Injury 2025 Injury Thread

[MadMundy]

I'm glad that at the very least, Sturt is only just over a month away, I'd love to see him in this current forward line.

 

[Quay Club]

Getting NOD back fresh will be a bonus. He was playing good footy in the first couple of rounds and gave us some run.

 

[Madas]

Getting NOD back fresh will be a bonus. He was playing good footy in the first couple of rounds and gave us some run.

Hes one that you could never accuse of not giving his all and he gets real pissed off with himself when he screws up

Has been great having him back in form , hope to hell he can get a good run at it for the rest of the season

 

[purplerunsdeep2]

So we have equal 2nd worst injury list in the league

That's winning right?

 

[rgauci]

It’s hard not to wonder how we’d be going with a fully fit Fyfe around stoppages & Walters working with Deadly & Reid.

Would not help at all. We can’t pressure the opposition successfully. We are missing Jackson and O’Driscoll who are capable of actually chasing someone. The midfield is pedestrian without them.

 

[noise36]

So we have equal 2nd worst injury list in the league

That's winning right?

One of the youngest least experienced lists while also one of the worst injury lists...why cant we win, makes no sense.

 

[Minz]

One of the youngest least experienced lists while also one of the worst injury lists...why cant we win, makes no sense.

Yeah, great point. The difference in 2022 was the injury list.

 

[Wizard]

Other than the last 4 weeks of 2024 we have had an absolutely blessed run with injuries for a few years now, we are hardly in a position to be too upset.

 

[E Shed]

Would not help at all. We can’t pressure the opposition successfully. We are missing Jackson and O’Driscoll who are capable of actually chasing someone. The midfield is pedestrian without them.

I don’t think Melbourne could have bullied us at stoppage as much with Fyfe there. Plus he’d be directing traffic.

Re Walters I can imagine with the threat Reid & Dudley provides around goal Sonny might find a little more space & he doesn’t need much. Conversely if they were worried about him Duds only needs a millisecond of space to create.

And just the experience they both provide. Reid is a sponge, he could have studied the great ones at work.

It would have been interesting is all.

 

[Wizard]

I don’t think Melbourne could have bullied us at stoppage as much with Fyfe there. Plus he’d be directing traffic.

Re Walters I can imagine with the threat Reid & Dudley provides around goal Sonny might find a little more space & he doesn’t need much. Conversely if they were worried about him Duds only needs a millisecond of space to create.

And just the experience they both provide. Reid is a sponge, he could have studied the great ones at work.

It would have been interesting is all.

While your point is valid, if we are that reliant on two guys clearly on their last season then we are ****ed anyway.

 

[Superkoops]

There are some teams that Fyfe (fully fit of course) is handy in the trenches. Melbourne with Oliver and Petracca is certainly one of those. Geelong and Sydney are others. Teams like Hawks, GWS and Port who have more fleet of foot and quick ball movement not so much. The problem is we have played each of Geelong, Sydney and Melbourne and lost each.

 

[s_wd6]

There are some teams that Fyfe (fully fit of course) is handy in the trenches. Melbourne with Oliver and Petracca is certainly one of those. Geelong and Sydney are others. Teams like Hawks, GWS and Port who have more fleet of foot and quick ball movement not so much. The problem is we have played each of Geelong, Sydney and Melbourne and lost each.

Fyfe played a massive role on Clarry last year. Did it against Heeney too. He still had his worth.

 

[E Shed]

Fyfe played a massive role on Clarry last year. Did it against Heeney too. He still had his worth.

Not just defensively either. He took the Bulldogs apart single handed.
That did feel in hindsight like the last squeeze from the bottle though.
Be amazing if he could turn it on one last time for the business end of things.

 

[E Shed]

While your point is valid, if we are that reliant on two guys clearly on their last season then we are ****ed anyway.

It’s always about balance. The best teams have a few wily veterans.
Collingwood with Pendlebury & Sidebottom. Brisbane has Neale & Zorko, Geelong has Danger.
If Fyfe could still contribute like those guys we’d be a better side.

 

[FreoRicci]

Other than the last 4 weeks of 2024 we have had an absolutely blessed run with injuries for a few years now, we are hardly in a position to be too upset.

100%.
Plus it’s still a healthy strong 22.

 

[A Mantle Full]

No opposition wants to see Fyfe in the middle at stoppages. If fully fit he is still a hard match up. Plus he is inspirational to our younger leaders. I would rather have him in and the good teams dont want to play against him. Reports of his playing death have been greatly exaggerated.

 

[Ge3ks]

What's the deal with JoM, hammy AND foot?

 

[SiempreFreo]

And so he should, he really doesn’t strike me as the sort of guy that’ll stay involved in footy post retirement. I don’t see him in the media, and I don’t see him as a coach.

Probably will ride off into the sunset with a surf travel blog? And good on him.

Agree, no more WAFL, I hope the purple army get a couple of opportunities this year to celebrate the great man and his wonderful career.

I would’ve liked Fyfey to be interested in coaching. He kept a notebook of footy observations from the time he was a junior boarder st Aquinas…..

 

[SiempreFreo]

And so he should, he really doesn’t strike me as the sort of guy that’ll stay involved in footy post retirement. I don’t see him in the media, and I don’t see him as a coach.

Probably will ride off into the sunset with a surf travel blog? And good on him.

Agree, no more WAFL, I hope the purple army get a couple of opportunities this year to celebrate the great man and his wonderful career.

Agreed.
BTW re the media: when Pav - probably our greatest ever captain- was making his first rather uninspiring forays into TV, Fyfey did a few media gigs and was impressive.
He doesn’t seem to court the public eye in that way though.

 

[MadMundy]

How long do we reckon O'Meara spends on the sidelines?

 

[gaskin]

How long do we reckon O'Meara spends on the sidelines?

The rest of his career if we are lucky.

 

[A Mantle Full]

How long do we reckon O'Meara spends on the sidelines?

Four weeks

 

[MadMundy]

The rest of his career if we are lucky.

A little bit harsh, but fair enough.

 

[Taylor]

Erasmus has his window.

 

[freo_leo29]

How long do we reckon O'Meara spends on the sidelines?

JL made it seem like 1 week on 7


Hopefully it's more than that