First thing I thought about when I woke up. Wondering how many weeks.
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https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/915664
Injury list
Laitham Vandermeer (back) test
Bailey Williams (collarbone) 2-4 weeks
Ed Richards (ankle) 3-5 weeks
Ryan Gardner (shoulder) 4-6 weeks
Toby McLean (knee) 5-7 weeks
That’s a good result.
Things can and will change quickly no doubt, but pretty exciting we’ll be heading into the second half of the year with a relatively clean bill of health.
Spewin we won't have Williams for the Richmond game. Cordy is his likely replacement I'd say
Caleb Daniel - Suspension - Available
Ryan Gardner - Shoulder - 4-6 weeks
Toby McLean - Knee - 5-7 weeks
Ed Richards - Ankle - 3-5 weeks
Vander - Back - Test
Bailey Williams - Collarbone - 2-4 weeks
https://www.afl.com.au/news/598652/m...0ANPSd__bd7dAg
Star Dog set for shoulder reco, will miss months
WESTERN Bulldogs midfielder Josh Dunkley will be sent for major shoulder surgery on Tuesday in the hope of a return later this season.
Dunkley twice injured his shoulder in the Dogs' win over Greater Western Sydney on Friday night before undergoing scans on Monday morning after spending time with family in NSW across the weekend.
It is anticipated Dunkley will miss at least three months – with a best-case return slated for the final month of the home and away season.
The star onballer, who last year requested a trade away from the Whitten Oval, has been integral in the Dogs' 6-0 start to the season.
His injury follows a hamstring setback for Lin Jong in the same game, while Tim English will be forced to miss this week's clash with Richmond due to concussion.
English, however, has been cleared of damage to his jaw after a brutal case of friendly fire from teammate, and housemate, Aaron Naughton against the Giants.
Awful result.
I still feel deflated about it.
Hope he can get back before the finals.
Sh1thouse.
If he has any setbacks could be his last game for us; imagine that.
It sucks, but a silver lining could be that we get a look at what life would be like without him. Can we cover him with Wallis/Lipinski/Garcia/etc and/or some deck shuffling?
That might go a long way to helping us decide if we should cash him in for a couple of first rounders to Essington come seasons end.
The silver lining is we’ll be injecting a fresh and raring to go A grade mid into our team late in the year while others will be pretty beaten up. As mentioned above, we also get to accelerate the development of the likes of Lippa/Garcia/West or bring Bazlenka inside and give someone like Butler a run on the wing.
We need to win enough games to make top 4 now and try to be as fit as possible come finals time. From there, anything can happen.
Jong also set for surgery and will miss 12 weeks plus.