Injury SUNS Injury Thread

[Big Red Machine]

Name	Injury	Return
Sandy Brock	Forearm	Test
Jy Farrar	Thumb	1 weeks
Lloyd Johnston	Hamstring	1 weeks
Malcolm Rosas	Hamstring	8 weeks
Lachie Weller	Knee	12-14 weeks

Latest Update: April 21

 

[Jirik13]

Suns reveal extent of gun mid's knee injury - Suns reveal extent of gun mid's knee injury

Meniscus tear, short to medium term Injury.

Glad it's not ACL. Hopefully coming back after bye. Usually, they know after surgery.

 

[The Kings Ransom]

What’s the timeframe on Flanders?

 

[SUNS]

What’s the timeframe on Flanders?

Two more weeks but you would suspect would need a VFL run

 

[TheSunGod]

Glad it's not ACL. Hopefully coming back after bye. Usually, they know after surgery.

Great thing about Touk is he’s the ultimate professional and will do everything possible to be back as soon as possible.

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Two more weeks but you would suspect would need a VFL run

As bad as it is with Touk,
What we really need is some of these next tier players coming in and showing if they get 10 minutes each half playing on the ball, they can make a positive impact.

Giving Flanders and Davies a go and helping them build some confidence might not be the worst thing.

 

[Southern Sun]

Wouldn't be surprised to see Flanders miss one more then play vfl the following. He was back running last week so assume he'd be into training this week, full tilt next week. Disappointing as this would be his big chance to impress this week, he's probably the most like for like we have for touk.

 

[eppo67]

As bad as it is with Touk,
What we really need is some of these next tier players coming in and showing if they get 10 minutes each half playing on the ball, they can make a positive impact.

Giving Flanders and Davies a go and helping them build some confidence might not be the worst thing.

I think it could be a blessing in disguise.


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[The Kings Ransom]

I think it could be a blessing in disguise.


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Absolutely. For us to get anywhere near top 4 team in the next x number of years we need these guys to be good players.
They’re only going to become that if given a chance.

 

[GC2015]

I think it could be a blessing in disguise.

One our biggest issues during the Ablett era was his unwillingness to spend time outside of the midfield. I distinctly remember him talking about how he still saw himself as a full-time midfielder in the 2016/17 period and you just wonder how much that selfish attitude hurt us when the younger guys we put midfield minutes into (Prestia, Bennell, O'Meara etc) started to leave and we seriously lacked midfield experience outside of Ablett.

Now Touk isn't that guy. He would be willing to play anywhere he's asked but this injury does force us to give more midfield minutes to other guys and we know the amount of time we're putting into the big three has been questioned this year. I think we saw a better spread against North with Fiorini/Weller getting more time in the middle and I'm sure we'll see Humphrey running through there later this year as well. We've also got guys like Elijah Hollands, Alex Davies and Jed Anderson in the 2s that can step up and share the load.

Obviously would have preferred Touk to not get injured but there is a silver lining when you consider our current midfield conundrum.

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

One our biggest issues during the Ablett era was his unwillingness to spend time outside of the midfield. I distinctly remember him talking about how he still saw himself as a full-time midfielder in the 2016/17 period and you just wonder how much that selfish attitude hurt us when the younger guys we put midfield minutes into (Prestia, Bennell, O'Meara etc) started to leave and we seriously lacked midfield experience outside of Ablett.

Now Touk isn't that guy. He would be willing to play anywhere he's asked but this injury does force us to give more midfield minutes to other guys and we know the amount of time we're putting into the big three has been questioned this year. I think we saw a better spread against North with Fiorini/Weller getting more time in the middle and I'm sure we'll see Humphrey running through there later this year as well. We've also got guys like Elijah Hollands, Alex Davies and Jed Anderson in the 2s that can step up and share the load.

Obviously would have preferred Touk to not get injured but there is a silver lining when you consider our current midfield conundrum.

Would love to see Davies get a proper run in there. If he clicks he will be a difference maker.

 

[Jirik13]

PLAYER	INJURY	ESTIMATED RETURN
Connor Budarick 35 Connor Budarick Age 23 Ht 175cm Wt 75kg Pos. Def Career Season Last 5 D 10.6 3star K 6.8 3star HB 3.9 3star M 2.9 3star T 1.5 3star MG 171.3 3star D 10.6 3star K 6.8 3star HB 3.9 3star M 2.9 3star T 1.5 2star MG 171.3 3star D 10.6 3star K 6.8 3star HB 3.8 3star M 2.6 3star T 2.0 4star MG 153.0 3star	Knee	TBC
Touk Miller 11 Touk Miller Age 28 Ht 178cm Wt 84kg Pos. Mid Career Season Last 5 D 21.7 5star K 9.5 4star HB 12.3 5star M 3.7 4star T 5.4 5star CL 4.2 5star D 22.0 5star K 11.4 4star HB 10.6 5star M 2.9 3star T 4.8 5star CL 4.1 5star D 17.8 5star K 5.8 3star HB 12.0 5star M 3.0 3star T 3.8 5star CL 3.0 5star	Knee	TBC
Updated: May 2, 2023

Early prognosis​

No new injuries for the Suns. Miller had surgery late last week and the club should have a clearer idea of a return date shortly, while Budarick is still expected back somewhere around the middle of the season. – Michael Whiting

 

[Jirik13]

Fingers crossed scan will be ok.

SEN’s Tom Morris says MRO Michael Christian had to determine the outcome after Ballard complained of neck soreness in the aftermath.

“Michael Christian as the MRO has to make a determination on the impact before Charlie Ballard gets a scan today,” Morris said on SEN Breakfast.

“Do the competition a favour”: Melbourne urged to appeal Van Rooyen suspension

He has been banned for two matches.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Choppers]

Can the Suns appeal the critical non-decisions by the umps in the 4th qtr that cost the Suns the game.......nah, don't suppose they can..

 

[Croweater23]

Any update on Touk timeline?

 

[KaySwizzle]

Any update on Touk timeline?

Maybe in the injury report tomorrow.

 

[Big Red Machine]

Any update on Touk timeline?

Round 12 a possibility

You might just escape him

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Round 12 a possibility

You might just escape him

Where you hear that?

 

[Big Red Machine]

Where you hear that?

Out of my ass

Just scaring the Adelaide poster, Bet he had a nightmare about Touk last night

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Out of my ass

Just scaring the Adelaide poster, Bet he had a nightmare about Touk last night

 

[Big Red Machine]

 

[Croweater23]

Out of my ass

Just scaring the Adelaide poster, Bet he had a nightmare about Touk last night

I did not.

 

[Jirik13]

They don't want to tell us Miller's return timeline. Pretty sure they know.

Qscan Injury Update: Round 9

Gold Coast SUNS defender Charlie Ballard has been cleared of injury following a pair of incidents in the Round 8 match against Melbourne at Heritage Bank Stadium.

www.goldcoastfc.com.au

 

[kreglze]

Happy for them to be conservative with Weller, especially on a trip to the cement bowl. Ainsworth and Holman would be decent inclusions if fit.

 

[Young_Guns]

They don't want to tell us Miller's return timeline. Pretty sure they know.

Qscan Injury Update: Round 9

Gold Coast SUNS defender Charlie Ballard has been cleared of injury following a pair of incidents in the Round 8 match against Melbourne at Heritage Bank Stadium.

www.goldcoastfc.com.au

Just speculation, but I guess they might wait and see how we are looking a bit later in the season to see if it is worth bringing Touk back for a possible finals tilt or just shut him down for the year.

Can take a while to get the meniscus feeling right again.

 

[Big Red Machine]

I did not.

Disappointing.

Saddle up MarcLocksCrustySock, We're going Inception-ing