#29 Patrick Ambrose -- forward or back?

Reboot · July 8, 2018, 8:57am

Ants:

Reboot:

Ants:

Reboot:

Gwilty:

Should have picked Dea

■■■■ happens.

He shouldn’t have been in the side, but that had nothing to do with the injury. But if he wasn’t contacted for 2019 I’d be delisting him. You can’t build a side on players who can’t stay on the park.

I’d play Dea and use Ambrose as his back up myself.

I use to make this argument with Davey, who in my mind was best 22 when fit. You just can’t keep players in the squad who cannot be relied on to stay fit most years. Exceptions can be made for true talents, or youngsters building a body. But past a certain point it just kills the team and your depth.

Ambrose is a decent to good player when on the park and with a run. But he’s getting injured again and again. That doesn’t work either with the main team or being depth.

It might be different if we had no other options. But medium to tall defenders is our deepest part of the list.

But he’s contracted for 2019 so it’s a moot point right now.

Not defensive ones like him.

Ants · July 8, 2018, 9:01am

Hooker and Hartley are taller and do the defensive job. Dea is smaller and does. Francis and Hurley possibly can.

It’s not an area of weakness.

Reboot · July 8, 2018, 9:06am

Hooker does, but he takes the beasts. Hartley isn’t up to it for mine. Dea does. Hurley doesn’t, and Francis doesn’t. It’s not an area of weakness, but neither is it an area of strength. For mine, Ambrose stay until Zerk is ready. So probably another two years.

Ants · July 8, 2018, 9:26am

Well, he’s staying another year regardless. I also want it clear that if it wasn’t for his injury history I’d be happy to have him on the list.

mdso · July 9, 2018, 12:37am

When we need a tagger he is it. I just wish he would use his skills in that dept more often.

frosty · July 9, 2018, 12:43am

I was coming I here expecting to see discussion about how we win if Ambrose stays on the park, and I get a bunch of “delist” comments. Unbelievable. Would have been perfect to shut out DeGoey in the last.

daf · July 9, 2018, 2:51am

We missed him so much in the second half. I agree. We would have won if he didn’t get injured.

chris_64 · July 9, 2018, 7:27am

I thought he was a better match up for de Goey, rather than Stephenson, how he ended up chasing Stephenson and twanging his hammy might be more to do with “zone defence”. I will check the replay. DeGoey did much more damage than Stephenson, mostly in the last, and mostly due to Pendles getting off the leash.

Finding_Nino · July 9, 2018, 7:35am

The bloke is becoming injury prone cant afford to have players on the list who continually get injured.

barry_day · July 9, 2018, 10:15am

Done for the year.

“Pat Ambrose has a hamstring strain and the tendon is impacted, but it will not require surgery,” Physical Performance Manager Justin Crow said on Monday.

“Early estimations suggest this is a 10-week injury.”

Stallion · July 9, 2018, 10:16am

See ya

Finding_Nino · July 9, 2018, 10:17am

Stinger also done will miss a month with a calf strain

Season trully done and dusted now

Sugar_Winton · July 9, 2018, 10:19am

Jesus 10 weeks, that’s a fair old hammy. For a cyborg he is pretty delicate.

b00bytrap · July 9, 2018, 10:21am

Was playing very well until he got injured. And his reaction said it all. He was gutted.

efc1robbo · July 9, 2018, 10:23am

barnz · July 9, 2018, 10:24am

how can it not need surgery when the tendon was impacted?

Reboot · July 9, 2018, 10:42am

Well that would depend on what the impact was would it not?

Eastie_Boi1 · July 9, 2018, 10:55am

I’d imagine the tendon is still attached.
There is such thing as a partial tendon tear lol

HirdMentality · July 9, 2018, 10:56am

What was his last soft tissue? Calf? Might as well cotton wool him for preseason.

Talks of delisting are childish

Gwilty · July 9, 2018, 10:57am

In 2019 Ambrose should be no more than reserve depth (when fit).