Nathan Foley [merged]

[WA Tiger]

Great to see and best of luck to him, Floey is an important part of our midfield and was sorely missed when he went down. Also interesting to note that he finished 6th in the club B&F after missing the last 8 games. Considering some players in the top 10 finished further back than him and they played 21-22 games!!!!

interesting that cousins finished 5th after playing a similar number of games. Not sure if that is credit to then or tells us poor the others were.

Bit of both I think, players like Cuz that string together so little games and finish in the top 10 shows he is a champion and then there is a gap which is filled by the rest I suppose.

[Hellenic Tiger]

That's good news but if he is not 100% doesn't matter if he is 99% then the club needs to be smart and not play him. It won't be the end of the world if he's close to 100 and does not play till round 2 or 3. Let's hope the medicos don't err again this season.

[one-eyed]

I couldn't find this on the net so I typed it in. Looks like Hutchy has been reading OER 


Foley limping into season
By Craig Hutchison
Sun 17 Jan 2010, Page S24

NATHAN Foley's battle to be fit for the start of the season is causing concern at Richmond.

Officials confirmed this week Foley had suffered setbacks on the road back from an ankle injury.

The injury, which cut short the midfielder's 2009 season, has continued to plague him over the off-season.

He will be closely monitored and it is hoped he will be fit to play in the Tigers season-opener, against Carlton, at the end of March.

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RICHMOND recruit David Astbury got more than he bargained for on a trip back home to Tatyoon, near Ararat, for Christmas.

The Tiger cub was swimming in the family pool when a branch from an overhanging tree came crashing down, with his sister in the line of fire.

Astbury managed to hurl his sister out of the way, but was unable to fully dodge the falling missile.

Tigers skipper Chris Newman described it as a Superman feat.

Astbury escaped with a corked thigh.

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Meanwhile, Richmond's list had its first taste of the club's new Craigieburn training base during the week.

The new facility at Highgate Reserve will be the Tigers' second home and training base away from Punt Rd.

Next month's club family day will be at the venue.

[Penelope]

Given the general consensus seems to be that Wallet was making short term decisions to save his own tanned hide, I wonder how much he influenced the medicos with pressure to get certain players on the ground ASAP?

[Danog]

Sounds like he's taken all of that directly from various Richmond forums.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Or he is continuing to chase ambulances.

[Ox]

Foley limping into season because Nahas limped into him.

Seriously - forget foley.I rate him along side Geez and the easter bunny

[WilliamPowell]

A fortnight's a long time in footy (especially the pre-season  )

From the RFC web-site:

Minor setback for Foley
6:01 PM Wed 27 January, 2010

Richmond midfielder Nathan Foley has suffered a minor injury setback which has him in doubt for the start of the 2010 season.

Foley underwent minor surgery today to relieve some soreness in the same ankle which prematurely ended his 2009 season.

“Nathan had been progressing well with his rehabilitation program, but has experienced some soreness in the last week,” Richmond Elite Performance Manager Matthew Hornsby said.

“The medical staff decided the best course of action was for him to have minor surgery.”

“The surgery will prevent him from running for the next couple of weeks, and we will continue to take a cautious approach with his recovery,” Hornsby said.

for richmondfc.com.au

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/88979/default.aspx

[Ox]

see Mark Coghlan 

[mightytiges]

A fortnight's a long time in footy (especially the pre-season  )

From the RFC web-site:

Minor setback for Foley
6:01 PM Wed 27 January, 2010

Richmond midfielder Nathan Foley has suffered a minor injury setback which has him in doubt for the start of the 2010 season.

Foley underwent minor surgery today to relieve some soreness in the same ankle which prematurely ended his 2009 season.

“Nathan had been progressing well with his rehabilitation program, but has experienced some soreness in the last week,” Richmond Elite Performance Manager Matthew Hornsby said.

“The medical staff decided the best course of action was for him to have minor surgery.”

“The surgery will prevent him from running for the next couple of weeks, and we will continue to take a cautious approach with his recovery,” Hornsby said.

for richmondfc.com.au

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/88979/default.aspx

We would've hoped with the start of a new era that the Club would've learnt to no longer pretend to supporters that a player's injury isn't as concerning as it is  . Foley hasn't been right since he originally hurt his ankle in the Brisbane preseason game last year and then was okayed to play in round 1 when he clearly wasn't right. He was hardly walking properly in the last training session before round 1 and only played after the ankle was jabbed up to the tilt so it was numb  .

[jackstar is back again]

MT, mail around when he went down at Carrara was a ""reoccurring Achilles problem."" that got worse. Very worse.
I seem to think the club has told alot of crap with his injury

[WilliamPowell]

MT, mail around when he went down at Carrara was a ""reoccurring Achilles problem."" that got worse. Very worse.
I seem to think the club has told alot of crap with his injury

I sometimes think the players may have something to do with it too.

Players shouldn't say "it's OK" or "it's not too bad" when clearly it "not too good: it's crap"

[Penelope]

The fact that they can use local anesthetic injections to numb the pain is a blight on the game and makes a mockery of the leagues drug policy.

If a player needs to be drugged to overcome the pain of an injury, just in order to take the field, then that is performance enhancing. It also causes more harm to the body if used over the long term in such a way as many banned drugs, due to the damage being done working injured parts of the body that should be rested.

Another FU from the AFL.

[jackstar is back again]

The fact that they can use local anesthetic injections to numb the pain is a blight on the game and makes a mockery of the leagues drug policy.

If a player needs to be drugged to overcome the pain of an injury, just in order to take the field, then that is performance enhancing. It also causes more harm to the body if used over the long term in such a way as many banned drugs, due to the damage being done working injured parts of the body that should be rested.

Another FU from the AFL.

Totally agree

[DallasCrane]

The fact that they can use local anesthetic injections to numb the pain is a blight on the game and makes a mockery of the leagues drug policy.

If a player needs to be drugged to overcome the pain of an injury, just in order to take the field, then that is performance enhancing. It also causes more harm to the body if used over the long term in such a way as many banned drugs, due to the damage being done working injured parts of the body that should be rested.

Another FU from the AFL.

The AFL wants to have all of it's stars out on the park playing Al. That's the most important thing.

Justin Charles- you were stiff!