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No-one truly knows - they are thinking long term so no agenda to get him to play this year, but if he is ready and there are no reservations - he will play
 

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Punter! said:
Good. Let him keep building..

Is the plan for him to play any afl games this season?
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Dont know. Conflicting reports. Would be nice for him to get a full game in the Devs followed 3 or four VFL games in a row without complications.
If we are totally gone at seasons end and he has come on with no complications, maybe a taste right at the end?
 
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Drinks are on us.

INJURY-CURSED St Kilda midfielder Nathan Freeman will return in the VFL reserves this weekend, while young star Jack Billings is expected to prove his fitness to play against Adelaide on Sunday.

St Kilda coach Alan Richardson told reporters Freeman would play for Sandringham in the VFL development league on Saturday against Coburg, having last played on May 14.

Richardson also said Jimmy Webster would be available for the Crows clash at Adelaide Oval after missing last round's win over Fremantle with illness, while Billings should prove his fitness at training after injuring his ankle in round nine against Essendon.

"It wasn't severe. He was almost right to play (last round)," Richardson said of Billings' injury.

"We expect him to get through and we'll wait for match committee and see what happens."

Billings trained with Saints' main group on Thursday, along with Webster and Freeman, and appeared to move without any discomfort.

Freeman has played just two VFL development games since crossing from Collingwood in last year's trade period, unable to completely shake the hamstring troubles that dogged him in his two seasons at the Holden Centre.

The former Magpie made an impressive return on April 9, racking up 46 possessions in three quarters for Sandringham's reserves team, but then suffered another niggle that sidelined him for more than a month.

Richardson said Freeman had been "good now" for the past five or six weeks, but the Saints would continue to take things slowly with him.

"The plan is a slow one. It's certainly got enormous science, expertise and method behind the plan," the Saints coach said on Thursday.

"We just continue to increase his speed and his load, and he'll come in and play reserves at VFL level and then he'll build up from there.

"He's going well."

Richardson said Freeman was staying positive and had coped remarkably well with the setbacks he'd had since crossing to the Saints.

"He's had a couple of mishaps, we certainly won't pretend that hasn't happened, but we knew that would happen. When you don't play footy for two years, it's unlikely you're going to come in and just hit the ground running and not have interruptions," Richardson said.

"So that's happened, he's coped with it really well. He's mentally quite an impressive person, he's a very resilient young man.

"He's got a lot of inner belief, I think that certainly helps him, and his commitment to his program, to doing everything right from a rehab-recovery perspective, is just outstanding.

"So we're looking forward to him getting some reward and playing some footy."

Adelaide small forward Eddie Betts looms as a danger man for the Saints on Sunday after his outstanding start to 2016 that included five goals against Greater Western Sydney last Saturday night.

Jarryn Geary shapes as a likely opponent for Betts, having held Freo's Hayden Ballantyne goalless last round and performed impressive jobs on Collingwood’s Alex Fasolo, Melbourne’s Jeff Garlett and North Melbourne’s Brent Harvey earlier this season.

Richardson said Betts would be a handful for whoever played on him, but was confident the Saints could find the right match-up.

"Eddie's dangerous, (Charlie) Cameron is dangerous too, both of those boys are reasonably good in the air as well as on the deck, (they're) good runners and good footballers," he said.



"(But) 'Gears' has been in really good form on those sort of guys, (Sean) Dempster's been in good form too."
 

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Hmm another hiccup. As they said it was expected. Probably better it's tightness after training yesterday than ripping during the game today. Think 2016 is officially no-AFL games now and solely focus on 2017. We've got 3 years to work it out.
 

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Tightness is just tightness.

Better not to risk it, and the scans are just common sense.

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Gee it's frustrating.. I know they're being extra cautious but I guess it's just hard to see him having longevity without constant re occurrence .. Even if he plays 2-3 games in a row the fear is always there.. Really feel for him
 
Sippa said:
Gee it's frustrating.. I know they're being extra cautious but I guess it's just hard to see him having longevity without constant re occurrence .. Even if he plays 2-3 games in a row the fear is always there.. Really feel for him
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Yep terrible luck for the kid and club...

Wish we could fast forward 10 years and see that Freeman has played 200 games and had an outsanding career with our club?

I just hope the club and medicos havent out smarted themselves thinking they had poached a top 10 player from Collingwood, when in fact all they acheived was paying a broken down kid big money for 3 years for zero games. Plus giving up an early Round 2 pick this year in a very even draft. You cant tell me after this latest break down that they are not starting to question whether they dont really have a 'magical wand' and better medical resources than Collingwood - because I am.
 

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