Its difficult to interpret exactly what Worsfold meant in his statement,
"But what we found once we stopped him doing everything and rested him, he was a lot sorer than he was letting on.”
It could be that while the club did know he was sore, they did not know the seriousness of it until too late because Joe had not disclosed the severity
OR
Once they “stopped him doing everything”, it may be that the soreness increased rather than reduced. That sounds counter intuitive, but might be fact.
Bit late to discover that now, isn’t it? Joey why don’t you take this year off and relax.
Six of one half a dozen of other for mine. Even Steven.
Must be James Hird’s fault.
I seem to recall Joe putting his hand up to play back in 2014 when he was not right. He played a bad game and he was admonished by Bomba.
Bomber Thompson: "It’s all about team. If you make decision based on yourself and not the team then it’s not looked upon that well
they dropped him after that IIRC
Don’t think so? Played all the rest of games in 2014
Each to their own I suppose. In Colyer’s case, surgery was the most likely option to treat his ailment.
Nice post. Sometimes seems like people think surgery is akin to collecting a ‘health potion’ in some 90’s computer game - groin surgery medi-pack - zap!- back to full health.
This club is ■■■■■■
Collingwood have had more soft tissue injuries than anyone this year!!!
Not that I have any idea what an MD would have to do with soft tissue injuries. Specialist yes, physio yes, osteo maybe. EP yes.
MD, no.
RIP in peace big joe dirt
Anyone who’s played more than 50 games would’ve played with injuries that cause them significant discomfort.
Unless you believe the 5-10 guys going in for surgery straight after the last game all got injured that week!!
He thought he could get through it. He wanted to push through it. He was wrong.
That’s it. That’s all.
it seems odd to single joe out for it on both occasions, if its just a part and parcel thing?
I accept that players would play through pain on a constant basis, but on the flipside you constantly hear players to tell themselves/ coaches that they arent right to play and basically put themselves out of selection ‘body just didnt feel right/ didnt want to go in underdone’ etc etc etc. I think theres probably a fine line between being able to push through the pain and performing and succumbing to it, but it seems now twice Joe has not been able identify where that line sits for him.
I suggest you read some very well written and thought out posts on this matter.
This is bad news all round
In particular for our superstar Joey
Lets hope he can recover completely
from this injury. He will need the best specialists treating and managing him .
Heartbreaking stuff!!!
How does this compare to the way the industry standard is - ie; all other clubs and how they manage injuries with rest/management/surgery? Important to know so that we can tell whether it actually is correct that we’re doing things wrong, or that this is what happens in a sport like footy.
Aberfeldie was his junior club - a full 9km from the CBD and adjacent to Essendon.
We should drop the club doctors to the the VFL. Pathetic performance. No heart.
Depressing but not unexpected. Anyone know the chances of him coming back and playing at his best in the future? I know worst scenario is he’s stuffed, but realisticlly is he a good chance to get back to his best? Better than 50% chance?
Worst case scenario is he becomes our best key forward since Lloyd. Still, way to early to be going all negative though