Don't know if I missed the joke but I can't see why they don't say the truth
I missed the joke too.
Let's say for arguments sake that Cotch will miss this week with injury (touch massive wood) and the club are aware straight after the Freo game that he'll miss. Do you come out on mon/tues and list him injured so the fans know the score or do you let your opponent spend the week planning for him as usual? Why give your opponent any edge/inside info whatsoever, no matter how small?
Or are you going on about the club listing injuries as 6-8 weeks instead of 6 or 8 or 7? I think that is just because injuries are variable in so many ways, definitive time frames are hard to get accurate.
Seriously, WGAF