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[azabob]

Bummer - somehow I see this is it for JJ.

Agree. But if we are being truthful with ourselves we all knew it was the end last season. He was lucky to get a contract extension then and is even luckier now!

[Bornadog]

Agree. But if we are being truthful with ourselves we all knew it was the end last season. He was lucky to get a contract extension then and is even luckier now!

Should have been forced to retire. Last three years he has played 8, 11, 9 games

[GVGjr]

Should have been forced to retire. Last three years he has played 8, 11, 9 games

I don't think he has been as dedicated either.
I would have let him go at the end of last season for reasons other than form but having said that it's been impressive the way he his was building his performances up over this preseason.

[Bornadog]

I don't think he has been as dedicated either.
I would have let him go at the end of last season for reasons other than form but having said that it's been impressive the way he his was building his performances up over this preseason.

I hope he can get some games in this year. He has had a bad hammy previously and I can remember in 2016 when he had 10 weeks out with a shocking hammy.

[angelopetraglia]

1,048 players have played AFL football for the club. Only 29 have played 200 games. JJ is currenlty on 196 games. It would be nice to see him get back and join the 200 club.

We have had a few players just miss the 200 games for the club.

Royal 199
Picken 198
Lake 197
Daniel 192
Minson 191

[GVGjr]

1,048 players have played AFL football for the club. Only 29 have played 200 games. JJ is currenlty on 196 games. It would be nice to see him get back and join the 200 club.

We have had a few players just miss the 200 games for the club.

Royal 199
Picken 198
Lake 197
Daniel 192
Minson 191

He will get there.

[angelopetraglia]

Sam Power on Tim English

He has some brusing on the abdomen. He trained really well yesterday. He has had a really strong preseason. He is just in a non contact at the moment. We expect him to play in our practice match on Feb 15.

[Mofra]

1,048 players have played AFL football for the club. Only 29 have played 200 games. JJ is currenlty on 196 games. It would be nice to see him get back and join the 200 club.

We have had a few players just miss the 200 games for the club.

Royal 199
Picken 198
Lake 197
Daniel 192
Minson 191

Royal stuck on 299 goals too. Amazing stats.

[angelopetraglia]

Royal stuck on 299 goals too. Amazing stats.

One of my favourites growing up and it shattering for him and all Bulldog supporters when he did that achillies tendon against the Bombers in 1993. What a brilliant player he was at the peak of his powers. A rover who always knew where the goals were.

Interesting tale below from Plough.

AFL Hall of Famer Terry Wallace has recalled how former Footscray rover Brian Royal was left stranded on 199 games.

Royal, a dual All-Australian and Charlie Sutton Medallist, called time on his VFL/AFL career in 1993 after a nasty Achilles injury left him one game short of magic 200-mark.

But speaking on SEN’s KB and The Doc, Wallace revealed a selection oversight cost Royal the chance to notch his 200th game for the Bulldogs.

“Brian Royal finished on 199 games, got dropped, and no one realised at the club that he was on 199,” Wallace said.

“He was going to play in his 200th, the side was selected, and he rang the coach (Terry Wheeler), and the coach apologised; said he had no idea.

“They said: ‘We will play you next week’ … he did his Achilles in the reserves and never got the opportunity.”

[Axe Man]

One of my favourites growing up and it shattering for him and all Bulldog supporters when he did that achillies tendon against the Bombers in 1993. What a brilliant player he was at the peak of his powers. A rover who always knew where the goals were.

Interesting tale below from Plough.

AFL Hall of Famer Terry Wallace has recalled how former Footscray rover Brian Royal was left stranded on 199 games.

Royal, a dual All-Australian and Charlie Sutton Medallist, called time on his VFL/AFL career in 1993 after a nasty Achilles injury left him one game short of magic 200-mark.

But speaking on SEN’s KB and The Doc, Wallace revealed a selection oversight cost Royal the chance to notch his 200th game for the Bulldogs.

“Brian Royal finished on 199 games, got dropped, and no one realised at the club that he was on 199,” Wallace said.

“He was going to play in his 200th, the side was selected, and he rang the coach (Terry Wheeler), and the coach apologised; said he had no idea.

“They said: ‘We will play you next week’ … he did his Achilles in the reserves and never got the opportunity.”

Are you sure that's correct? His last ever senior game (no. 199) was against Essendon and I am fairly sure that was when he did his achiles. I was at that game and I recall Chocco being carried off and Derek Kickett slotting a lazy 8 goals.

Perhaps he meant he was dropped the prior week but I thought he did his achiles in a senior game.

[angelopetraglia]

Are you sure that's correct? His last ever senior game (no. 199) was against Essendon and I am fairly sure that was when he did his achiles. I was at that game and I recall Chocco being carried off and Derek Kickett slotting a lazy 8 goals.

Perhaps he meant he was dropped the prior week but I thought he did his achiles in a senior game.

No. I'm not sure. It is just a piece I found where Terry Wallace is quoted when he was on SEN.

[WBFC4FFC]

Are you sure that's correct? His last ever senior game (no. 199) was against Essendon and I am fairly sure that was when he did his achiles. I was at that game and I recall Chocco being carried off and Derek Kickett slotting a lazy 8 goals.

Perhaps he meant he was dropped the prior week but I thought he did his achiles in a senior game.

Remember that game vividly. In the wet at the MCG and the Dogs just lost, despite having 9 of the 10 best players on the ground that day. Stopped our finals chances.

Kickett kicked 8 out of 11 and a month later did not get to play in a GF

[Garbs_7]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1265722/dog-facing-delayed-season-start-due-to-calf-issue

Probably expected with the recent issue at training, but still very disappointing.

[GVGjr]

From AFL.com,au

WESTERN Bulldogs star midfielder Adam Treloar will miss the start of the 2025 season due to a series of calf strains across the pre-season.

The 31-year-old produced the best season of his 254-game career in 2024, earning his first All-Australian blazer before finishing runner-up in the Charles Sutton Medal, tied with Bailey Dale, behind now six-time best and fairest winner Marcus Bontempelli.

Treloar has spent most of the summer training away from the main group after straining his calf before Christmas, before recently suffering another setback on the other calf.

The former Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney midfielder is expected to be sidelined for up to the next ten weeks and is set to miss fixtures against North Melbourne, Collingwood and Carlton.

Treloar has averaged 19.5 games per season across his 13 seasons in the AFL, but the perennial ball magnet has been hampered by soft tissue strains during his career.

The Western Bulldogs are wary of not pushing Treloar too hard too early this year and won’t rush the midfielder to return, hoping a conservation rehabilitation and reconditioning block over the next 8-10 weeks will allow the ball magnet to return by April.

Former top-ten pick Ryley Sanders has impressed across the pre-season and looks poised for more senior exposure in 2025, while Riley Garcia has also banked a strong pre-season after turning his back on rival offers to re-sign for three more years last October.

Matthew Kennedy moved from Carlton on deadline day and looks set to slot straight into the midfield rotation at the kennel.

After losing last year’s elimination final to Hawthorn at the MCG, the Bulldogs have experienced a challenging pre-season to date.

Former pick No. 1 Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has spent the summer predominantly training away from the club due to personal issues and doesn’t have a clear return date at this stage.

All-Australian ruckman Tim English is currently recovering from an abdominal injury and will miss this Sunday’s intra-club in Maroochydore.
The West Australian is aiming to be back in full training after the club’s pre-season camp in Queensland.
Tim English celebrates a goal during the Western Bulldogs' clash against Hawthorn in round eight, 2024. Picture: Getty Images
Anthony Scott suffered a kneecap subluxation earlier this month and is facing a delayed start to the season.

Norm Smith Medallist Jason Johannisen injured his hamstring at training on Wednesday and has undergone hamstring surgery, ruling him out for months.

The Bulldogs host Essendon in a practice match at Mission Whitten Oval on February 15, before travelling to Launceston to face H

[angelopetraglia]

Treloar is a massive loss. His form last year was exceptional and he was so consitent, week in, week out. It is a big loss to cover, but it probably means Bont has to spend some more time in the midfield and Kennedy will also get a chance. Richards continuing to build from last year's midfield experience is also going to be so important.