Team Mgmt. 2020 & 2021 team selections, injuries and availability

[Lore]

So you're probably aware of the spreadsheets I keep posting everywhere. Well this will be something of a home for it I guess.


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[eth-dog]

Shiel?

I had him in the first group but it's unlikely he plays this week and forgot to add him to the second

 

[Lore]

Combined injury list from the club website, AFL website, and other sources.

Player	Injury (club website)	Estimated return (club website)	Injury (AFL website)	Estimated return (AFL website)	Injury reports/ player interviews/ press conferences/ VFL player reviews
David Zaharakis	(Removed in R19, listed as 'Wrist' in R18)	(Removed in R19, listed as 'test' in R18)	Wrist	Test	Played in the VFL/scratch match in Round 18 (VFL highlights, 21/7) "He returned really well and got what we want from a run-perspective and that wrist has pulled up no issues" (Murphy, injury report, 21/7)
Aaron Francis	(Removed in R19, listed as 'Mental Health' in R18)	(Removed in R19, listed as 'test' in R18)	Mental Health	TBC	Visible in training photos in Queensland (Club twitter, 16/7) Played VFL/scratch match in Round 18 (VFL highlights, 21/7)
Patrick Ambrose	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Finished the game on the bench (VFL player review, 29/6). Hasn't played since. "Injured and stayed in Victoria with a young baby" (Rutten press conference, 18/7)
Andrew Phillips	(Removed in R19, listed as 'Hamstring' in R18)	(Removed in R19, listed as 'short term' in R18)	Hamstring	Test	Injured hamstring during the VFL game, supposed to miss "a few weeks" (Murphy, injury report, 29/6) "Injured and stayed in Victoria with his wife, who is 38 weeks pregnant" (Rutten, press conference, 18/7)
Dylan Shiel	Knee	Short term	Knee	1-2 weeks	"In full skills [training] now and we'll build him up over the next couple of sessions" (Murphy, injury report, 21/7) "I’m almost ready to declare myself fit to play. We’re just figuring out whether I’ll go through that (scratch match) pathway or accumulate really good training with the AFL guys and make a straight return there." (Shiel, player interview, 20/7)
Kyle Langford	Hamstring	Short term	Hamstring	2-3 weeks	"He’s sustained a hamstring strain and will go into a short-term rehab process now. Hopefully we’ll get him back in a few weeks.” (Murphy, injury report, 13/7)
Jye Caldwell	Hamstring	Short term	Hamstring	5-6 weeks	“Jye is in a similar spot (to Dylan Shiel 9 Dylan Shiel Age 31 Ht 182cm Wt 84kg Pos. Mid Career Season Last 5 D 24.6 5star K 12.3 5star HB 12.2 5star M 3.1 3star T 3.9 5star CL 4.9 5star D 23.4 5star K 13.6 5star HB 9.8 5star M 2.2 2star T 3.4 4star CL 6.4 5star D 19.8 5star K 8.4 4star HB 11.4 5star M 2.4 3star T 2.6 4star CL 3.8 5star ), he’s in that end stage of that hamstring rehab process. He’s ticking off all the markers and will integrate into full skills next week and we’ll see him (potentially) the next couple of games.” (Murphy, injury report, 21/7)
Andrew McGrath	Knee	Medium term	Knee	5-6 weeks	"He came out of the brace just as he went into [self-isolation] so it's now about getting that strength into his quads and building that up through his hammy as well. He'll be out of quarantine early next week and he'll be right to run." (Murphy, injury report, 21/7)
Harrison Jones	Foot	TBC	Foot	TBC	"The scan showed a little bit of bone edema and the decision was to pull him out of the game. We’ll just manage him over the weeks conservatively and assess him from there.” (Murphy, injury report, 21/7)
Kaine Baldwin	Knee	Medium term	Knee	Season	"Last week joined the main group. Very selective of what drills they are from change of direction and contact side of it but he'll continue to build that now with the main group." (Murphy, injury report, 29/6)
Zach Reid	Back	Long term	Back	Season	"Will likely be sidelined for the rest of the season, after scans revealed he had sustained a stress fracture in his lower back." (Mahoney, club statement, 8/7) "He'll now enter into that rehab process so that's a month-to-month prospect to see how he comes up. The first month will be little activity and let him rest and let that heal." (Murphy, injury report, 13/7)
Michael Hurley	Illness	Long term	Hip	Season	"'Hurls' has been making good progress in his recovery from a hip infection. It has become a reality however that it is highly unlikely that he would be available to play football this season, and based on that he will be placed on our inactive list." (Mahoney, club statement, 31/5)
Irving Mosquito	Knee	Long term	Knee	Season	“Irving will require surgery and the club will fully support him during what will likely be a traditional 12-month rehabilitation process.” (Murphy, injury report, 7/9/2020) “Long-term rehabilitation is a tough proposition for all injured players, and certainly Irving has been transparent about his struggles throughout his recovery period. He recently asked to return home to be with his community and we were supportive of Irving taking the time to work through that. His wellbeing is our immediate priority and we will continue to work with Irving on what this means for his playing future." (Mahoney, club statement, 11/5)
Last Updated:	Wednesday, July 21	Wednesday, July 21	Tuesday, July 20	Tuesday, July 20

 

[Lore]

Didn't do toooo badly with injuries this year. The ones we did get decimated the midfield, rather than the forward line or the defence, so finally got a chance to build some chemistry in those line groups as well as overall. Still ran out of small forwards though, mostly because we don't have very many in the first place. Also no one suspended



For comparison, below is last year's injury tracker.

 

[Nifft]

Didn't do toooo badly with injuries this year. The ones we did get decimated the midfield, rather than the forward line or the defence, so finally got a chance to build some chemistry in those line groups as well as overall. Still ran out of small forwards though, mostly because we don't have very many in the first place. Also no one suspended

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For comparison, below is last year's injury tracker.

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Injuries probably worked in our favour this year as it allowed Parish to show everyone how good he was in middle, and gave opportunities to others like Durham. Also we had some luck with Phillips being mostly available when Draper was out.

 

[Vindicater]

Average year injury wise it seemed like.

 

[Lore]

Average year injury wise it seemed like.

We were lucky in that they sort of took turns, Stringer was fit when McGrath got injured, Phillips was fit when Draper was injured, etc.

 

[faible]

We were lucky in that they sort of took turns, Stringer was fit when McGrath got injured, Phillips was fit when Draper was injured, etc.

Never quite got our best team on the park, never quite scraped the bottom of the depth barrel requiring us to play guys completely out of position. Francis forward probably the only one you'd say fell in to that category.

 

[Lore]

Never quite got our best team on the park, never quite scraped the bottom of the depth barrel requiring us to play guys completely out of position. Francis forward probably the only one you'd say fell in to that category.

Yep. We’ve had the latter scenario the last few years (usually the forward line gets flogged) so I’ll take it as a win

 

[faible]

Yep. We’ve had the latter scenario the last few years (usually the forward line gets flogged) so I’ll take it as a win

That's what happens when two of your most talented forwards are two of the most injury prone players in the comp.

Seems we got Daniher right before he went off to Brisbane, and Fantasia is having the same old issues at Port.

For where we're at, I think we'd all prefer reliability ahead of talent.

 

[Lore]

That's what happens when two of your most talented forwards are two of the most injury prone players in the comp.

Seems we got Daniher right before he went off to Brisbane, and Fantasia is having the same old issues at Port.

For where we're at, I think we'd all prefer reliability ahead of talent.

Peter Wright has kicked more goals this year than Daniher did last year. I think that says it all really