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Dream Team Medical Room: Round 11

We are very lucky to have a physio on board to bring us a weekly injury update and a professional opinion on expected lay offs of some of our AFL Dream Team players. If you’ve got a question, chuck it in the comments and Jakub will hopefully get to you. Welcome on board the DT Talk team!

Coming into the bye rounds the last thing coaches need is for players to go down with injury or suspension. In a perfect world after the last 10 weeks of careful research and planning all of your teams would be perfectly balanced, all the byes would be covered, all of your bench players would be playing and with some crafty mouse play you would all be going light on the frosted cinnamon donuts. Now when you initially selected you teams and when you made those all important premium up-grades, every one knew that it was these players who would be expected carry your depleted teams over the up-coming difficult period. Well at least that’s what you thought, right? With all the chaos of late and with so many of our beloved leaders going down. What do can be done going into the next three weeks to minimize the damage?

I’m not pointing the finger at anyone in particular here, but Collingwood football club what are you trying to prove? It was bad enough with Swan out, then Shaw and his dodgy calf popped-up again (don’t think to much into this I think him missing last week was a calculated rest) and now Pendlebury has broken his leg!  No it was not a Barlow like break, but the facts are that his Tibia is broken! No matter how small the break (or crack) is, as this is the main weight bearing bone in the lower leg there is no way he will be back before round 14 and even that is at a stretch. Collingwood will more then err on the side of caution with all of the above three so I wouldn’t rule out Shaw / Swan having another rest this week with the bye looming in round 12.

Next is Carlton football club and honestly they are not much better…With Murphy and Carrazzo joining the shoulder club, Kruezer struck down with the ruck curse and now Scotland looking at 3-4 weeks with a mysterious calf injury times are really looking grim at the blues. Scotlands 3-4 weeks Injury indicates a significant amount of damage, but as he played out the game on the weekend I would not be surprised to see him back sooner rather then later. There are others of course that will add woes to the next three weeks. Heppell and his knee, test? you say? Having already missed 2 and with a free weeks rest only one week away smart money says he will be back round 13.  Enrights shoulder is available for this weekends game, but will he be? and is Mumfords back playing up again? More will be reveled come teams on Thursday afternoon.

With the other notable fallen soldiers of the past Goodes, Fyfe, Fisher, HMac, Luey, McEvoy (curse), Hodge, etc. and those clever enough to get suspended Waters and Lewis. Coaches will have some tough decisions to make over the upcoming day / weeks. Personally I think that you should go into the byes with the same game plan as pre-injury/suspension as trying to cover even more holes will surely see coaches running out of trade. In saying this however I think that it will be the coaches who are aggressive during the bye period and then hit a lucky injury-free streak in the seconds half of the year, who will be playing for the car.

Jakub Chudy BSc (ExHSc), BSc (Physio)

For all you Perth, Physiotherapy needs contact Jakub@mtpp.com.au or call (08) 9315 3855.  Bookings with Jakub.

Below is the official injuries list for round 11, 2012.

ADELAIDE

David Mackay (hamstring) 1-2 weeks
Shaun McKernan (corked thigh) 1 week
Brad Crouch (hamstring) test

BRISBANE

Todd Benfield (leg) 3 weeks
Matthew Leuenberger (achilles) 3 weeks
Brent Staker (knee) season
Simon Black (knee strain) test
Ash McGrath (knee) test
Billy Longer (back) test

CARLTON

Lachie Henderson (groin) test
Jarrad Waite (back) test
Nick Duigan (calf) test
Matthew Kreuzer (hamstring tightness) test
Bret Thornton (gluteal strain) 1 week
Heath Scotland (calf) 3 weeks

Levi Casboult (knee) 4 weeks
Jeremy Laidler (knee) 4 weeks
Nick Heyne (hamstring) 4 weeks
Andrew Carrazzo (shoulder) 4 weeks
Marcus Davies (shoulder) 5 weeks
Marc Murphy (shoulder) 7-11 weeks
Simon White (knee) 8 weeks
Sam Rowe (testicular cancer) indefinite

COLLINGWOOD

Dane Swan (hamstring) test
Luke Rounds (calf) test
Ben Reid (quad) test
Scott Pendlebury (leg) 3-4 weeks
Heath Shaw (calf) TBC

Lachie Keeffe (knee) Season
Ben Johnson (shoulder) Indefinite
Andrew Krakouer (knee) Indefinite
Brent Macaffer (knee) Indefinite
Josh Thomas (foot) Indefinite
Luke Ball (knee) Season

ESSENDON

Dyson Heppell (knee) test
David Hille (shoulder) test
Michael Hibberd (hamstring) 1 week
Jason Winderlich (hamstring) unavailable
Brent Prismall (knee) indefinite

FREMANTLE

Nat Fyfe (shoulder) 7 weeks
Adam McPhee (leg) test
Josh Mellington (hamstring) 5 weeks
Jordan Wilson-King (shin) 1 weeks
Alex Forster (hip) 2 weeks
Hayden Ballantyne (ankle) TBA
Stephen Hill (shoulder) TBA
Jack Anthony (leg) TBA

GEELONG

Joel Corey (foot) available
Corey Enright (shoulder) available

Steve Motlop (shoulder) available
Tom Hawkins (knee) test
Allen Christensen (concussion) test
Travis Varcoe (foot) test
Jordan Murdoch (finger) indefinite
Dawson Simpson (back) indefinite
Nathan Vardy (hip) indefinite
Josh Cowan (achilles) indefinite
Daniel Menzel (knee) season

GOLD COAST

Brandon Matera (foot) – 1-2 weeks
Jack Hutchins (quad) – 2-3 weeks
Jarrod Harbrow (fractured elbow) – 4-5 weeks
Charlie Dixon (cheekbone) – 4-6 weeks
David Swallow (knee) – 6-8 weeks
Dan Gorringe (Achilles) – indefinite
Nathan Bock (leg) – indefinite
Jeremy Taylor (quad) TBA

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY

Dean Brogan (wrist) 1-2 weeks
Josh Bruce (back) 1-2 weeks
Stephen Clifton (knee) 1 week
Israel Folau (hamstring) test
Josh Growden (leg) 4-5 weeks
Adam Kennedy (shoulder) test
Anthony Miles (knee) test
Setanta O’hAilpin (knee) season
Rhys Palmer (groin) test
Jonathon Patton (knee) 1 week
Liam Sumner (foot) 4 weeks

HAWTHORN

Broc McCauley (shoulder) TBC
Jarrad Boumann (appendix) 1 week
Chance Bateman (shoulder) 2 week
Luke Hodge (knee) 3 weeks
Will Langford (shoulder) 4-5 weeks
Max Bailey (wrist) TBC
Michael Osborne (knee) season
Alex Woodward (knee) season

MELBOURNE

James Frawley (foot) test
Clint Bartram (knee) test
James Strauss (leg) test
Leigh Williams (virus) 2 weeks
Jordan Gysberts (jaw) 2-4 weeks
Liam Jurrah (ankle) 2-4 weeks
Rory Taggert (back) indefinite
Max Gawn (knee) season
Neville Jetta (ankle) indefinite
Michael Evans (back) indefinite

NORTH MELBOURNE

Scott McMahon (illness) indefinite
Hamish McIntosh (knee) 5-6 weeks
Lindsay Thomas (soreness) available
Kieran Harper (leg) TBA

PORT ADELAIDE

Travis Boak (foot) 3-4 weeks
Jay Schulz (ribs) test
Robbie Gray (knee) season
John McCarthy (late withdrawal)

Cameron Hitchcock (hamstring) test
Jasper Pittard (hamstring) 1 week
Tom Jonas (knee) 1 week
Nick Salter (foot) 3 weeks
Aaron Young (ankle) test
John Butcher (hip) test
Mitch Banner (knee) 1 week

RICHMOND

Luke McGuane (knee) test
Dylan Grimes (hamstring) 3 weeks
Kelvin Moore (hip) indefinite
Brad Helbig (foot) indefinite

ST KILDA

Sam Fisher (hamstring) 1-2 weeks
Jimmy Webster (shin) 2-3 weeks
Ben McEvoy (knee) 3 weeks

Rhys Stanley (hamstring) 4 weeks
Jarryn Geary (orbital fracture) TBC

SYDNEY

Adam Goodes (torn quad) 3-4 weeks
Shane Mumford (back) test
Gary Rohan (leg) season
Luke Parker (collarbone) 8 weeks

WEST COAST

Bradd Dalziell (knee) 3 weeks
Andrew Embley (shoulder) 6 weeks
Josh Kennedy (ankle) 7 weeks
Mark LeCras (knee) season
Mark Nicoski (hamstring) 4 weeks
Sam Butler (thigh) TBA

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Lukas Markovic (hamstring) 2 weeks
Jason Johannisen (knee) 2 weeks
Jason Tutt (knee) 3 weeks
Tom Williams (shoulder) 4 weeks
Dale Morris (leg) indefini

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