News Welcome Ben Serpell

[partycorolla]

Honestly we are no worse off paying this bloke out and using ChatGPT for the rest of the season

Best to use the paid version though... don't want to be cheap.

 

[partycorolla]

Points to a issue with conditioning

I think the bone stress issues highlight it more...

 

[tigs2010]

That’s right, but the news of Cumming is positive. Hope to see him at some level this weekend.

Bet he doesn't play for another 3 weeks just to be safe

 

[tigs2010]

They just given up on Smill updates?

 

[tunksy]

They just given up on Smill updates?

Let alone sims?

 

[tigs2010]

Let alone sims?

Who?

 

[Achilles Heel]

I think the bone stress issues highlight it more...

Mansell 4 months stress injury

 

[tigs2010]

Mansell 4 months stress injury

 

[peternorth]

i miss the days of osteitis pubis

 

[Achilles Heel]

We don’t do 1 or 2 week injuries at Tigerland

 

[partycorolla]

Mansell 4 months stress injury

That was pretty much my point. Hotton, Armstrong, Sims and Mansell. Almost 10% of our list. Coincidence? Or is there a cause to this?

 

[tunksy]

That was pretty much my point. Hotton, Armstrong, Sims and Mansell. Almost 10% of our list. Coincidence? Or is there a cause to this?

yeah cause would be our preseason program that had an emphasis on repeat running.

reading between the lines lots over load over use injury

 

[partycorolla]

yeah cause would be our preseason program that had an emphasis on repeat running.

reading between the lines lots over load over use injury

Now I can understand trying to get young athletes up to AFL standard but not if they are going to break down all the time. Mansell is a surprise though... he's seasoned. Needs a re-think by Serpell at a minimum and a serious investigation by the club as well.

 

[tunksy]

Now I can understand trying to get young athletes up to AFL standard but not if they are going to break down all the time. Mansell is a surprise though... he's seasoned. Needs a re-think by Serpell at a minimum and a serious investigation by the club as well.

I certainly hope the club is doing its due diligence in the fitness department. It'll will literally make or break our short and long term future.

 

[lizard man]

Who?

Sims is our duff Tytler …. He just can’t get on the park atm

 

[Drunken Wookie]

more " bone stress "

its not even a real thing, how can bones get stressed they do **** all just hang out in our bodies

 

[Stigmata]

Perhaps!!!!! But NINE leg injuries at round 3 are too coincidental to not lump partial blame on the serpent. Let's not forget how many other players on the list are recovering from leg injuries also. How many are carrying niggles that can't afford to be rested due to 11 injuries. With a near full squad they might be able to freshen up. I mean Lefau should be eased into Max 80% gametime as a fwd coming back from a knee, not smashed in the ruck and shouldering too much to protect the kids.




It's supposed to. He's probably too anxious to release it and now his sphincter won't unclench as Louie Meehan warned him on his handover that the Bigfooty nuffies will come for him and give him an appropriate nickname like the Punt Rd slasher, then its only a matter of time before his only job offers are volunteering for a W program for free. I mean the serpent is quite fitting but give people time and he'll have a cracker of a moniker.

It could also be the season starting early and the hardness of the ground

 

[rammmbo]

I see clear signs of servere overtraining syndrome and if it continues there is a good chance it will be permanent .

Look at Hopper his fast twitch fibres are completely shot

 

[rfctigerarmy]

We don’t do 1 or 2 week injuries at Tigerland

All our hamstring injuries are 5,6,7, 8 weeks.

 

[captain cotch 9]

They just given up on Smill updates?

They will give us an update in 5-7 weeks that will stretch out to 12 weeks

 

[Achilles Heel]

All our hamstring injuries are 5,6,7, 8 weeks.

Our ACL are two years compared to 12 months for others , our stubbed toes are 6 months etc etc

 

[Achilles Heel]

It could also be the season starting early and the hardness of the ground

So other grounds are softer?

 

[_RT_]

So other grounds are softer?

Crows 7 injuries
Lions & Suns both 9 injuries
Port Swans WCE & Saints 10 injuries
Giants 13 injuries

7 teams with injury lists similar to ours and across the league there are 129 injuries that aren't concussion/illness related (16% of the entire league) so I'd suggest that it's not just a case of Serpell not knowing what he is doing.

The game is played at break neck speed with the ball going from end to end repeatedly and there are less interchange rotations in games which means players are being asked to push harder for longer. Add to that teams are asked to deal with shorter breaks between games. Season has continued to start earlier when grounds are still rock hard and only really soften when there has been quite a bit of rain. It's no wonder there are a lot of injuries across the league.

 

[From45SlightAngle]

Crows 7 injuries
Lions & Suns both 9 injuries
Port Swans WCE & Saints 10 injuries
Giants 13 injuries

7 teams with injury lists similar to ours and across the league there are 129 injuries that aren't concussion/illness related (16% of the entire league) so I'd suggest that it's not just a case of Serpell not knowing what he is doing.

The game is played at break neck speed with the ball going from end to end repeatedly and there are less interchange rotations in games which means players are being asked to push harder for longer. Add to that teams are asked to deal with shorter breaks between games. Season has continued to start earlier when grounds are still rock hard and only really soften when there has been quite a bit of rain. It's no wonder there are a lot of injuries across the league.

Every other team is struggling with injuries no better or worse than us. I think it's because ours are either integral to a functioning team - Nank, Lynch, Broad, Mansell - or a promisiing young player - Hotton, Smillie, Cumming. Alger - that makes it seem a lot more damning.

I doubt the board would be up in arms if it was Hopper, Ralphsmith, Ryan etc who were injured

 

[Stigmata]

So other grounds are softer?

Interesting that he other team that has a lot of foot injuries is Geelong. Where Serpell came from.

I am still of the opinion he is doing alright so time will tell