Preview Round 8, 2021: Hawthorn v West Coast, Sunday 9th May @ 1:10pm

[Linda CRS]

Is it the knee?

No, normal strain injury.

 

[Linda CRS]

Him being injured and being managed is the exact same thing. Could play, but won’t, to make sure a small niggle doesn’t become a major niggle.

Didn't we all know that at the time without it needed to be put in writing?

Fair enough, depends on interpretation I suppose. Chad was managed due to general soreness and the assumption per the club information was Jaeger was the same. That’s now not the case. I’m happy to shut up.

 

[TylerDurden]

Fair enough, depends on interpretation I suppose. Chad was managed due to general soreness and the assumption per the club information was Jaeger was the same. That’s now not the case. I’m happy to shut up.

Clarko mentioned both should return in post game presser. Unless JOM has done more damage at training this week since then.

 

[rei154]

Fair enough, depends on interpretation I suppose. Chad was managed due to general soreness and the assumption per the club information was Jaeger was the same. That’s now not the case. I’m happy to shut up.

I'm pretty curious about the messaging to Chad at the moment. Chad has been very open and upfront with his want to win a flag and his intensity around making that happen but it's clear that we aren't going to be doing that at least for the next two years. His body language in the Adelaide game wasn't fantastic and looked pretty annoyed/upset a fair bit and I'm wondering if that's a culmination of a few things.
Hopefully he can come in in the next week or two and get a handful of games under his belt and help us build for a tilt within his time with us.

 

[Stratton24]

I'm pretty curious about the messaging to Chad at the moment. Chad has been very open and upfront with his want to win a flag and his intensity around making that happen but it's clear that we aren't going to be doing that at least for the next two years. His body language in the Adelaide game wasn't fantastic and looked pretty annoyed/upset a fair bit and I'm wondering if that's a culmination of a few things.
Hopefully he can come in in the next week or two and get a handful of games under his belt and help us build for a tilt within his time with us.

I loved his body language in the Adelaide game - showed how much he cares and great passion. Also loved his post match interview in the rooms - a real leader.

 

[rei154]

I loved his body language in the Adelaide game - showed how much he cares and great passion. Also loved his post match interview in the rooms - a real leader.

See, though I agree with the passion in his post match interview and stuff, I wonder how other players interpret it- could be easy to read into it as not trusting other players with ball in hand.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

See, though I agree with the passion in his post match interview and stuff, I wonder how other players interpret it- could be easy to read into it as not trusting other players with ball in hand.

Geez mate, do we want him to not care?

 

[SA HAWK]

Fair enough, depends on interpretation I suppose. Chad was managed due to general soreness and the assumption per the club information was Jaeger was the same. That’s now not the case. I’m happy to shut up.

To me managed means they will miss 1 week.

If they know someone is injured and will miss more than 1 week just be honest and tell us what the injury is.

Sick of the clubs ongoing lack of transparency.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Fair enough, depends on interpretation I suppose. Chad was managed due to general soreness and the assumption per the club information was Jaeger was the same. That’s now not the case. I’m happy to shut up.

There would be a period where they are looking for the tightness or soreness to subside, so they say he’s being managed.

We clearly did not want to risk him making it much worse one of the worst grounds in the comp for sustaining injuries.

When they revisit in a few days and there’s not been much improvement they obviously need to give it more time - however they choose to define that publicly.

 

[rei154]

Geez mate, do we want him to not care?

Nah not saying that we don't- I think we also want him to have trust in teammates to do the right thing with ball in hand though.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Nah not saying that we don't- I think we also want him to have trust in teammates to do the right thing with ball in hand though.

Are we now assuming that he doesn’t?

 

[rei154]

Are we now assuming that he doesn’t?

My original post was about my interpretation of his body language and how it could be perceived. Nothing definitive.

 

[Quacker5]

Am also hearing O'meara unlikely again. Frustrating given he was just getting consistency via continuity

 

[MrPremiership]

Are we now assuming that he doesn’t?

Are we going to go back to monitoring his Fortnite time?

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

Are we now assuming that he doesn’t?

to be fair if I was him I probably wouldn't

 

[Rhayader]

To me managed means they will miss 1 week.

If they know someone is injured and will miss more than 1 week just be honest and tell us what the injury is.

Sick of the clubs ongoing lack of transparency.

I get that it is frustrating but don’t really understand the value of knowing. If he’s fit, he plays. If he’s not, he doesn’t. Having the club guess how long it might take doesn’t seem to offer much benefit to me as a supporter

Of course, I don’t play fantasy football or bet, but from a club perspective, I see some value in not broadcasting to the world exactly what’s going on with injured players etc.

 

[Mercy Seat]

To me managed means they will miss 1 week.

If they know someone is injured and will miss more than 1 week just be honest and tell us what the injury is.

Sick of the clubs ongoing lack of transparency.

Managed means there’s a small niggle that might flare up without a rest. Obviously that small niggle has flared up regardless. What other lack of transparency are you concerned about?

 

[Jim Prideaux]

That is the position Nash should be groomed for. He will never have the footy brain to play forward, but has the physical attributes to play down back. I would even play him this week at the expense of Hartigan to play on Darling or Allen.

Great call. I’d never considered him playing down there, but it could be an inspired move.

 

[westhawk]

Great call. I’d never considered him playing down there, but it could be an inspired move.

His speed and reach will bother a lot of forwards if not all. He is also a physical guy, so shouldn’t mind the crash and bash. I think experimenting him for an extended period in the backline is his last chance. Never going to make it as a forward

 

[SA HAWK]

Managed means there’s a small niggle that might flare up without a rest. Obviously that small niggle has flared up regardless. What other lack of transparency are you concerned about?

This has been going on for years with lack of information about injured players.

 

[TylerDurden]

 

[badgrill]

I mean, the match finishes before 4pm and even allowing for post-match warmdowns or whatever, they could easily be on a plane before nightfall Melb time and home in time to be tucked in by bedtime Perth time.

 

[Rocket72]

Hope we turn up this week. Another game like last week and I think I'd rather watch a different game.

 

[badgrill]

Ahead of this week's game:

Thirty-year anniversary of our flag win over West Coast + fifty-year anniversary of our '71 flag + sixty-year one for our first flag in '61.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

This has been going on for years with lack of information about injured players.

Also funny how neither Chad or Jaeger were on the injury report in any capacity in the week leading into the Saints game.