“We’ll be sending Joe in for surgery after monitoring his pre-season and hoping his injury(s) would heal on their own and with management. Obviously we are disappointed for Joe and the team but our goal is to get Joe back to 100% fitness and confidence in his body again.”
Joey’s injured: it doesn’t matter whether it’s a calf injury, or whether the OP has got inflamed again; what matters is the six weeks.
We did pretty well without him the second half of last year. We can continue the same way for another six weeks — or longer, because I’d want him to come back via two matches in the Magoos.
What we don’t need is for Joey to come back too soon, and get injured again. It’s worth waiting for the best.
Lyon on The Couch said he got shredded by an Essendon official yesterday who said it was absolutely a calf and Lyon agreed the issue is over - it’s a calf.
Given the creature giving birth was called Daisy, and we heard the facts straight from the horse’s mouth, this was always the most probable outcome.