Injury Update Monday, May 8, 2017
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2017 AFL Round 8 COLLINGWOOD v GWS Time & Place: Saturday May 13, 4:35pm EST Sydney Showground Stadium TV: 7mate / Fox Footy 4:30pm EST Weather: Min 14 Max 21 Chance of rain 90%: 1-5mm Wind: SSE 16kph Betting: Collingwood $4.20 GWS $1.23 |
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| Player | Injury | Status | |
| Daniel Wells | Managed | Test | |
| Brayden Sier | Eye socket | 1 week | |
| Tom Langdon | Knee | Test | |
| Ben Sinclair | Hamstring | 8 weeks | |
| Travis Varcoe | Hamstring | 1 week | |
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ON THE BLOCK: The Magpies had their worst game for the year against the Blues and changes at selection are likely. Jackson Ramsay was disappointing in defence, doesn't generate enough run off halfback and his disposal lets him down, while Mason Cox isn't working as a forward. Tim Broomhead was given a reprieve after being dropped but was very quiet and Tom Phillips didn't have his best game. ON THE CUSP: Daniel Wells will slot straight back into the team after being rested for Saturday's game, while Jesse White spent a lot of time in the ruck in the VFL, which means he could be set for a recall to replace Cox after 26 hit outs, 13 disposals and a goal. Matthew Scharenberg has put together solid VFL form and won praise from coach Jared Rivers and will be in the mix to face GWS, while Jarryd Blair had 32 disposals and two goals against Northern Blues. Chris Mayne could be in contention after 18 disposals, four tackles and a goal and James Aish collected 25 disposals after being an emergency for the AFL team. KATE SALEMME'S FORECAST: A poor performance on a big day for the club, coach Nathan Buckley and the players will be bitterly disappointed with the loss to Carlton. It's the same old problems — skill execution, decision-making and poor goalkicking — so how do they fix it? Worryingly, the Pies seemed tired and Buckley lamented playing three games in 12 days as his players couldn't match the Blues' intensity and will need to freshen up with some light work on the track early in the week. Consistency in effort and performance needs to be addressed. The Pies keep talking about the expectation of playing finals so with that in mind, it missed a chance to go 3-4 heading into the clash with GWS but if the Magpies can pull off a win against an undermanned Giants team, they'll be 3-5 heading into Hawthorn, Brisbane (home), Fremantle (away) and Melbourne before the bye. All winnable games. Can Buckley's team produce five performances in a row like what we saw against Geelong and get their season back on track? The opportunity is definitely there. |
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