Wallace on SEN b/w 2-3pm

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SEN will be replaying Tuesdays with Terry between 2 and 3pm.

[Moi]

Is this Tuesdays with Terry?  If so, Lids and Bowden will be there I think

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Yep Moi, it is Tuesdays with Terry.

* Talked about Knobel. Had a meeting with the medical staff today and in the next 48 hours Knobel will have his op. Not sure if it's floating fragments or something that's developed over time.

* Browny - Lest likely than more likely but will train later this week. Roughly a 20 day injury (21 days today) so we just got to see how it'll react as Browny is a special case with his leg. We're not going to throw him out there if there's any residual pain.

SEN said Simmo could still be a week or 2 away as well 

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SEN said Browny said he wants to play this week. Terry was responding to that.

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More from Wallace

* Every time you lose it's disappointing. Especially when you're a chance to win late in the game. A better performance than last year against the Swans although it takes about a month for everyone to settle into the season. We performed adequately but not good enough against a very good side.

* Patto - as much a KPP as a ruckman. More a second ruck. Our next line of call would've been Ray Hall but he's out as well.

* We were competitive in the stoppages so the ruck wasn't impacting on the game in that regard. Everitt just was very good.

* Simmo - doubtful this week but hasn't been ruled out. Most likely one more week. Train on Thursday. Really important to our future. It's his second ankle problem in his career so we don't want to risk. You don't want to play underdone players anyway.

* Simmo replaced Ottens as our ruckman. We miss Knobel to come in for Simmo.

* Joel or Gas on Rocca. Even McGuane on Rocca or Fraser.

* Spoke about Knobel's arthroscopic op which has been posted already.   

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What Plough said is up on the RFC site...

http://richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=40908

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This is a bit off-topic but sort of on-topic. 

Did anyone else listen to the 3pm SEN news straight after TW was on?
The newsreader was stumbling and bumbling a few times. When he read the Bock verdict he said he got remand for his bump on Darcy. 
I'd be appealing the decision. 

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LOL FF

Is this Tuesdays with Terry?  If so, Lids and Bowden will be there I think

On Ch 10 news they showed Lids sitting next to Plough.

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Tiger talls shrink with Knobel surgery
Lyall Johnson | April 11, 2007
The Age

RICHMOND'S list of talls just got shorter, with injured ruckman Trent Knobel having surgery last night in an attempt to discover what is ailing his left ankle.

With Troy Simmonds almost certain to miss the clash against Collingwood on Friday night and line up for Coburg, Richmond will go into its third consecutive match without a recognised ruckman, a situation that has caused it to be smashed in the hitout department.

Knobel injured his ankle midway through last season and had arthroscopic surgery over the summer, but during a practice match for Coburg last month, he aggravated the injury.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace said the club's medical department decided on surgery to see whether there was a bone spur or loose bone fragments that could be removed, or if it was a more serious degenerative "bone-on-bone" injury.

"Every time (he) tries to ramp up his training or ramp up his playing, he gets sore in the same spot in the ankle again. They're hoping they might be able to go in and see a spur or see some floating bone, something that is causing that," Wallace said. "If it's not that, therefore, it might be a wear and tear thing, which is a greater problem because that means that's ongoing. We have to hope the surgery shows up something (other than that)."

Simmonds will train with the main group this week but would not be considered unless fully fit from his ankle injury and Wallace said he was inclined to have him find form in the VFL first.

"He hasn't been ruled out but I doubt whether he (will play). There is probably less likelihood than more likelihood of him coming up but he's keen to put up his hand and have a look. But I don't think that he'll make it," Wallace said.

"It's a secondary injury that he's had to an ankle that was something he had operated on some time ago when he was at Melbourne. So you can't afford to be risking anything that's going to maybe impact on him long-term."

Not that Wallace wouldn't be tempted to play Simmonds, with his ruck and forward work so important to the side.

While admitting the side had been beaten in the hitout department — against the Blues, the Tigers lost the hitouts 20-41 and against Sydney 27-51 in a match where Peter Everitt was possibly best on ground — Wallace claimed the ruck deficiencies had not massively affected the players being able to get hands on the ball.

"It's very difficult for a young player like Adam Pattison, who is trying to make his way in the game," Wallace said. "He is as much key position as he is ruck.

"Really, he's only a secondary assistance type ruckman.

"That's made life difficult for the guys around the middle of the ground but that's what we've got and they need to keep competing and dealing," he said.

Tall option Ray Hall is another three weeks away from returning from a hip injury, which means young Adam Pattinson and key-position player Graham Polak will see more ruck time.

Wallace said Nathan Brown, treated for continuing leg issues and absent from training due to a funeral, was likely to miss the Collingwood clash but could be considered for the round-four match against the Western Bulldogs.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/tiger-talls-shrink-further/2007/04/10/1175971100257.html
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,21536713%255E19742,00.html