Hickey- Foot Injury

[chook23]

I wonder if this is another flare up???

Injured his foot earlier in year..............

What is with all the foot injuries?

[chook23]

Out for 6-8 weeks according to saints.com.au

SH.T

[Old Mate]

Its the toe injury from a few weeks back

[Milne]

SH.T is right!

[chook23]

Its the toe injury from a few weeks back

I mentioned this injury at the time and was surprised he continued to play...............

[Russman]

6-8 weeks - not good , as I have liked the way Hickey was going this year.
I guess it gives an opportunity to develop Loner over the next few weeks.

[Bluthy]

This is why we have depth in the ruck. No need to panic. Longer gets a shot and Hicks can get his foot right. We have good cover in a virtually all positions now.

[chook23]

This is why we have depth in the ruck. No need to panic. Longer gets a shot and Hicks can get his foot right. We have good cover in a virtually all positions now.

I would not go that far................but it does give opportunity.

We will be tested going fwd

[Goose is king]

Great depth?
We are one injury away from having a bloke who has played about five games of football ever

[mr six o'clock]

Where's Blakey when we need him !

[BigMart]

Damn it

I had pencilled this match in as a couldn't wait

[Old Mate]

Great depth?
We are one injury away from having a bloke who has played about five games of football ever

Masiter and Lee have been playing ruck for Sandy....And Holmes. Not ideal but not like we'll have to throw Riewoldt in the ruck.

[bergholt]

Looks like there's plenty of room for any rookie who wants to put their hand up, lots of injuries all of a sudden. Next six or eight weeks crucial for Shenton if he's going to have an AFL future.

[Old Mate]

Damn it

I had pencilled this match in as a couldn't wait

The clubs resting Hickey against mediocre ruck competition IMO.

[BigMart]

Unfortunately Ben will teach young Billy a lesson, however the conditions will negate Ben a bit in the air. Billy should beat Ben in the tap outs, but Ben will influence the contest more around the ground

Longer's physical style will suit conditions a little better than Hickeys style anyway IMO

[Bluthy]

Great depth?
We are one injury away from having a bloke who has played about five games of football ever

Masiter and Lee have been playing ruck for Sandy....And Holmes. Not ideal but not like we'll have to throw Riewoldt in the ruck.

Exactly. You can't have unlimited depth. Stanley has been rucking pretty damn well as relief and could probably step up to main ruck if he absolutely had to. People here were questioning having both Hickey and Longer on the list not realising how much stuff will go down over the next few years - injuries, form, reports, trades, resting etc.

[magnifisaint]

Where does it say 6 to 8 weeks on saints.com.au?

[Old Mate]

Unfortunately Ben will teach young Billy a lesson, however the conditions will negate Ben a bit in the air. Billy should beat Ben in the tap outs, but Ben will influence the contest more around the ground

Longer's physical style will suit conditions a little better than Hickeys style anyway IMO

I'm excited to see Longer have a decent opportunity over the next couple of months, if he remains injury free. He's more talented than Hickey but behind a little in development. Should be a good test for him.

[magnifisaint]

Unfortunately Ben will teach young Billy a lesson, however the conditions will negate Ben a bit in the air. Billy should beat Ben in the tap outs, but Ben will influence the contest more around the ground

Longer's physical style will suit conditions a little better than Hickeys style anyway IMO

What HcEvoy?

Will take his 3 marks and have his 5 kicks.

[chook23]

Where does it say 6 to 8 weeks on saints.com.au?

has been removed from the Morris article on saints website................

now saying to be re assessed next week

[Old Mate]

Where does it say 6 to 8 weeks on saints.com.au?

I just checked and the article has been edited. Sneaky bastards.

This was copied and pasted from the original article and posted on BigFooty:

"Longer's inclusion is at the expense of Tom Hickey, who is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with a foot injury."

[Toy Saint]

Great depth?
We are one injury away from having a bloke who has played about five games of football ever

Masiter and Lee have been playing ruck for Sandy....And Holmes. Not ideal but not like we'll have to throw Riewoldt in the ruck.

Using Riewoldt in the ruck is as silly as using Black Caviar to pull a milk cart.

[The Redeemer]

Why is anyone really surprised by this?

Young players get injured more so than seasoned regulars. s*** happens and we move on.

This give Billy Longer a chance to develop further and potentially give us an idea that we can plat two rucks and Stanley into the future.

If Riewoldt goes into the ruck I riot. What gobbledegook.

[saintsRrising]

Foot injuries are hard to predict.

Still the priority this year is the future and in developing our players. This will give Longer a good crack at it...
.and if found wanting we can play Stanley as No 1 and bring Lee up for crack.

It will build depth for us.

[BigMart]

Last week Mag

Ben just had 8 kicks.... Although he had 14 hand passes also?