AFL Player 12: Will Setterfield - Welcome to Essendon!

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024?
2024 My Boy Draft: Pick 17, mcgrath_truther

 

[joey_jo_jo]

we could probably just rush him back in if need be, not as though we need him long term right?

We seemed to have a trend of players getting re-injured during rehab last season....so if we reduce his rehab time the probability of re-inury would likely be reduced

 

[jmoo wan]

We seemed to have a trend of players getting re-injured during rehab last season....so if we reduce his rehab time the probability of re-inury would likely be reduced

agree! no rehab means no chance of reinjury during rehab

 

[joey_jo_jo]

agree! no rehab means no chance of reinjury during rehab

I think we should email Innes

 

[Keystone agony]

Has not joined in full training yet. Not that means a lot right now. We will get an idea of his time line once he joins the main group. If he is back in match sim by the last week of Jan then he will be around the week 1 or 2 mark.

Yeh for a player of his quality you probably want atleast that 6 weeks of quantity

 

[Keystone agony]

His leadership is truly exceptional, especially while he's injured; we don't need to rush him at all until about August should be OK. Let him work his magic from the rehab group until then.

 

[Vindicater]

Either way, agree or disagree he is back on the list so let's get it Will.

Best of luck with rehab and hopefully Innes can work his magic to get you fit and firing.

 

[Don Won]

See I don’t see it as sentimental but rather pragmatic.

When it comes to our list structure/mid mix we’ve decided moving forward the A mix is Martin (Sweeper) Caldwell (first hands) and Durham (exit )

B mix likely Tsatsas (def) parish (hands) Zerrett (explosive/user)

Then we have Farrow Sharpe and Robey as the next gen version (who are let’s say 3 seasons away)

With Martin out for the year we need a mature defensive big bodied mid who’s willing to play for Essendon. But who also knows it’s just for a year as Martin will be back and the young guys will take priority next season.

When you make a list of proven professional and productive players at AFL level who are willing to take that role and are available the list gets real short real fast.

Setters injury has him missing the first 8 weeks during which you’d want to be getting games into the kids then anyway, they’d be due a rest by the time he’s back.

Then see how it goes. Worse case cut him midseason and go to the msd if his injury timeline is an issue. Get the best available VFL mid with an established run of form.

As far as project players go. We have them on every line. Our issue isn’t a lack of projects it’s lack of good AFL players with high end talent.

I get the impulse to bring in as much young talent as possible but that’s not helpful to an actual rebuild. Need adults too

l if he’s out for the first eight weeks it’s a worst decision than I thought

 

[Keystone agony]

l if he’s out for the first eight weeks it’s a worst decision than I thought

That is just completely made up atm. He would need a setback for that to be the case

Which is why we mayhe couldve held off for another 2 months, but it allows greater opportunity for another club to swoop

 

[Duckworth]

l if he’s out for the first eight weeks it’s a worst decision than I thought

Mid July injury, 6-12 months is the expected injury length. So 8 weeks missed is the upper end of that. Could be a bit more, could be less but we won't know until he returns to training after Christmas.

 

[Westlo]

Imagine we had missed out on Nic Martin to sign someone who was injured for 8 weeks

 

[fairbump_playon]

I’ve made this joke before

But he really should have been considered as Australian cricket captain in Pat Cummins’ absence