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Not sure why you would expect them to do that. Giving time frames for Harley clearly hasn't worked in the past. When Harley inevitably misses the time frame it only serves to allow shock jocks and alarmists to point the finger at Freo and say 'medical mismanagement' or 'contract mismanagement' or at Harley and say 'will never play again', 'stick a fork in him', 'should have been delisted' or 'it is a cover up for misbehavior' etc.Even with that we don't seem to have a time frame on when he might be able to play? Will we see him Monday? Sunday week? R1 of WAFL?
you can all thank me for saving you 24 hours of Harleycalfrelated anxiety !
As I said in previous post, he didn't feel like it was all that bad.
Keep the faith peeps
Eleventy seven.I really don’t mind this overreaction and resting Harley’s calves, even if it ends up as nothing.
I think it’s ok to be over cautious if he felt something. It’s not like we need him to get up and play finals next week or something.
How many times have we had player reinjure themselves coming back too soon?
Given the last 3 premiers, I think it's safe to assume every year you're in contention for the flag. At least at the beginning of the year.Our flag tilt is still a 3-4 years away, and when we're in contention it will likely be without Sandi, Mundy, Ballantyne and even Hill, Walter's and Fyfe will be in their twilight years.
Tough decisions need to be made now, some obscure pick in 4 years from now could be cemented in our best 22.
Given the last 3 premiers, I think it's safe to assume every year you're in contention for the flag. At least at the beginning of the year.
If it's not panning out that way there's still plenty of time across the season to start thinking about the rebuilding thing.
Yes, I’m a fan of Toms also, really thought he’d get picked up last year.There is no point rushing in a player via the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP), which is just 17-18 days away. A few of the clubs are going in a player or two short now to have a selection(s) for the mid season draft.
HB is under contract and was reportedly training well until end of Jan when he sustained Calf awareness and was backed off before suffering a minor strain x 2. I’m also a bit all over this whole on again off again situation with HB but might as well see how he tracks for the first half of the season.
I would think that the mid-season draft (after rd 11 in reverse ladder order) would be the one for us to target a local WAFL player to get in ahead of the Nov ND giving some decent sample of games. Might even be Sandi that heads to early retirement instead of HB.
I still like Crowden’s mate Tom Lewis from Sturt.
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It's time to play Harley and if his body can't take it then Freo need to move on from him.
Quite a few years back the Bulldogs were nursing one of their premier ruckmen for a long time (Darcy I think or perhaps Scott Wynd?) and in the end they took the bust through or bust route and he went on to play plenty of good footy for them. Time to throw away the cotton wool.
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I understand what you mean, just the fact that your required to 'open up' list space, means some of these young clubs - ie. Gold Coast, still mightn't have access to Kelly. Freo for example wouldn't be wanting to cut Crowden/Giro/Dixon types for a mature age player so sides with a few less oldies (and oldies that dont get dropped mid year) will find it hard.It is reverse ladder order, and there will only be 2-3 players worth picking up a year.
If Gold Coast got Kelly, and then trade him to the Eagles for pick 22 and 23 then they win.
Where did you read more scans?So no damage to Harley’s calf revealed. Needs to be sent back to have more scans done. They’ll turn up something eventually. It worked for Shane Watson.