Where's Crouch?
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Something is always afoot when a player isn't on the injured list but isn't playing for the reserves. The last two times that this happened were just before Chambers walked, and before the Colombo Faulks discipline story dribbled out (no official announcement was ever made, I think).
This is a case where the professionalism of the Swans can be used against them; at a semi-pro or amateur team, "He has an injury, but Biffo hasn't got around to updating the website for weeks" might be a plausible excuse.
Aware of this, we can only speculate on what "he is in a reconditioning phase but hasn't joined team training yet" is meant to mean. How bloated could the most focussed man in the AFL get, such that he can't even participate in handball drills or jog around the oval with the group?
With a 4-man interchange bench (and unlimited interchanges, which people forget has only been around for a generation or so), a professional team can afford to give a player who is still half-decent a farewell game (about 45-50 mins on the park) with a negligible risk of affecting the result. The last two that stick out in my mind were Mark Bayes and Rowan Warfe (!). Although Warfey's farewell game was a bit of a Ben Mathews farewell-- he'd legitimately worked his way back in for one last shot at it by being best in the 2nds, then had a howler on the SCG (in a game that we won, I think) and never played again.
However, it appears on current evidence that relations between Crouch and the Swans are such that a farewell game is unlikely. A shame: how good would it be if it was vs the Western Bulldogs? One last time around with the bee-yatch Aker, for the Gipper.Comment
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I tend to agree with your sentiments Simon.
Do you get the feeling he's being his own worst enemy the way he's handling this?
Does the club have an AFL-imposed requirement to list all injured players on the injury list?And the man who started it all, the Schneiderman . . . . .Comment
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To be quite honest it's very strange that they kept him on the player's list, because his salary (whatever he gets) goes into the salary cap, plus, because of it, it probably hinders the elevation of any young player; and because of his past contributions for the club, he is allowed a "recovery" back into the team (if any) in such a way that wouldn't be possible for some other player.
Favouritism stinks.Comment
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To be quite honest it's very strange that they kept on a player's list, because his salary (whatever he gets) goes into the salary cap, plus, because of it, it probably hinders the elevation of any young his past contributions for the club, but it really makes me angry that he is allowed a "recovery" back (if any) in such a way that wouldn't be possible for some other player.
Favouritism stinks.Does God believe in Atheists?Comment
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Further to what GS14 said, I believe if a player retires a rookie cannot be elevated in his place. However he could do a Gherig and go on the long term injury list - but he would have to have an legitimate 'injury'.Comment
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Jared Crouch spotted in Guam!
Just kidding but where the bloody hell is he?
The new ElvisYou don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby ZieglerComment
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Originally posted by MargieHow's the Injury.Originally posted by CrouchInjury? What injury? Why do you want to know? What are you going to do with that kind of information?Comment
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