Pulsedriver
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WC don't require Yeo against Norf. Will likely win an elimination final without him, so I think WC should hold him back until the semi-final.
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"West Coast’s midfield depth has been tested recently but skipper Luke Shuey (hamstring), Jack Redden (thumb), Elliot Yeo (groin) and Mark Hutchings (hamstring) are targeting the first final."
That would be quite an influx of talent if we get them all back.
Hmmmm, I'm leaning toward the same thing. We should be able to cope if we have Kelly, Shuey, redden and sheed available. Might allow Kelly to keep playing the role from the saints game too.Can't help but get the feeling we have seen the last of Yeo. Ever since the injury happened there has been lots of smoke and mirrors, and shifting time frames for his return.
100%Can't help but get the feeling we have seen the last of Yeo. Ever since the injury happened there has been lots of smoke and mirrors, and shifting time frames for his return.
Can't help but get the feeling we have seen the last of Yeo. Ever since the injury happened there has been lots of smoke and mirrors, and shifting time frames for his return.
This i agree with.
I am telling you, as someone in the sports medical field, someone in that medical and fitness staff would have made a huge error by getting him to do something ballistic in training (that they shouldn't have done), Yeo has pulled up sore, they scanned him, and went "oh.....s%$t!!!"
Gradually running laps to keep his fitness base up is exactly what he should have been doing in training, along with skills, to begin with. All explosive type of activity should have been reserved for game day.
For him to have pulled up so badly to have experienced such profound inflammation he's missed this much football, someone has made a blunder. Guaranteed.
Yeah this didn't sound promising;Can't help but get the feeling we have seen the last of Yeo. Ever since the injury happened there has been lots of smoke and mirrors, and shifting time frames for his return.
Yeah this didn't sound promising;
“It’s probably more frustrating for him and for us that we haven’t quite elevated to where we need to be at the moment, so he won’t play against North and we’ll keep assessing week by week.”
I generally rate our fitness and medical crew very highly.
That is the nature of the injury- he isnt a robotCan't help but get the feeling we have seen the last of Yeo. Ever since the injury happened there has been lots of smoke and mirrors, and shifting time frames for his return.
You'd be in the minority
Yep and Cameron who had OP was out from March 23 to June 17 so 11 weeks roughly which takes him up past the grand final. So who knows.i.e. there is no timeline for him to return.
The good news is he is up and doing laps, that means that he isn't suffering inflammation.
The problem may very likely be that the OP has sapped him of his power and strength and the build up to playing will be longer than the original 2 week build.
Essentially he has 2.5 weeks before the first final and 3.5 weeks to get ready for the semi final.
That is the nature of the injury- he isnt a robot
Why is that? I know we have had some soft tissue stuff this year, but our injury list is generally in pretty good shape. Compared to clubs like Essendon, Fremantle, even Geelong we do a pretty good job at getting our guys on the park and keeping them there.
I know there was the Shuey debacle, but that was an error in an otherwise good record of injury management.
As someone in that industry, this is where we are getting it wrong:
Our guys don't get injured more then other teams, but our capacity to get our boys right once they are injured, is very poor.
Over the last few years, it got the better of me: every time our injury report would come out, i would correlate it to the players injury and see if our predictions were simply being overly optimistic with our return to play timelines.
But if anything, our return to play timelines for our boys were conservative........and yet its still very rare that any of our guys, beat the predicted timeline.
That's not overly optimistic projections, that's poor conservative management.
I have been in the industry for the last 14 years, been to conferences, interacted with AFL medical teams and/or colleagues and friends affiliated with them, and if you asked anyone in that industry where you would rate the eagles medical team, both now, and historically, it would be down the bottom.
And give our connections and our financial resources, that's a worry. As Australia's most profitable sporting club, we should have a medical and fitness team that is the envy of AFL.
At the moment, undoubtedly the best AFL medical and fitness teams are Richmond and Brisbane.
Historically, (last 20 years) Sydney, Hawthorn and Collingwood.
Us, we would barely make the top 10, and that's coming from a friend of mine who has done some consultancy work with some of their players and staff.
Give any indication as to why it is that way?As someone in that industry, this is where we are getting it wrong:
Our guys don't get injured more then other teams, but our capacity to get our boys right once they are injured, is very poor.
Over the last few years, it got the better of me: every time our injury report would come out, i would correlate it to the players injury and see if our predictions were simply being overly optimistic with our return to play timelines.
But if anything, our return to play timelines for our boys were conservative........and yet its still very rare that any of our guys, beat the predicted timeline.
That's not overly optimistic projections, that's poor conservative management.
I have been in the industry for the last 14 years, been to conferences, interacted with AFL medical teams and/or colleagues and friends affiliated with them, and if you asked anyone in that industry where you would rate the eagles medical team, both now, and historically, it would be down the bottom.
And give our connections and our financial resources, that's a worry. As Australia's most profitable sporting club, we should have a medical and fitness team that is the envy of AFL.
At the moment, undoubtedly the best AFL medical and fitness teams are Richmond and Brisbane.
Historically, (last 20 years) Sydney, Hawthorn and Collingwood.
Us, we would barely make the top 10, and that's coming from a friend of mine who has done some consultancy work with some of their players and staff.