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Look, he could well have been fine and played a s**t one but he didn’t look great and I’d suspect that’s the reason
If Hepp is the guy and captain he seems to be, i dont think the decision to play through injury ever had anything to do with the coaching staff.Just watched Wooha's presser.
Said has been sore for a while but been playing well.
Didnt train all week just to get up for the game.....
I know he is the captain but if he is not upto it dont play him next week and it might be a groin issue too.
Hopefully we have learned our lesson from the Daniher debacle.
If Hepp is the guy and captain he seems to be, i dont think the decision to play through injury ever had anything to do with the coaching staff.
Should still be a lock for the AA 40 squad regardless. Is top 10 in the coaches votes currently.
If we don't rest him it might be a groin issue... Mate, he has groin issue which he has been managing his whole career.Just watched Wooha's presser.
Said has been sore for a while but been playing well.
Didnt train all week just to get up for the game.....
I know he is the captain but if he is not upto it dont play him next week and it might be a groin issue too.
Hopefully we have learned our lesson from the Daniher debacle.
AA... yes.I hope he gets some serious consideration for AA this year. His last 2 months have been terrific & if he finishes out the year in a similar fashion he should have every chance to make the team or the squad at the very least.
My brother ruined Heppell for me. He told me how much he turns the ball over by foot about 3 months ago. Since then every time he is about to kick I expect a turnover. This is not based on his game today which was arguably his worst since the first 6 rounds this year. Absolute stinker today. Kicking terrible and so too his decision making. You expect more from your captain and probably one of if not the highest paid player at the club. Just not good enough.
Shouldn't have made a difference and poor planning by the club. In Woosha's press conference post game they talked about the two late outs and he said something to the effect of "we lost one yesterday and today".VFL schedule ****ed us again.
Laverde was on the field at North Port at the time, and we already had to use two of the other emergencies for Dea and Guelfi
that would make it 3 emergencies at the game, we already had 2 as we knew we were using one already from the Friday. When did we know about the Saturday withdrawal?Shouldn't have made a difference and poor planning by the club. In Woosha's press conference post game they talked about the two late outs and he said something to the effect of "we lost one yesterday and today".
In other words they already knew they were going to have to use an emergency on Friday, so it's questionable whether they should have had Laverde at North Port Oval.
Not sure...that would make it 3 emergencies at the game, we already had 2 as we knew we were using one already from the Friday. When did we know about the Saturday withdrawal?
Fined 1k for umpire contact
Coach John Worsfold revealed last week that Heppell had been “carrying some soreness” during the side’s clash with Hawthorn, but the club expects the midfielder to take his place in the line-up against St Kilda on Friday.
“This time of year we have to manage the amount of training they do during the week – Hepp’s certainly in that category,” Physical Performance Manager Justin Crow said on the SKINS Injury Update on Tuesday.
“He is feeling a lot better this week than he was last week, which is good considering we’ve got the short turnaround.
“We’re expecting him to be able to play and he looked pretty sharp out there at training today.”
If Heppell falls just short of 300 games at the end of his career it will be due to the season off. Barely missed games since debuting.
I think he still has yet to make his VFL debut.
I reckon the best is yet to come and he will have an AA season or 2 in the coming years. He's probably not even totally out of discussions this year given his AFLCA rating, though I don't expect him to get in.
Anyway its a great achievement for him and hopefully the lads can rally and get him a win. I don't believe in milestone hoodoo's, if we are good enough we'll win.