Tracking towards Gumbleton territory
lets not forget, we played arguably our best footy in the back end of last year with no hooker, jones or tippa
Iâd send langford forward to play third tall
Gee that sucks, gives Baldwin opportunities to settle into our best 22 over the next month.
Are you suggesting some sort of torture based performance scenario at somewhere like FarkCarlton?
Where if youâre not in the best team someone will come and beat the â â â â â out of you?
I suggest you take a look at current AFL injury lists
Every team has best 22 players who are either going to miss or are in doubt.
Itâs a high intensely/contact sport, injuries happen all the time.
Deep breaths Nino
Get absolutely ducked.
Iâm saying it sucks that we seem to cop injuries to our best players all the time
If he tore his ligaments going to take more than a month
A month to recover and then probably another few weeks of fitness be lucky to see him before the mid season break imo
The number of games Jones played last year - 16 - is half of Gumbyâs career total. Gumby wouldnât reach 16 games until his 4th year on the list. Jones has been unlucky, Gumby was profoundly cursed.
This fkg sucks. But stop being a hysterical sooky-la-la for just one minute, would you?
Me being a hysterical sooky lala yep ok
I said that other day that heâs going to miss weeks so this news hasnât shocked me at all
Itâs disappointing he will miss games but the sky isnât falling and world isnât against EFC players only
AFL is a fkn demanding sport. Injuries are going to happen.
Weâve got options and not having to go to a Jacob Townsend to play kpf
Alec Waterman reportedly earmarked to fast track his âfitness campâ and come in early play power forward Round 1.
When the ball was tossed to Waterman to start his goal kicking and marking practice, he was overheard saying âwhat the fark is this?â
Not syndesmosis. Not Lisfranc. Not the end of the world.
Weâll miss him big time early but plan around a smallish forward line and move on.
We need to try and keep a level head. Our key talls are very talented, raw, skinny and even growing still (Reid). As Sheeds says, itâs 1981/2. Weâre approaching a prosperous period on field and this year is another development and year of growth. I
f we can keep a broad perspective and try our best to resist the frustrations that will possibly challenge our patience again this year, we wonât make short term potentially damaging decisions that cause long term consequences.
This could be the growing pains year before we launch to success.
Itâs a long year. A marathon. We will hopefully build as the year goes on.
Well Azza, youâve got a guaranteed 5-6 weeks as a permanent forward now. Letâs see if youâve got it.
Another forward made from tissue paper.
Whatâs wrong with 4 ply paper towel?
Anyone thinking Baldwin is a like for like replacement for Jones is in for a shock. He might play Round 1, but he just do what Jones does, nowhere near it.
Considering theyâre very different players I donât think anyone is expecting Baldwin to do what Jones does
You know itâs a contact sport right?
Thatâs a good run mate. Only 2 of those guys are unavailable for round 1 and itâs highly debatable whether or not Francis is best 22.
Youâre still having a good whinge though