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Apparently minor Anchor and might only miss a week. Sounds like as soon as he is feeling any tightness he is instructed to take himself off the ground. You could be right though maybe he needs to see a sports psychologist? They might also drop him onto the rookie list next year be on the bare minimum. I think in light of the Shane Yarran tragedy Fremantle want to support him as much as they can. They know if they wash their hands of him he might not cope too well.

anchorman wrote: Surely the FFC is now being taken for a ride.Harley Bennell, an almost dead set starter for the club this week, has , believe it or not been injured.... again.
On the weekend he played for Peel.Played well from all accounts.Twisted an ankle, or so the blurb went.Now he has damaged his calf... again.Which is it?
He sits out the rest of the season now, and low and behold he will get another contract. Easy peasy, money easy.
I am of the opinion that he is afraid of failure if he plays.I think a lot of it is in his mind.He has been under a ship load of pressure since arriving. He has constantly been under the microscope by all and sundry..I think the pressure has got to him and he is afraid he will fail.
I am not happy with how this is working out.

I reckon you're on the money a/man in that its in his mind now. Lyon said on tv last week that Bennell requested another week or 2 with Peel which sounds to me that he's scared of failure. He must be the only AFL reserves player in history who drives around in a new Mercedes SUV.

I have been of the opinion, for the past 12 months that Harley would never play AFL again and unfortunately that is probably going to play out now. As A/M pointed out Freo are in a complex position after the Shane Yarran tragedy and will be very cautious as to how this finally plays out. Ross Lyon has backed him to the enth degree as he does with his players but this situation needs to have some finality to it soon. If he doesn't play for the rest of the season, which seems most likely, then the result is, at best for Harley, a rookie listing.

BC wrote:

anchorman wrote: Surely the FFC is now being taken for a ride.Harley Bennell, an almost dead set starter for the club this week, has , believe it or not been injured.... again.
On the weekend he played for Peel.Played well from all accounts.Twisted an ankle, or so the blurb went.Now he has damaged his calf... again.Which is it?
He sits out the rest of the season now, and low and behold he will get another contract. Easy peasy, money easy.
I am of the opinion that he is afraid of failure if he plays.I think a lot of it is in his mind.He has been under a ship load of pressure since arriving. He has constantly been under the microscope by all and sundry..I think the pressure has got to him and he is afraid he will fail.
I am not happy with how this is working out.

I reckon you're on the money a/man in that its in his mind now. Lyon said on tv last week that Bennell requested another week or 2 with Peel which sounds to me that he's scared of failure. He must be the only AFL reserves player in history who drives around in a new Mercedes SUV.

Out for the season, madness , cut him lose now, waste of space and money,,,shocking tbh.

Damned if you do and damned if you don't. If he comes good, it's all worth it, if he doesn't it's money down the gurgler. Some bloke on the radio yesterday suggested that they rookie list him on minimum dough. Wonder if he'd take it?

Bazza said:
Out for the season, madness , cut him lose now, waste of space and money,,,shocking tbh.
A little insensitive Bazza. I think rookie listing is his only hope now unless he does as Lyon suggested come back next week and play. Personally I doubt that will happen now.

Extrodinary injury, calf tightness, can't recall an AFL player having such cronic tight calfness for so long debilitating there AFL career.... I wonder what's causing it.........

Unholytugboat wrote: Extrodinary injury, calf tightness, can't recall an AFL player having such cronic tight calfness for so long debilitating there AFL career.... I wonder what's causing it.........

Calf TightnessB)

haha... must have been on the gear when I wrote that one...

anchorman wrote: When are you not on it!!!

HAHA thats fair... probably also explains the chronic tightness in my calves