Ladies and Gents, we’ve found our scapegoat. Now we can go on without making any other meaningful changes. The Essendon way.
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Yup.
I don’t think any celebrations are in order until we see things actually improve, which they haven’t when we have been through this before.
But at least the club gets to point its finger at the review and ‘changes’ to make the players happy.
But he didn’t. He still fell back into old habits. When he did the hamstring, he was clear to play but the club elected to make him underdog a 4 week block of training to get his fitness back up to scratch.
They could afford to do that at GWS.
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Surely it can’t be a bad thing if we’re truly into Mathew Inness currently at WCE, who also spent 12 years at Bulldogs prior, inc their 2016 premiership as Head of dept…
Have a look at WCE current injury list - not a single soft tissue injury even with a heap of young players:
And historically the Bulldogs have always been thereabouts in terms of fitness and physicality.
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Geelong last week?
Is this Matthew Innes the ex-Essendon and Victorian left-arm quick?
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I think so…
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There shouldn’t be any extras, the players should be given an exact program to follow that will maximise there ability to perform and they should be expected to follow that program. Any “extras” should be a part of the program in the first place.
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You don’t think programs are pretty thorough across the league? The best clubs give their players a fair bit of autonomy. Granted, we couldn’t do that because of players that are immature and take the ■■■■.
There is only so far a club can go before the AFLPA screams infringement on the players lives outside of the club. They can’t force it.
But the best players, league wide (including NRL), do extras. That’s what makes them the best. Be it in recovery, rehab or skill development. In the same way that everyone does PD in their chosen field, in their own time often, if they want to advance.
Their program maybe thorough, but they still do more. They come into the club on days off and do it.
If you don’t, that’s on you. But like all fields you limit your potential. And then if you don’t even complete the bare minimum then you probably need 4 week conditioning blocks after a two week hamstring.
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E.g LeBron James - spends 2 million a year on his body/prep and does the most recovery out of any player in the NBA. A big reason he is one of the most durable/best athletes of all time. Not that our players need to go that far but just shows the extra work 100% can take durability to the next level.
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That’s interesting. Two years ago the Eagles were as bad as us.
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It applies to everything.
Look at any field where people have risen to the top in a competitive (key point) environment, I can guarantee they haven’t just done the recommended amount.
Nothing beats doing the work
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You know we are getting someone from West Coast or North. So just pick whichever is better.
They had major Covid issues around then
Luke Shuey (hamstring) — test
Jack Darling (foot) — TBC
Luke Edwards (groin) — 1 week
Liam Duggan (knee) — 1-2 weeks
Connor West (hamstring) — 2 weeks
Elliot Yeo (calf) — 2-3 weeks
Oscar Allen (foot) — 4-5 weeks
Tom Joyce (ankle) — 4-5 weeks
Zane Trew (shin) — 5-6 weeks
Greg Clark (shoulder) — 6-7 weeks
Jamie Cripps (pectoral) — 6-7 weeks
Dom Sheed (ankle) — 8 weeks
Campbell Chesser (ankle) — inactive
Tom Cole (ankle) — inactive
In addition to those they had COVID related outs with Tim Kelly out with COVID, and Liam Ryan was in health and safety protocols.
Seems all mostly body part injury related to me.
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Duursma apparently played with “hamstring awareness” last night and was iced up after the game 
Are you forgetting the 4 injuries during our last bye?
Depends who is running the program