Injury Update Tuesday, April 18, 2017
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2017 AFL Round 5 COLLINGWOOD v ESSENDON Time & Place: Tuesday April 25, 3:20pm EST MCG TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 3:00pm EST Weather: Min 13 Max 23 Betting: Collingwood $1.77 Essendon $2.05 |
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| Player | Injury | Status | |
| Jordan De Goey | Club-imposed suspension | 2 weeks | |
| Brayden Sier | Head | TBC | |
| Tom Langdon | Knee | 2-3 weeks | |
| Ben Sinclair | Hamstring | 10-12 weeks | |
| Tom Phillips | Ill | Test | |
| Matt Scharenberg | Head | Test | |
| Sam McLarty | Leg | TBC | |
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ON THE BLOCK: Nathan Buckley has maintained a lot of faith in his troops so far at the selection table, but we sense a big statement is coming ahead of the Anzac Day blockbuster. And there's a few in the gun. Jarryd Blair, Jesse White, Jack Crisp and Tim Broomhead could all be sent to the VFL as Buckley weighs up wholesale changes in the forward half of the ground. Darcy Moore is also struggling and down on confidence but as a 21-year-old key forward should it be any surprise that he is battling to be the main man in only his third season? The kid needs help. The ball use to the forwards was poor against St Kilda and the intensity in the midfield dropped off the cliff in the second and third terms. ON THE CUSP: Two names leap off the page. Daniel Wells must play at the MCG next Tuesday largely because he possess the silken disposal the Pies are lacking. If the Magpies are worried about his calf, then don't recruit him in the first place. It's time, Daniel. The tougher one is Josh Daicos. The first-year father-son gem was very good in the VFL on Saturday and is another good ball user. But can the Pies play Jamie Elliott, Wells and Daicos? They're all arguably a little underdone in the fitness department. Mason Cox could replace Jesse White, but the big fella hasn't been amazing in the VFL. JAY CLARK'S FORECAST: Very good one week, deplorable the next. Nathan Buckley is frustrated with these wild swings in form, and so he should be. Goalkicking woes haunted the Pies in the first term when they could have put the Saints under some scoreboard pressure. Collingwood needs to beat Essendon to help protect its coach. Two poor results will put Buckley under familiar pressure. When will this rollercoaster stop? De Goey still has two weeks to serve as part of a club-imposed three-game suspension for initially lying about how he sustained a broken knuckle. The Pies hope Langdon will start training again shortly. Sinclair is still eyeing a return in the second half of the year. - Ben Collins |
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