurrent shoulder issues at GWS

Liam Sumner - right foot injuries at GWS, stress fractures

Harry McKay - back and structural issues were known before draft

Charlie Curnow - structural question marks, question marks on mentality/application


Billie Smedts - constant injuries at Geelong (shoulder, collarbone, leg)

Caleb Marchbank - noted structural concerns before drafting

Jarrod Pickett - noted history

Rhys Palmer - injuries ruined his career before salary dump

Sam Petrevski-Seton - significant setbacks before draft

Zac Fisher - noted injury history pre-drafting

Harrison Macreadie - soft tissue quad injuries before draft

Tom Williamson - structural concerns pre-draft

Alex Silvagni - soft tissue and feet issues at Fremantle


Matthew Lobbe -knee injury history (salary dump)

Darcy Lang - fibula history and structural concerns at Geelong

Aaron Mullett - soft tissue injuries at North

Angus Schumacher - endurance and durability concerns

Jarrod Garlett - calf and soft tissue history

Cam O'Shea - injury history at Port Adelaide


Mitch McGovern - structural concerns and injury history

Will Setterfield - ACL injury at GWS

Nic Newman - knee and structural concerns at Sydney

Liam Stocker - noted injury and durability concerns before draft

Hugh Goddard - constantly injured at Saints


Brodie Kemp - well known pre-draft injury history

Jack Martin - noted soft tissue history at GCS

Callum Moore - ankle and leg injuries at Richmond


Zac Williams - a number of significant injuries at GWS

Lachie Fogarty - hip and strucutral concerns at Geelong

Oscar McDonald - was delisted at Melbourne due to back injury yet we still picked him up


George Hewett - the back injury is a recurring one he had at Sydney

Adam Cerra - syndesmosis at Fremantle

Total: 34 players brought into the club since 2015 trade period with significant history of pre-injury or concerns. That's more than 4 players every year.

How many players haven't had a significant injury in their career?

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[Red_man2008]

Who is ineligible right now for round 1?
Walsh
Cuningham
Cotterell

That’s probably it. The rest are available imo. Not much to worry about.

A few that have had interrupted preseasons but should be good to go.

Pittonet (not yet full training)
Marchbank (nyft)
Cerra (hamstring)
Hewett (full training)
Kennedy (ft)

Depth is there plus the addition of acres , Cowan and hollands to try to fit into last years team.

 

[Jeremias]

Who is ineligible right now for round 1?
Walsh
Cuningham
Cotterell

That’s probably it. The rest are available imo. Not much to worry about.

A few that have had interrupted preseasons but should be good to go.

Pittonet (not yet full training)
Marchbank (nyft)
Cerra (hamstring)
Hewett (full training)
Kennedy (ft)

Depth is there plus the addition of acres , Cowan and hollands to try to fit into last years team.

Walsh is the only one I’d put a line through at this stage

 

[Blue Flame]

Walsh is the only one I’d put a line through at this stage

I’ll put one through Richmond as well

 

[haveago]

It is terrible news re. Walshy but best it is fixed now and he is given all the time he needs to recover 100%.
if that is 2nd half of season then so be it.

This is a golden opportunity for Paddy Dow to step up IMO. So glad we held onto him.

 

[RAPPA]

We are 1-0 vs Tigers without Walsh. Let the winning streak continue!

 

[What else we can do]

Who is ineligible right now for round 1?
Walsh
Cuningham
Cotterell

That’s probably it. The rest are available imo. Not much to worry about.

A few that have had interrupted preseasons but should be good to go.

Pittonet (not yet full training)
Marchbank (nyft)
Cerra (hamstring)
Hewett (full training)
Kennedy (ft)

Depth is there plus the addition of acres , Cowan and hollands to try to fit into last years team.

Can't wait to watch Hewett Round 1.

 

[Lawrence Angwin]

I wonder if putting on that 5kgs of muscle in one off-season was a contributor? The thought did cross my mind that this could happen with the extra load even before it was announced he was injured. It wasn't like he was that weak or slight in the first place relative to his position.

He put on 6kgs of lean muscle at the club’s request.

His KPI’s didn’t change from last preseason and was still required to run his 2km time trial in a sub 5min 50secs.

Not hard to join the dots……

 

[CJMB]

It is terrible news re. Walshy but best it is fixed now and he is given all the time he needs to recover 100%.
if that is 2nd half of season then so be it.

This is a golden opportunity for Paddy Dow to step up IMO. So glad we held onto him.

Not sure it’s a golden opportunity. I’d hazard a guess that we’d bring in Doc/Carroll/Fish as the 5th mid or just play 4 primary mids before adding Dow.

Really struggle to see Cripps, Hewett, Kennedy and Dow in the same midfield. Like the end of last year when Hewett and Kennedy were injured and they option to throw Doc into the middle instead of promoting Dow.

 

[Blue Viking]

Pardon my ignorance, what's the issue with Cotterell?

 

[Revenant1995]

Pardon my ignorance, what's the issue with Cotterell?

The guys from the Ian Prendergast podcast seem to think Cottrell is in a moon boot currently.

Someone specifically mentioned the stress fracture. No idea if it the case. Hopefully not

Cottrell has a stress fracture in his foot. Likely to miss the first month or 2 of the season.

 

[Blue Flame]

Cottrell is an interesting one.
He picked up the injury learning how to kick straight - turns out the ball has never made contact with the correct part of his foot before, and that new sensation hurt.


Source: I made it up.

 

[Red_man2008]

Cottrell is an interesting one.
He picked up the injury learning how to kick straight - turns out the ball has never made contact with the correct part of his foot before, and that new sensation hurt.


Source: I made it up.

He’s actually a very good kick imo

 

[agro]

He’s actually a very good kick imo

He has definitely improved his skills since he first walked through the doors of the club - which proves it can be done.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

He has definitely improved his skills since he first walked through the doors of the club - which proves it can be done.

Execution and decision making go hand in hand, he certainly has improved his kicking while the decision making is still a work in progress it’s also improving as well…

 

[Arr0w]

Execution and decision making go hand in hand, he certainly has improved his kicking while the decision making is still a work in progress it’s also improving as well…

I think the gameplan was a huge contributor, for Cotts and many others as we looked to share the ball more.

What really impressed me about how Cotts game developed, especially in the 2nd half, was how often he outworked his opponent when running forward and kicking goals

 

[Beyond Blue]

I think the gameplan was a huge contributor, for Cotts and many others as we looked to share the ball more.

What really impressed me about how Cotts game developed, especially in the 2nd half, was how often he outworked his opponent when running forward and kicking goals

Cotts was a big improver last season for me. He learnt how to use his great running power to better effect last year getting forward and back as and when the team needed him to.

If the rumour of his injury is true then it’s a real shame as IMO he could become a regular best 22 player in 2023 if he continues to improve this year the way he did last year.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

I think the gameplan was a huge contributor, for Cotts and many others as we looked to share the ball more.

What really impressed me about how Cotts game developed, especially in the 2nd half, was how often he outworked his opponent when running forward and kicking goals

Yeah, i happen to agree with everything of what you have said, both the new game plan and also his individual growth, of course there’s many different factors between team and player…
I tend to think that a players belief/confidence within themselves is a huge reason for feeling comfortable at the level that they belong, all vary but it’s usually then when you start to notice the improvement/step up….
There’s nothing better than witnessing a young players game evolve right before your eyes…

 

[Blue Flame]

He’s actually a very good kick imo

Fully agree actually, just being hilarious.

He’s one of my favourites

 

[GoBlues!]

I think the gameplan was a huge contributor, for Cotts and many others as we looked to share the ball more.

What really impressed me about how Cotts game developed, especially in the 2nd half, was how often he outworked his opponent when running forward and kicking goals

Another pleasing development of Cotts game last year I think has been the increased handballs, which has resulted in more effective disposals.

Average disposals per game increased from 8 kicks/3 handballs in 2021 to 9 kicks/6 handballs in 2022.

 

[GoBlues!]

Straight from the champ’s mouth…

Blue’s last-ditch effort to beat massive hurdle: ‘Exhausted every other option’

Sam Walsh ‘had to try a few different things’ before finding a solution to the biggest roadblock of his career.

7news.com.au

Walsh said the medical team at Carlton tried everything to avoid surgery but, in the end, it became a no-brainer.

“Probably at my age, we exhausted every other option and it was evident that surgery was needed and I was confident in that,” he said.

Walsh is unlikely to feature until at least April - a few rounds into the AFL season - but says he’s not putting any timeline on it yet.

“Just because I started my rehab today, we haven’t really spoken about long term targets,” he told 7NEWS.
“I’ve started to get moving which is exciting. From here (we can) map out a bit of a plan.

 

[bradfisher14]

Any reason why the club hasn’t made any statement about Cottrell?

 

[bigblueboy]

Any reason why the club hasn’t made any statement about Cottrell?

Waiting for next assessment to determine how long he will be out.

 

[katmanblue]

Any reason why the club hasn’t made any statement about Cottrell?

hanlon's razor

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[FlowersByIrene]

I have faith in Walsh's freakish abilities. If anyone can come back from something like this on, or even ahead, of schedule - it is he.