Collingwood Magpies forgive Jordan de Goey, Lacie Schultz due to an injury, Dan Houston suspended before collecting the round clash with Sydney Swans
Lacie Sullivan, who played 10 games last year, played in Collingwood’s victory over Port Adelaide in the first round and looms as another contender to replace Schultz.
The Magpies have the oldest list of the FL this year and one of the oldest and most experienced in the recorded history, with most of their veterans who take part in the match on Thursday evening.
Dan Houston of Collingwood was banned for two games after this crude on Thursday evening: Channel Seven.Credit: Canale Sette
De Goey had a delayed start of the season after suffering from bone on their knees at the end of the pre-stage. His pre-installation had already been interrupted by accident problems, including a trip to Doha in the Middle East for the specialist treatment of abdominal and groin issues.
There is still no time frame when the Brownlow medal and the Premiership midfielder Tom Mitchell will return from his injury to the footbed.
The swans also endured a series of accidents. Erol Gulden, Callum Mills, Lewis Melican, Harry Cunningham, Taylor Adams and Robbie Fox will be missing on Friday evening.
Tom Pappley lost the weekend victory over North Melbourne with a crack in the heel; An injury should keep him out of action for six weeks.
Melbourne will have to wait for a similar period of time to recover his leverage of the Lincpin defender on the park after confirming Monday that he would have undergone an ankle surgery.
It is a horrible timing for demons with their season hanging on a thread after dropping the first four games before this week against Adelaide’s Oval on Saturday evening.
“We tried to manage Jake in a conservative way and made a working power to try to get up for each game, but because of the lack of function and continuous pain, he was unable to do it,” Melbourne’s high -performance manager Selwyn Griffith said on Monday.
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“As part of our management process, we searched for some opinions of experts.
“Today he has seen a surgeon and, unfortunately for Jake, he will now undergo surgery and will probably be out for about eight weeks.”
The Ruck Tom Campbell of Melbourne was also put aside with an injury to the knee tendon immediately during an VFL match.
Geelong confirmed on Monday that the key defender Jack Henry would have lost up to four weeks with a tension at the knee tendon supported in the victory on Friday evening on demons.
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