But not half the duration for our soft tissue injuries unfortunately. It takes a fair bit for me to go negative on something and I always base my opinion on what the data tells me and it's still telling me we have a problem preventing and treating soft tissue injuries. It is just my opinion, which I would never expect everyone else to share. To be clear that does not mean I think our S&C are terrible at everything else as well. We seem to have improved ACL prevention (is Starre working with the men's team?) and we are running out games well, so the fitness programs seems to have been done really well also.Where are all the pseudoscientists complaining about us being the only club who get injuries this week? Our list is about half the size of quite a few clubs
BUT... We still have 4 soft tissue injuries on our list without a solid timeframe for return. SHill is getting the Bennell treatment where his timeframe gets reduced by half a week each week. It may as well be TBC to be honest - making all four TBC in reality. Does any other club have 4 or more soft tissue injuries with 5+ week timeframes for return? I did a quick scan of the full injury list and only Essendon has more than one (they have two) - think only 2 other clubs have 5+ week (or TBC) soft tissue injuries currently. Has any other club had at least one or more soft tissue injuries (or repeat injuries) every week for the past 2-3 months? I am frustrated because it seems an area that most other clubs have under control and if we also did we'd have exceptional player availability atm, which would be a huge advantage in staying at the pointy end of the ladder. I know some will make excuses about injury prone players but all clubs have those so I don't think it's a valid excuse to just ignore what the data is saying.