Injury Surgery for Pie pair

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Dale Thomas and Tyson Goldsack will have delayed starts to the pre-season, with both requiring ankle surgery.

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/newsfeatures/news/newsarticle/tabid/5586/newsid/151529/default.aspx

 

[TradeDraft]

Just what we don't need

 

[Temploar]

Damn it, well. I hope this enables Thomas to play better next year. You just knew he was carrying something this year.

 

[blaze036]

Godammit why wasn't this done after our season ended, shit house management that could be VERY costly if they miss a sizeable chunk of preseason.

I pray its only a minor clean out that stops them for 1-2 weeks

 

[Wooljay]

Better now than at the end of preseason.

 

[standingroomonly]

I'm sure Daisy's surfing trip to The Maldives and commercial filming running around in Barcelona with Billy Slater was exactly what his ankle needed.

Hopefully are just minor cleanouts but re-reading the article I guess this means that they'll miss the altitude camp, or participate in a very limited capacity.

 

[mattys123]

This seems like medical mismanagement to me, they had problems that the carried through the latter part of the season, and yet when others went in for surgery, they didn't.

Stuff up written all over it.

Oh well, at least they'll be back training at least a month before the NAB Cup, but I don't want to see either of them until NAB Cup part 3 or 4, hold them back.

 

[Shellz]

Agree Matt. Really annoys me that this wasn't done in October. Hopefully it's the last we hear about it.

 

[blaze036]

Better now than at the end of preseason.

Is it? I'd rather players had a full preseason and missed 1-2 games than missed a large chunk of preseason then went to play round 1.

 

[juzzo]

Eagles did the same. Strange to see professional organisations take such risks.

 

[jerry springer]

this happens quite often in the NBA,players often choose to have their surgery when they get back to training camp.

As Shaq once said ""I got hurt on company time, so I’ll rehab on company time."

 

[Matz]

Dont stress he will be up and firing on all cylinders soon and until then we can use one of our guns we pick up tonight

 

[Vicky Park]

Very disappointing. Daisy was running around, posing for photos at the first training session this week. Doesn't make sense, but have to trust the medical team. We need both these guys to have a full preseason and a red hot go next year!

 

[mattys123]

Maybe the new doctor (apparently we stole the Hawks doc) made this call once he assessed all the players.

 

[millsy29gopies]

Yeah not very good. Daisy I know went to Barcelona but what was stopping Goldy from getting surgery? Hopefully it's not too bad.

 

[Number 10]

Maybe they thought the rest would heal the ankle naturally?

 

[blaze036]

Yeah not very good. Daisy I know went to Barcelona but what was stopping Goldy from getting surgery? Hopefully it's not too bad.

They thought that they would be over the injuries come preseason time which is why they didn't have surgery

 

[vjknight]

likely would not have enjoyed their trips wearing a moon boot etc, hence waited til they got back.

i can imagine the AFLPA getting involved if clubs forced players into surgery, hence ruining their holidays as a result.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

This seems like medical mismanagement to me, they had problems that the carried through the latter part of the season, and yet when others went in for surgery, they didn't.

Stuff up written all over it.

Based on what matty?

Only the Doctor would know the full story, from afar all we do is make uninformed guesses

 

[blaze036]

Based on what matty?

Only the Doctor would know the full story, from afar all we do is make uninformed guesses

The doctor thought he would be fine by preseason, and was proved very much wrong. Its obviously his very bad decision

 

[Markfs]

You got to be kidding fellas..... sometimes the body actually heals itself without getting a doctor in to prod and push things around. If a player went under the knife for every dose of soreness, he would have ankles, knees etc that looked like mashed potatoes by the time that he retired. And surgeons make mistakes too..

 

[Wooljay]

Is it? I'd rather players had a full preseason and missed 1-2 games than missed a large chunk of preseason then went to play round 1.

I'd much rather have them start the preseason later and go into the HA season with X number of consecutive weeks of training under their belt, than 8 weeks of training broken up by surgery and a late start to round 1.

 

[blaze036]

You got to be kidding fellas..... sometimes the body actually heals itself without getting a doctor in to prod and push things around. If a player went under the knife for every dose of soreness, he would have ankles, knees etc that looked like mashed potatoes by the time that he retired. And surgeons make mistakes too..

You think this was just a "dose of soreness"? daisy did this injury in round 15.. i don't think a little bit of a sore ankle would niggle him for 4 months+, clearly needs surgery as it didn't even heal with an 8 week break from footy. Surgery isn't a bad thing and aids natural recovery, it doesn't ruin your body. And the quality of surgeons than an AFL footballer would get don't make mistakes, certainly not meaningful ones.

 

[blaze036]

I'd much rather have them start the preseason later and go into the HA season with X number of consecutive weeks of training under their belt, than 8 weeks of training broken up by surgery and a late start to round 1.

'Consecutive weeks' doesn't mean much, its about how much you can do in your preseason. Having a big preseason is much more important than rounds 1 and 2, its apparent lately that players who miss a significant part of preseason seriously struggle the rest of the year.

 

[RuFiO]

heck! I thought Thomas did a knee when I saw the page on the AFL site.