Hes my favourite Tiger, but no. He's been plagued with his ankle for far too many weeks this year.
I hope we are not stuffing him up long term ...
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I hope we are not stuffing him up long term ...
This. Form has dropped off dramatically in the last eight weeks. Ankle related.
I have been calling for an end to this ankle strategy for many weeks. Aside from Lynch he is now our next most valuable asset.
Who knows, maybe the new coach might even put him back on the forward line where he belongs. (Or at least Wing.)
Can't even turn on it. Dumb.Dan has been injured for a month, why is he playing.........................
We just went through an entire year of mismanagement of injury. We all know it. So many blokes back too early to then go out again.
What could we possibly have been thinking playing a 40% fit Rioli as a forward that we couldn't have got from Coulthard? Even if we wanted him at VFL finals level, don't play Daniel and risk him getting something that he has to recover from and could delay his start to 2024. And I'm not talking about I'm being ready for day 1 of preseason. Preseasons are set up but what blokes do from September to October. Sure it's not as intensive as when preseason starts but it lays the groundwork. Fancy risking one of the few Rolls Rocyes in the shed.
What could we possibly have been thinking playing a 40% fit Rioli as a forward that we couldn't have got from Coulthard? Even if we wanted him at VFL finals level, don't play Daniel and risk him getting something that he has to recover from and could delay his start to 2024. And I'm not talking about I'm being ready for day 1 of preseason. Preseasons are set up but what blokes do from September to October. Sure it's not as intensive as when preseason starts but it lays the groundwork. Fancy risking one of the few Rolls Rocyes in the shed.
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Looks to be about the toughest n most leathery sausage on the BBQ. Not sure I'd want to be chewing on him if I was hungry. Don't know why the hell we haven't wrapped him up in cotton wool n put him away weeks ago, certainly haven't done him any favours by allowing him to get the *smile* knocked out week after week when the season's been done n dusted for three weeks.
Agree. Can somebody tell me what on earth Daniel was doing out there today?!? He looked on one leg for most of the game & was clearly hampered.
Disgraceful
He has been hobbling for the last 6 weeks.
What disgrace they chose to rest Prestia who is finished but decided Rioli should play.
He apprantly was limping in the warm up
Dan's the one asking to play. He's not getting forced to. Just making things worse for himself.
That's worse than the club mismanaging him if true. Players have more authority over the club itself? Should never work like that IMO.
Rotating players to condition player's fitness isn't a new concept in other professional sporting code's teams. The afl has lagged behind in this respect.
He was limping during training this week. He’s been limping as you said for the last 6 weeks.
Can’t work out why he’s been allowed to play.
Get the guy fixed up and just hope that we haven't ruined his career longevity by playing him injured for so long
