Essendon’s Jake Melksham was one of a number of fantasy-relevant players to succumb to multi-week injuries on the weekend.
INJURIES
Tadhg Kennelly: On McPhee… knee problem in Q1 and mothballed in Q2 with no stats… yes the zero does count for your DT/SC score and it will also affect his price
Simon White: 4 marks and 9 touches… left knee knock in Q2 and did not return
Chris Johnson: 5 possessions and 2 marks… right wrist injury in Q2 and mothballed
Chris Yarran: Left quad problem in Q1 which caused back spasms but did return… 5 disposals… eventually shut down in Q4
REPORTS
Scott D. Thompson: Had Hall… 14 possessions and 3 tackles plus 3 marks… reported for headbutting Hall in Q2
Scott McMahon: 5 handballs among 12 possessions with 4 marks and 1.0… reported for kneeing Picken in the head in Q4 but there’s nothing in it
Barry Hall: Booted 3.2 from 3 grabs and 9 possessions on Thompson… got aggro towards the end of Q2 showing his frustration and got reported for misconduct
Brent Moloney: Tagged Rodan… 20 touches including 13 handballs… reported in Q4 fur bumping Logan in the head
SORE PLAYERS
Dane Swan: First goal… 1.1 from 25 touches and 6 marks with 1 FA… heavily strapped right knee obviously bothering him
Ryan Griffen: Cork in the lower back in Q1… 14 handballs among 29 disposals with 9 marks and 1.1
Daniel Giansiracusa: 1.0 from 16 disposals with 6 marks and 4 tackles… got stapled in the head after a headclash with Addison in Q1… got a knock in Q4 and looked woozy
Jed Adcock: 20 disposals and 8 marks with 4 tackles… rolled his previously-injured left ankle in Q2
Dale Thomas: Head to head with Kelly on a wing… 20 touches and 4 tackles… rolled an ankle in Q4
Dylan Addison: Cut on a cheek in Q1 and it kept bleeding all game… 16 possessions and 6 marks
Heath Hocking: Tagged Cotchin… 18 disposals and 8 marks… right groin tweaked in Q2
Jake Melksham: 2.0 from 10 touches… left ankle knock in Q1 and carried off… returned in Q2
Matt Maguire: Stood Tippett… 13 possessions and 6 tackles… cut above the left eye in Q4
Jonathan Brown: Bock on him… 12 disposals… the jab in his injured torso isn’t working today
Brent Renouf: 22 hit outs and 5 disposals… injured right wrist running into an umpire in Q2
POST-MATCH
Reports on Thompson, Hall and McMahon were thrown out by the MRP.
Moloney won at the tribunal and his his charge downgraded to a reprimand.
Jason Davennport can accept a week for striking Colin Garland.
Kennelly will miss four weeks with his knee.
Daniel Bradshaw will miss three with his knee.
Adcock will be out indefinitely after fracturing his left metatarsal and undergoing surgery.
White will be out for 3-4 weeks with his knee. Yarran and Johnson have not been assessed.
Melksham is out for 1-2 weeks with an ankle.
Daniel Motlop was suspended by his club for one match for missing curfew.
Brock McLean will return this week, though Andrew Walker and Brad Fisher still have to play some VFL.
Darren Glass will again miss in round 10.
korza
May 26, 2010 at 9:19 am
I dont know how others are feeling, but i’m getting extremely nervous about Swan and Brown playing this week. Both looked lame.
dyl_2
May 26, 2010 at 10:07 am
why wont swan be named? he played out the game and played well. brown im not so sure on.
Nefarious
May 26, 2010 at 10:19 am
Nervous Korza? Checkout my forward line; Brown,Higgins,Gray,O’Keefe,Harvey,Ballentyne,Podsiadly,Fyfe and Playfair…It’s like having diarrhea and hoping no-one throws a cloud of pepper about.
Marcz
May 26, 2010 at 1:06 pm
yeah havent heard official report but whispers r circulating that swanny had a cleanout on the knee! really hope thats not correct
Disco DB
May 26, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Official injury list has T.Kennelly – 3 weeks. For me, 3 weeks is keep, 4 is goorwn. Toight, toight call.
gruby
May 26, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Dane Swan runs like he is lame for a living. He is a shuffler….always has been, always will be.
mervneagle
May 26, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Jake may indeed need an extra leg, but more importantly, he needs to spend some time in a solarium. Seeing as these are dangerous, how about the Bombers send him to QLD for his recovery so he can get some sun? He can take Jarryd Roughead with him and they can get a two-for-one special.
lightning5
May 26, 2010 at 10:34 pm
“It’s like having diarrhea and hoping no-one throws a cloud of pepper about” hahaha nice analogy Nefarious unfortunatly my fowarline is very similar to yours
arreynolds
May 27, 2010 at 11:37 am
Swan apparently hurt his knee in the first quarter but still, on one leg, managed to run away from Lingy??
That dude must be sllllooooowwwwwwww.
bkuys
May 27, 2010 at 11:58 am
I was at the Collingwood Geelong game and Swan was fine… He’ll definitely play this week.