This on top of Lynch breaking his foot after plantar fascia..It sounds like it. Another one.
This on top of Lynch breaking his foot after plantar fascia..It sounds like it. Another one.
This has been stated by Dimma previously but IMO it is plain dumb. You can do it non contact sports where you can continue to get volume of training in each week, but with footy even at lower levels, the first 3 days post game are recovering and trying to get the body moving again. That leaves 1 proper footy session and 1-2 gym sessions. At best they are maintaining preseason fitness levels, they would not be able to get in the volume of work to increase fitness levels to anything meaningful or sustained.I see it as a real balancing act. It's a bloody long season now 23 games + finals. The goal has to be having a fit squad who are peaking coming into September. Of course you have to get there first.
There is only so much bad luck you can have. Surely questions are being asked internally!!!With Gibcus having yet another setback, it raises yet another question regarding our injury management.
How many players have we had this year supposedly fully recovered from injury only to be sidelined again for weeks?
From memory we've had:
Gibcus
Soldo
Graham
Campbell
Tarrant
Have I missed any?
Is this purely bad luck or poor injury management? I genuinely have no idea about injury recovery so don't know one way or another.
I haven't included one off injuries as they happen at every club, this is more focused on re-injured players.
Not sure if rushed is the right word as it’s now round 9 & he injured it mid pre season , I would more think not rehabilitated properly might suit betterI clearly remember the interview where Meehan said the operation meant Josh wouldn't reinjure the hamstring again. Admitedly in a different spot but you have to wonder if they've rushed him back to quickly. There's waay too much smoke among players getting re-injured. We've never seen anything like this.
Short and Lynch as well.With Gibcus having yet another setback, it raises yet another question regarding our injury management.
How many players have we had this year supposedly fully recovered from injury only to be sidelined again for weeks?
From memory we've had:
Gibcus
Soldo
Graham
Campbell
Tarrant
Have I missed any?
Is this purely bad luck or poor injury management? I genuinely have no idea about injury recovery so don't know one way or another.
I haven't included one off injuries as they happen at every club, this is more focused on re-injured players.
Yep. Where did that Saints bloke go, or was he sacked properly by Wossy?Time to get serious & spend some coin & poach someone or find the best ! Such a crucial part of the club & clearly it all can’t be bad luck.
They're doing something right up there, 2nd on the AFL ladder, and on top (undefeated) in the VFL.I would consider the conditioning person responsible for the Lions.
Not many injuries.
Seem to get their players right before bringing them in.
Thoughts people?
Not too long ago that was us. It will change quickly for them at some point too. I can just imagine their supporter forums in a couple of years going “apart from Ashcroft we have no decent kids coming through”. “All our players are injured”. “Fagan has lost the players”.They're doing something right up there, 2nd on the AFL ladder, and on top (undefeated) in the VFL.