03-13-2023, 12:20 AM
(03-12-2023, 11:54 PM)Baggers link Wrote:I guess 'ducks & drakes' is a strategic part of the game. Personally, I pay very little attention to it. The 23 for Thursday night is when I pay attention.
It may have been back in the dark ages but there's so much coverage these days that the only point to obfuscating about injuries is to stop the opposition targeting tender pectoral muscles or similar. Of course, Prestia's case, that horse is already bolted.
After every open training session, supporters post their observations about who was training in the main group, who was restructed to laps, who was in the gym, etc. After every other session, football writers report on similar observations. There are very few secrets or opportunities for subterfuge.
As I mentioned previously, Andy McKay used to give detailed injury reports and we had the same from Russell and Lloyd until recently. We get to hear Sam Walsh detail his progress but the injury list on our website hasn't been updated for weeks. We do provide updates for the AFL injury page so why not repeat it on our website?
It's worth having a look at Richmond's website. Under our Teams tab there is AFL, AFLW and Coaches. Under the Teams tab on the Richmond website there's AFL, AFLW, VFL, VFLW, VWFL (wheelchair), Fixtures, Open Training, Ladder and Academy. Richmond also have Luke Meehan providing a detailed injury report; Prestia's likely to play, Short is doubtful.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball