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Injury 2018 Injury Thread
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- Apr 26, 2011
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Haselby needs to stick to lamb chops
Hagdorn reported (well probably listened to Hase like me) the same thing this morning.
Smoke and fire etc, especially with calves and Harley.
The Calf, TBC/TBA will melt this board tonight.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-31/dockers-hopes-for-derby-return-dashed
Off to the Melt Thread!!
Off to the Melt Thread!!
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On a lesser non Harley related topic I thought it was meant to be Logue's foot not ankle? I suppose with Webber in charge, approximate vicinity is best we can hope for.
Or not
Rolled his ankle, operation on congenital foot condition..
It would be interesting to analyse the following, of the last 100 players drafted by our club, even 50, how many games have they played per year.
AFL/WAFL. Therefore how long have they spent uninjured.
Compare that to another clubs last 50 players. Compare it to all clubs and it should start to paint a picture about “fit and available”.
AFL/WAFL. Therefore how long have they spent uninjured.
Compare that to another clubs last 50 players. Compare it to all clubs and it should start to paint a picture about “fit and available”.
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Collingwood have an horrendous injury list that will probably derail their finals and they dont have the traveling to contend with. GWS have just got through a horror run as have Adelaide.
WC with Nic nat and Kennedy. Injuries are not only a Freo problem. .
Carlton, Geelong, Essendon and WB would all be equal or worse than us too
If those clubs all continue to have the horror run next year, they'll be doing something about it for sure. We've allowed ours to run for years.
Pies, Dogs , Crows (at least partially self induced) and Carlton have been smacked hard with the injury stick. I'd say we are bottom of the top 8 but not really pushing top 4 for injuries this year. In 2016 we won the GF of injuries.
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Afl is all hard running, jumping with heavy contact thrown in for good measure. Its a recipe for knee and and soft tissue injuries. There isnt a club in the comp thats hasnt had their share of injuries. Singling out Freo as the only injury victim is laughable, no club has found an answer.
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Richmond found an answer haven't they?
They don't travel
And no teams plays more bash and crash either. Amazing their lack of injuries
Nor does Collingwood
There is a bit of discussion in this thread on overall injury numbers and some links to stats for 2016 and 2017. https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/thre...ent-free-agency-trade-thread.1185970/page-103
The stats certainly suggest that we were in the worst quartile both those years for games lost to injury. No-one has found stats for 2018 at this stage.
We have had some players on the list long term who have played very little - back in 2016 Morabito, Bennell, Alex Pearce, Apeness, in 2017 Bennell, Alex Pearce, Apeness, Zac Clarke. This, of course, impacts the stats, and we don't know who chooses to have them on the list and why. In some cases persevering pays off (Alex P hopefully) and in some cases it doesn't.
I don't know whether other clubs carry players who can't get on the park for such long periods. Certainly Collingwood carry Jamie Elliot, Ben Reid and Daniel Wells.
As others have said a lot of clubs have had significant injury problems this year, so who knows how we are tracking this year. I certainly can't remember a year where I feel we would be in the best quartile.
The other thing to consider is the game plan. If we run further and work harder than our opposition (I don't know what the stats say on this), as well as flying further, then it does not seem like a recipe for success to me.
The stats certainly suggest that we were in the worst quartile both those years for games lost to injury. No-one has found stats for 2018 at this stage.
We have had some players on the list long term who have played very little - back in 2016 Morabito, Bennell, Alex Pearce, Apeness, in 2017 Bennell, Alex Pearce, Apeness, Zac Clarke. This, of course, impacts the stats, and we don't know who chooses to have them on the list and why. In some cases persevering pays off (Alex P hopefully) and in some cases it doesn't.
I don't know whether other clubs carry players who can't get on the park for such long periods. Certainly Collingwood carry Jamie Elliot, Ben Reid and Daniel Wells.
As others have said a lot of clubs have had significant injury problems this year, so who knows how we are tracking this year. I certainly can't remember a year where I feel we would be in the best quartile.
The other thing to consider is the game plan. If we run further and work harder than our opposition (I don't know what the stats say on this), as well as flying further, then it does not seem like a recipe for success to me.
You'd think if GWS had either Richmond's or Ports recent runs with injury they would probably have a flag by now.
So many of their gun players seem to miss large amounts of footy.
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