Donstuie wrote:
We either have extremely brittle players, or our injury-management is shite.
Well we've seen first hand that they're going back to basics diagnostically, which is a smart move when you're faced with a series of problems you don't understand.
They did this by getting most of the players to shed all of their tape in the early stages of pre-season, save for those who had just had surgery on an area. So obviously they acknowledge the problem internally and are attempting to address it.
Bell is in his first pre-season as a mature player, so issues were bound to crop up as he took himself in with a heavy build and lifted his training intensity. In much the same way O'Keeffe was pretty heavy when we drafted him, albeit with puppy fat.
Warnock has clearly had problems with getting some weight in his arms and across his chest, as well as contested work being poor, so the double shoulder op makes sense and it takes a while to get back from.
We saw what happened to Laidler, heard what happened to Buckley and then there's Ellard, McInnes, Bray and White with the odd niggle that we're being cautious with.
Mitchell came to us with 3 shoulder ops under his belt so it happens, while Robinson and Jamison had their backs flare up and we've gone the patient route.
On the other side of the ledger, Walker's just come off an injury free season and is probably feeling the pinch after another typically hard pre-season shift from himself, so I don't mind that so much. McLean and Bower are completely unscathed for the first time in years; McCarthy, Collins, Kreuzer, Curnow, Waite and Hampson have recovered well it seems.
Hope I've covered everything.
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