Traded #13: Orazio Fantasia - Off to Carlton as a delisted free agent, scored a 2 year deal?

[Paul_Barnard]

Didn't train today and rumour is 2-3 week injury again over on Blitz..
I'm sure it was a good idea to send him to Perth off a 6 day break, given his injury history though.
Another big tick for the medical team!

 

[vast]

Will be a damn shame if injuries ruin his career. He and Joey missing basically the last 2 years has really hurt us.

 

[mzuppit]

Didn't train today and rumour is 2-3 week injury again over on Blitz..
I'm sure it was a good idea to send him to Perth off a 6 day break, given his injury history though.
Another big tick for the medical team!

Oh man! So frustrated and he must be disappointed that his body keeps letting him down. So it’s the quad injury again or a separate injury?

 

[VelvetSledge]

Just give it a day or two til we find out he's injured something. Happens every time.

lmao like ******* clockwork

 

[Old Campaigner]

Our medical team is going to cost us a player or two asking for a trade before too long

 

[yaco55]

The important thing is when Fantasia resumes he plays a game in the VFL to ensure his body is AFL ready.

 

[ghostdog]

The important thing is when Fantasia resumes he plays a game in the VFL to ensure his body is AFL ready.

...and be ready for a lil Mozzie

 

[quotemokc]

No mention on the injury report

 

[VelvetSledge]

No mention on the injury report

Vale Orazio

 

[Old Campaigner]

No mention on the injury report

Try looking in the obituary section

 

[DapperJong]

It's possible Woosh just threw that out there as an excuse for his s**t game.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

It's possible Woosh just threw that out there as an excuse for his **** game.

But then why didn’t he say Baguley and Myers were sore all those weeks?

 

[vast]

But then why didn’t he say Baguley and Myers were sore all those weeks?

Most likely he didnt think their games were s**t.

 

[Paul_Barnard]

No mention on the injury report

He's fit then! Oh wait.... This is EFC we're talking about..
He watched on at training this morning, so probably out for the season..
Our two best attacking players have been completely overcome by injuries from poor management over the last two seasons.
This is at a time when we have most needed them to be pushing to make an impact in the finals..
Not good enough.

 

[windyhill]

******* joke.

 

[vast]

Would have been interesting to see how well we could have gone with our 2 best players for the last 2 years. They were just entering their prime too

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

It's got to the concerning stage with the amount of injuries he cops.

Our best small forward probably since Bewick and he's ******* injury prone.

 

[JayJ20]

It's possible Woosh just threw that out there as an excuse for his **** game.

Starting to believe this if he isn’t a late out.

 

[BrunoV]

But then why didn’t he say Baguley and Myers were sore all those weeks?

You ever head a coach criticize the poor performance of an average to s**t player who actually deserves it?

Ruckman tend to cop it but that's about it.

 

[Vindicater]

We may just have a new winderlich

 

[Lore]

If the Don Air podcast is to be believed, Cripps ran into the Essendon boys at the airport on the way back from WA, asked to meet Fantasia. One of the officials at the club used to work for Carlton so he asked to be introduced.

Coons and Zaka asked if Cripps was trying to poach Fanta, but apparently it’s the other way around, Fanta tried to poach Cripps. Must be a bit weird having that sort of celebrity with another player

 

[jmoo wan]

"Everyone carries something throughout a game or a season so it's just about managing that," Fantasia told Channel Nine.

"I can't do too much training otherwise I go into games a bit sorer than I'd like so it's just about preparing my week a bit differently."

I can see no possible scenario where playing an underdone Fantasia ends poorly.

Bombers stun Giants to win AFL thriller

Essendon have come from behind to score a stunning six-point win over GWS at Marvel Stadium.

www.sbs.com.au

 

[DapperJong]

If the Don Air podcast is to be believed, Cripps ran into the Essendon boys at the airport on the way back from WA, asked to meet Fantasia. One of the officials at the club used to work for Carlton so he asked to be introduced.

Coons and Zaka asked if Cripps was trying to poach Fanta, but apparently it’s the other way around, Fanta tried to poach Cripps. Must be a bit weird having that sort of celebrity with another player

lol i hope he did it in front of our midfield group

 

[Vander18]

Stratton = coward. Knew full well that he couldn't be belted.

Would have loved him to try it on someone like Ron Andrews.

Can’t be belted but can still fly the flag and let him know it won’t be accepted. Did anyone go to him? Push and shove or bury him in a tackle, “accidentally” get him in a marking contest? Same with MCGovern on Guelfi....essentially no response to one of our players being maliciously and unfairly rag dolled.

We lack a bit of toughness tbh.

Andrews would have killed him and there would have been a queue behind him to kick the corpse.

 

[cAsEy_18]

Can’t be belted but can still fly the flag and let him know it won’t be accepted. Did anyone go to him? Push and shove or bury him in a tackle, “accidentally” get him in a marking contest? Same with MCGovern on Guelfi....essentially no response to one of our players being maliciously and unfairly rag dolled.

We lack a bit of toughness tbh.

Andrews would have killed him and there would have been a queue behind him to kick the corpse.

Hooker literally pushed a guy in the chest and we got our mark reversed.

“Flying the flag” is a thing of the past. Very limited in what you can do.