Matt Kennedy would be handy. @#$%&! me

At least he got six games last year, but yeah not good for them either.

Gee thanks for the pep talk

re Charlie. That’s a great question Humpers. Orthopaedic surgeons have an interesting mindset and I know a few. Once their initial handiwork is done and bones are all healed they are happy to leave any residual hardware (pins screws) in indefinitely in many cases. There is no urgency to go back and take it out. This was brought home to me a year ago when my wife fractured her ankle and had 12 pins and plates inserted. Now it all healed up OK but the rehab was slow as expected and she still had quite some pain and stiffness. At the 6 month mark the orthopaedic surgeon who was a mate of mine was about to discharge her and I said to him. Are you going to take all that metal out at some stage. It can’t be great from a rehab perspective leaving it in. And he said sure I’ll take it out. And booked her in in 4 weeks and took it out. I’m a specialist doctor myself and I said to him. But M why didnt you suggest it. If I’d said nothing were you ever going to come back to me on it?
My sense is that once their job is done and bones are fixed and healed they are happy to get on with the next case.

Charlie has had such a rocky road that you’d suggest they’d want to leave well enough alone. But he hasn’t been great. Surely early post season is the time to do this shit, not late February. What do I know

It’s almost pointless predicting when players come back from injury
One the human body heals at different rates for individuals
And then there is the media focus which continues to get bigger even though most of it is bullshit and not worth listening to.

And then there is a final in Brisbane last year where a number of players who were injured played over fit players who were in form

What a farce ..... amateur s#it

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Melbourne and Carlton appealing SSP cut off date . Claiming teams that had already played had an unfair advantage

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oh Great... Just Great.... an ACL Injury to our Top Pick and he hasn't even began his Career yet!

Let's just add another injury Prone player to the list. Once an ACL is done, a player will never be the same as he used to be, so I won't be shocked if Jagga turns out to be a failed experiment... YET Again with this Cursed Club!

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Yes, Durdin is Smart.... He is trying to trick the Curse Gods so he can be left alone


In all Seriousness, The Club should Ice all of our Top players and not play them in any competitive pre-season Crap Games. They are fit enough to Go right from Rd1. They don't need match practice.

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Considering what Carlton has been through in the last 20 years - surely they can allow Melbourne and Carlton to add a list spot seeing as Smith is out before the season started. Why wait until the mid-season draft?
It doesn't make sense.
The whole AFL competition is largely bankrolled by Carlton & a couple of other clubs. If they want the money for their expansion so they can get a team into Devenport or wherever it is...the Devenport Donkeys or Tasmanian goat herders...etc...then be flexible.

Denver Grainger-Barrass- give him the spot.

Yeah, but nah.

We had eight blokes trialling with the club since November. Two of them were previously on the list.

Shit or get off the pot.

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What are you on about?

All clubs bar 4 played prior to the cut off date, and if they had a long term injury had the option to add a player on Friday, so how is that fair for the other 4 clubs that played after the cut off?

If the injury occurred in round 1 we would still be in the same boat!
I gather that the SSP was not instigated with long term injury replacement in mind and hence the current cut off date.
With injuries in mind, your point is very valid and the cut off date should be the day before each team plays their first game of the official season. Then every team is on a level playing field.

I agree about round 1, but it didn't happen then, it happened in the practice game. I know this is the AFL and a level playing field is not a high priority for them, but this is a simple fix, you can't disadvantage the 4 clubs, just extend the deadline until say tonight. I am sure the club has a pretty good idea of who they would take and don't really need much time.