If he is out until 2015 , why has this not been reported anywhere please?
Because he isn't confirmed out by the doctors. He could play if absolutely necessary but it's not worth it because he could aggravate the ankle and he has next to no fitness base or form presuming he doesn't get re-injured he will destroy 2015
Tommy is "fit but lacking touch", I don't think he played VFL last weekend.
I believe we need to get Tommy in soon ! Paddy Ryder needs to be released to the forward line.
Igoring the potentail of Jake and Jo , Paddy is till our best tall forward.
Then where is Tommy?
I got the impression that was because Paddy was under an injury cloud coming into the game and so they held Tom back from VFL in case he was required as a late call up in the seniors.
On exposed AFL form and VFL reports from blitzers - Tom will not have any impact on the 2014 season. Big preseason and ready to go for 2015.
There was a cryptic post on the Tom Beachcomber thread, which alluded to the possibility of another operation on his ankle. Stay tuned, and prepare for an announcement after mad monday that he will go under the knife or arthroscope again.