this is such sensible take… in an environment that does not accept sensible takes and we all know that this is f*g bullshit the AFL will FK us (which they will) and what was 2017 anyway? YT - buying you dinner when you are right. Lid off… maybe.
Is there any need to take away his innocence so quickly?
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baptism of fire
Those highlight packages… I forgot just how good he is.
Can’t wait to get him back in the side.
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i love the fact that his toe pokes go 55m. He is a beautiful kick around play.
I dont understand why when he has set shoots he doesnt run from a bit further back and with speed just like when he is in play.
Jus sayin
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Orazio feeds off Joey D
Need him back and Orazio fires
Can you think of many blokes who casually take set shots from 70 out?.. And dob em? (with a drop punt)
And pull down grabs from what 3.5 metres in the air?
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Him, we bring in.
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Not really…
For KPPs
70s out goals - Joe and Buddy
I’m not really missing that awful feeling of watching Joe lining up and missing many getable kicks.
I do miss the very dangerous marking and athletic target that is Joe.
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I bet you miss those finger twirling goal celebrations.
I sure as hell do.
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I bloody do!!
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bring in him weeeee
Just thinking about this gets the emotions stirred up!
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Reads blitz.
I said this hundreds of posts ago.
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Woosha said today, Daniher could be back “in less than a month”
AFL injuries: Who is hurt from your club after Round 6?
John Worsfold says Joe Daniher could be less than a month from an AFL return but will continue backing in his forward line to continue its brilliant start to the season.
Worsfold admitted the Dons had considered throwing Cale Hooker forward against North Melbourne given the club’s amazing defensive depth.
Aaron Francis, Matt Guelfi, Brandon Zurk-Thatcher and Mason Redman were all overlooked at selection and instead played in a scratch match.
But Worsfold instead kept Hooker back to shut down Ben Brown and Orazio Fantasia added punch in a new role off halfback and the Dons still kicked a winning score.
Daniher has started putting together strong training and is impressing track watchers after continued groin issues but is still some weeks away.
He would be an enticing prospect in the Dons forward line given their 4-1 start even if it was only a month before a likely finals campaign.
“The aim is to get him back playing footy as quickly as we can without rushing it,” Worsfold told 3AW.
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Joe Daniher trains at Essendon’s Queensland hub. Picture: Michael Klein
“We want Joey when he gets back playing to have a career uninterrupted as much as possible and it’s what we are working towards. Whether it’s in 3-4 weeks or 5-6 I can’t answer that.
“He has been tracking along pretty well so it’s been great to have him on the training track.
“One thing about the training protocols is Joey has been able to get on the track with players earlier than if we were in full contact so it’s just been nice to have him out there.
“It might be four weeks, it might be six. Basically we are not focusing on date, it’s just keep progressing, working through it and then all of a sudden we will say he is ready to go. There is no strict time on that.”
Essendon will lose Brownlow contender Dylan Shiel to suspension but have continually shown this year they have been able to win without their best side.
Andrew McGrath and Jordan Ridley continue breakout seasons, with Ben Rutten and Worsfold backing in the undermanned forward line.
“Hooker as a forward is very tempting and it was very tempting and Guelfi, Zurk-Thatcher, Redman and Guelfi were all ready to go so it was very tempting to say one could come in and release Hooksy but we wanted to back in the work the forwards have done and give them an opportunity to build chemistry and trust they will do the job for us.
“Kyle Langford hit the scoreboard, (Shaun) McKernan and (Jacob) Townsend competed well, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti is always a threat even defensively and creates so much for us and we were confident they would get the job done for us.”
Jonathon Patton will miss the next month of AFL action.
PATTON TO MISS A MONTH
Jon Patton will miss at least a month after scans confirmed a right hamstring strain for the luckless Hawk.
The forward was felled when he slid for a mark in the first quarter of Friday night’s loss to Collingwood and had scans in Sydney on Saturday.
“Obviously this news is really disappointing for Jon and the club,” Hawks football boss Graham Wright said.
“His frustration and emotion was evident on Friday night so you can see how much this means to him.
“The positive news is that we should see Jon back on the park in a month and he’ll undertake his recovery with the support of the club, as we continue in the hub environment.
“We’re confident that he will do all the right things in his recovery to ensure we see him back out there as soon as possible.”
The young Pies gun is helped from the field.
PIES DEBUTANT KELLY TO HAVE SURGERY
Collingwood debutant Will Kelly has returned to Melbourne and will meet with a surgeon this week after scans confirmed a dislocated elbow and fracture that could spell the end of his season.
Kelly, 19, dislocated his left elbow after falling awkwardly in a marking contest late in the Magpies’ win over Hawthorn at Giants Stadium in what coach Nathan Buckley described as a “bittersweet” first game.
He had a scan in Sydney on Saturday morning which revealed the dislocation and fracture above the elbow.
Instead of flying to Perth with his teammates on Saturday for their WA hub stint, Kelly flew home and will have surgery.
“Kelly and the club will know more about his immediate prospects after consulting with specialists,” the club said in a statement.
Former Kangaroo and league games record-holder Brent Harvey suffered a similar injury and underwent surgery in 2009 and returned within nine weeks, but a timeline of at least 12 weeks is considered the recovery timeline after surgery.
Pies forward Jaidyn Stephenson captured a post-game video of skipper Scott Pendlebury tying Kelly’s shoelaces.
“300 games tying 1 games (sic) shoe up,” he wrote on Instagram.
It caught the eye of coach Nathan Buckley.
“No stat for that,” the coach tweeted with a loveheart emoji.
Collingwood’s Will Kelly in agony after dislocating his elbow
Hawthorn is expecting to learn results of key forward Jon Patton’s hamstring scan on Sunday, after the luckless Hawk was felled on Friday night.
The club is hopeful that it could be in the realm of a three-week injury.
His emotion was evident in the aftermath of the incident, which occurred when he slid for a mark.
His hamstrings are further affected after grafts were taken from the muscles to facilitate two ACL reconstructions in recent years.
“Jonathan Patton obviously distressed after hamstring tear – he has had 3 knee ACL recos so he knows he no longer has a “normal” hammy after tendon grafts used so recovery usually much longer,” sports medico Dr Peter Larkins tweeted in the aftermath.
Patton, who joined the Hawks from Greater Western Sydney at the end of last season, has missed 90 games due to injury over his 92 game career.
Interesting that it says “Essendon will lose Dylan Shiel to suspension”
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Brandon “Zurk-Thatcher” eh?
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