AFL Player # 3: Darcy Parish - Late out with calf tightness - 19/5

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted free agent 2028 or 2029
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 18, doug85

 

[boncer34]

So does Parish have to earn his place back through the vfl or automatic inclusion when he's fit again?

Did he play VFL when he came back last time?

 

[FlyingV]

So does Parish have to earn his place back through the vfl or automatic inclusion when he's fit again?

Probs depends on how well we’re going.

 

[ant555]

Frustrating considering an apparent excellent PS

Is a concern at this age

???
Now pre season is what happens before round 1 ?
Missed the first two rounds .

 

[doug85]

My boy

 

[bombreys]

So does Parish have to earn his place back through the vfl or automatic inclusion when he's fit again?

An interesting point. Now that Shiel’s in the side, I think he stays in.

Tsatas would have to be playing incredibly well to hold out Parish you’d think.

Unless they just shift the magnets around and drop Davey.

 

[Keystone agony]

???
Now pre season is what happens before round 1 ?
Missed the first two rounds .

Runs from November to round 1

 

[ant555]

Runs from November to round 1

So he did not have a great pre season. He got injured before round 1. You do not win the Melbourne Cup if you get run down in the last 100 meters.

 

[doug85]

So he did not have a great pre season. He got injured before round 1. You do not win the Melbourne Cup if you get run down in the last 100 meters.

My understanding is that Parish was having a great preseason until he got injured. He looked very good in one of the preseason games. But yeah, obviously it was marred by the injury

 

[ant555]

My understanding is that Parish was having a great preseason until he got injured. He looked very good in one of the preseason games. But yeah, obviously it was marred by the injury

I know. I saw most of it in Jan / Feb match sim
Problem is he broke down before round 1 so there was an issue . Maybe he did not need to have as much work early on.

 

[Keystone agony]

So he did not have a great pre season. He got injured before round 1. You do not win the Melbourne Cup if you get run down in the last 100 meters.

Poor analogy

 

[ant555]

Poor analogy

Says you.
He made it to the last 100 meters of pre season. That is what we are talking about.

 

[Keystone agony]

Says you.
He made it to the last 100 meters of pre season. That is what we are talking about.

Just because you dont win doesnt mean you havnt had a great race

 

[ant555]

Just because you dont win doesnt mean you havnt had a great race

If you lead until the 100 mark and fade out and finish in the back half it is not a great race. In fact it is pretty bad as a large percentage of horses do not fully recover after blowing up in the last 400 meters or so. Parish did not make it to round 1 so it does not matter how good he was in Jan or Feb. The idea is to set your season up. So far his season is a bust. Missed two. Took 3 to get going and is now out for 3 to 5 weeks. You do not think they will not be looking at his pre season now ?

 

[Keystone agony]

If you lead until the 100 mark and fade out and finish in the back half it is not a great race. In fact it is pretty bad as a large percentage of horses do not fully recover after blowing up in the last 400 meters or so. Parish did not make it to round 1 so it does not matter how good he was in Jan or Feb. The idea is to set your season up. So far his season is a bust. Missed two. Took 3 to get going and is now out for 3 to 5 weeks. You do not think they will not be looking at his pre season now ?

They look at everyones PS at the end of each year

 

[faible]

They look at everyones PS at the end of each year

And they'll all agree that having an injury at the end of his preseason was problematic.

 

[Keystone agony]

And they'll all agree that having an injury at the end of his preseason was problematic.

Obviously if injuries could be avoided the week of the season starting then we wouldnt have any injuries during that time

I dont think missing 5% of PS even towards the end equates to a poor PS

Guthrie missed longer and Scott said hed had a great PS, this is said many times

We can't always predict when soft tissue injuries will occur, there are plenty of variables

The issue may more so be whats happened since initial injury to now

If hed missed 2 games and then returned and no reinjured it wouldnt be an issue

 

[doug85]

 

[ant555]

Obviously if injuries could be avoided the week of the season starting then we wouldnt have any injuries during that time

I dont think missing 5% of PS even towards the end equates to a poor PS

Guthrie missed longer and Scott said hed had a great PS, this is said many times

We can't always predict when soft tissue injuries will occur, there are plenty of variables

The issue may more so be whats happened since initial injury to now

If hed missed 2 games and then returned and no reinjured it wouldnt be an issue

But he did return and did get injured again and he now has a history of calf issues so obviously 95% of his pre season was an issue . Maybe he needed a Jake Stringer pre season where he was eased into the program a bit more. You can spin it any way you want but his season is now in trouble.

 

[faible]

there are plenty of variables

Like a preseason calf injury?

 

[Keystone agony]

But he did return and did get injured again and he now has a history of calf issues so obviously 95% of his pre season was an issue . Maybe he needed a Jake Stringer pre season where he was eased into the program a bit more. You can spin it any way you want but his season is now in trouble.

Jake Stringer is a far different athlete and has far different injury history, hes also considerably older. Its comparing apples and oranges

Sometimes injuries are originally unavoidable, i think the injury list across the AFL is showing that

I just dont buy that a great PS necessarily means playing round 1

Like a preseason calf injury?

No idea what your saying here

 

[faible]

No idea what your saying here

His 'excellent' preseason included a calf injury. He's now out, again, with a calf injury.

Calf muscle strain injuries in sport: a systematic review of risk factors for injury | British Journal of Sports Medicine

Best evidence synthesis highlights chronological age and previous history of calf strain are the strongest risk factors for future calf muscle injury.

All preseasons are excellent until you break down with load or injury. If you're not getting through the preseason without breaking down, you haven't had an excellent preseason, you've have an excellent block of training then gotten injured.

 

[DERO]

Anyone else contemplating punching themselves in the dick right now?

 

[faible]

Anyone else contemplating punching themselves in the dick right now?

Careful, with Caddy being named you might break something.

 

[bombadeer]

Silver lining on an injury plagued year for Parish - getting full minutes into our younger second tier midfielders.

… who are quickly turning themselves into first choice midfielders.

 

[ant555]

Anyone else contemplating punching themselves in the dick right now?

No but I am not stopping you