I’m shocked
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Man, if only we had have turfed this guy and that Merrett joker.
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Brisbane were never really interested they didn’t go out of their way to make a trade happen
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Of course
So we couldn’t just turf him we are stuck with him simple as that
The of course was for the fact Ridley’s done another hammy
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SWAGGER
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oh.
Calf this time but yep
The latest AFL injury and selection news as Essendon dealt another shattering Jordan Ridley blow
Jordan Ridley’s nightmare soft tissue run took another shattering turn on Friday with the star defender to be sidelined for an extended period.
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February 20, 2026 - 7:04PM
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Essendon defender Jordan Ridley is facing another six weeks on the sidelines with a suspected serious calf injury.
Ridley’s nightmare soft tissue problems continued on Friday morning when he hurt his calf at training.
The injury-plagued backman has had scans and will meet with club’s high performance and medical staff across the weekend to discuss another recovery.
Essendon training session. Jordan Ridley. Picture: David Caird
It is a shattering blow for Ridley who briefly considered a trade last year and met with Brisbane Lions over his injury frustrations.
The club overhauled its high fitness staff to help get on top of its injury woes.
But despite the considerable optimism around the new program, Ridley has gone down again.
He is expected to miss at least the first month of the new season as the club will be cautious with his latest rehabilitation.
Too bad Hayes is still recovering from his acl
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Should have went with the Brisbane trade
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They weren’t really interested not much you can do they didn’t even make offer i think
Could have traded him for fk all
This will be 12 weeks out… you can bank that. Horrific news and its as grim as it gets for Jordan.
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It’s only a month and he will be back
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I feel for the guy but at some point you have to think that Murphy and co were not the problem for him.
His body either isn’t cut out for professional sport or he is not being professional and following the programs being set out for him.
He seems quite professional so unfortunately I think it’s just his body can’t deal with an elite sports environment
Poor guy
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Calf, even worse!
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Sack Iness
Just pull the pin Rids
at some stage he has to think that maybe he will never be able to cope with professional sport