Morris out for the season!

[angelopetraglia]

According to Sam Edmund off Twitter: "Bulldog Dale Morris ruled out for the year now. What a shocking run the Dogs are having"

What ladder have we walked under?

Update: Now confirmed from Stevo from the Herald Sun: "Morris gawn: Dale Morris played last finals series with break in leg. He can't carry crook shoulder though. Ruled out for season. Ouch"

F%#$!

[comrade]

Cooney and Morris out for the year heading into finals.

Wow.

[Desipura]

It has been reported he has a cracked vertabrae, I wish him all the best in his recovery.

[ratsmac]

It has been reported he has a cracked vertabrae, I wish him all the best in his recovery.

Yeah sounds serious, his health come first. Get well soon Dale.

[Greystache]

F@#K ME!!

Could things get much worse? Now we just need Hall to get injured to complete the set! Williams and Hargrave are going to have to have the month of their careers if we're going to compete!:mad:

[Murphy'sLore]

It'll be the fairy tale to end all fairy tales if we can get up from here.

Take care of yourself Dale and see you next year.

[comrade]

Blood the kids and invest in our future. 2010 isn't our year and 2 finals would be invaluable for their development.

[Greystache]

Confirmation-

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/season2010/news/newsarticle/tabid/4112/newsid/101104/default.aspx

EDIT-
Barry Hall (corked thigh) and Brian Lake (conjunctivitis) both missed Wednesday’s training session, but are expected to be available this week.

You almost have to laugh!

[LongWait]

Blood the kids and invest in our future. 2010 isn't our year and 2 finals would be invaluable for their development.

I'm with you on this Comrade. Play the 'future' team and just tell them to attack, attack. attack and roll the dice.

[bornadog]

Confirmation-

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/season2010/news/newsarticle/tabid/4112/newsid/101104/default.aspx

EDIT-

You almost have to laugh!

also included in that article:

Eade said Shaun Higgins was a chance to face Essendon on Saturday night, while Andrejs Everitt, Jordan Roughead, Will Minson, Josh Hill and Dylan Addison would be considered for selection.

[choconmientay]

I can feel the pain :(

As for September ... 'All In' please.

[jazzadogs]

What a joke. I think we will all see how important he is to the team over the next few weeks, without him there our backline will seriously struggle.

[firstdogonthemoon]

Oh dear

[Murphy'sLore]

Conjunctivitis -- that must have been Aker's pin in the eye. Ouch.

[LostDoggy]

FDOTM = black cat walking across our season? My fault for betting on getting to the prelim?

Farkit, call the witch doctor, rub the lamp, someone remove the curse.

[The Pie Man]

This is such BS

I do like comrade's thoughts on the situation though - we could even still pinch a win and play 3 finals which will be invaluable to Grant & Jones' development (and maybe Wood/Everitt)

We've still got a spine (Lake/Williams) a big forward (Hall) an elite clearance player (Boyd) with who I consider an elite ruckman (Hudson) so there's still elements to see us compete...but losing two All Australians for the finals is just such BS

Has Addison played finals for us before?

[Ozza]

This is such BS

I do like comrade's thoughts on the situation though - we could even still pinch a win and play 3 finals which will be invaluable to Grant & Jones' development (and maybe Wood/Everitt)

We've still got a spine (Lake/Williams) a big forward (Hall) an elite clearance player (Boyd) with who I consider an elite ruckman (Hudson) so there's still elements to see us compete...but losing two All Australians for the finals is just such BS

Has Addison played finals for us before?

No Addison hasn't played a final before.

Oh - and we've lost 3 All Australians! Johno, Cooney and Morris.

[comrade]

No Addison hasn't played a final before.

Oh - and we've lost 3 All Australians! Johno, Cooney and Morris.

Plus we have one playing under some serious duress - Lake.

[LostDoggy]

Noooooooooooo!!!! :(

[LostDoggy]

Fml.

[Remi Moses]

Awful blow! Dare I say it a prelim would be a good result. Getting very P***** off at morons calling Sen talking About Aker getting Karma on this
If anyone here is that Mark idiot from Bacchus Marsh you are an idiot!!!!

[The Bulldogs Bite]

****.

What a shocking year.

As comrade said, play the kids.

[The Pie Man]

This off Sam Edmunds twitter :


The run of bad luck the Dogs are enduring is staggering. Barry Hall has a corked thigh that is bleeding and is also no certainty this week.

[mighty_west]

This off Sam Edmunds twitter :


The run of bad luck the Dogs are enduring is staggering. Barry Hall has a corked thigh that is bleeding and is also no certainty this week.

Awesome.....:(

[chef]

Shit. Bugger. Crap.

It just gets worse and worse.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

This off Sam Edmunds twitter :


The run of bad luck the Dogs are enduring is staggering. Barry Hall has a corked thigh that is bleeding and is also no certainty this week.

I wouldn't mind resting Barry anyway.

This week isn't pivotal, although one could argue we need to find some confidence and form before the QF.

[G-Mo77]

Morris has been our rock all season. If it was going to be tough without Coons for the rest of the season it's going to be even tougher without Morris.

It's someones chance to step up now.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I'm obviously no AFL tactition, but is there anyway that these massive personnel losses we've suffered this week can perhaps force Eade and Co to think outside the box, and perhaps surprise Collingwood with some different tactics that may unsettle their game plan?
If we had lost him earlier in the year and had to adopt different tactics, over a period of time other clubs could cotton onto what we were doing.
Am i being a naive optimist by thinking we can turn dissaray into a brief competitive advantage, by trying some innovative moves???.....although I am at a loss to think what such innovations could be.

I recall that Adelaide lost their most important key forward in Modra late in 97, and perhaps this forced them to think outside the box, and ultimately surprise teams who were unsure as to how they were going to play minus Modra.

[Sockeye Salmon]

I recall that Adelaide lost their most important key forward in Modra late in 97, and perhaps this forced them to think outside the box, and ultimately surprise teams who were unsure as to how they were going to play minus Modra.

We could always bring in Darren Jarman but the risk would be that he would eat Jarrod Grant.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

We could always bring in Darren Jarman but the risk would be that he would eat Jarrod Grant.

:D
not enough meat on Grant, maybe we could tip BBQ sauce on Dane Swan and he could eat him instead?

[mighty_west]

:D
not enough meat on Grant, maybe we could tip BBQ sauce on Dane Swan and he could eat him instead?

Jarmans being eyeing off Leigh Browns rump!

[Remi Moses]

Shane Ellen anyone?Aaron Keating?They had no Rucchito or Vardy in 97!

[LostDoggy]

FDOTM = black cat walking across our season? My fault for betting on getting to the prelim?

Farkit, call the witch doctor, rub the lamp, someone remove the curse.

He!He! Thanks for helping me raise a smile.......Best wishes to the Glove on a speedy recovery! Probably good time to bring in some kids and give them a taste of finals footy??:confused:

[LostDoggy]

Shit. Bugger. Crap.

It just gets worse and worse.

What he said!
I've shed a tear and felt sorry for myself, now I want Dale to have a full recovery and good health. I'm so sad that his season is over, he has been a rock this year. Cheers Dale :D
There are worse things happening in the world....I'm just having a bit of trouble thinking of what they are just at this minute. Still looking forward to the next few weeks, Go Dogs!

[LostDoggy]

He!He! Thanks for helping me raise a smile.......Best wishes to the Glove on a speedy recovery! Probably good time to bring in some kids and give them a taste of finals footy??:confused:

Damn its hard being a dog. How is it possible? Cooney and Morris were also badly injured last finals series, the same 2 desperately required players.

I hear Rod is off to stonehenge to sacrifice a magpie to the pagan gods...

[MrMahatma]

We're going to have to play kids by definition now - but I wouldn't be going into a finals series with the view "let's play him, he'll learn a lot for next time".

Agree there will need to be a tactical shift. This is a major blow and I don't think we can do it now. However, blokes need to stand up.

Who knows, maybe the Pies will lose two blokes in the first 15min against us and be down on rotations. Or maybe some of our under achievers will show what they can do.

On current form we're no chance without coon and Dale, but if guys play to their potential - who know..?

[FrediKanoute]

Damn its hard being a dog. How is it possible? Cooney and Morris were also badly injured last finals series, the same 2 desperately required players.

I hear Rod is off to stonehenge to sacrifice a magpie to the pagan gods...

Happy to give Rod a lift and possible extend the trip to other venerable sites like Glastonbury Tor, Blarney Castle, Lourdes....even Mecca if I thought it would do any good.

Seriously though......you can't help bad luck with injuries and this year the rub of the green hasn't really gone our way. We have struggled to get our best players on the park. However, we have still finished fourth....albeit we are limping into the finals.....great oportunity now to let Grant, Wood, Jones get some finals experience.

[Go_Dogs]

Terrible news hearing this on the way home tonight....we're going to need something very special to happen for us to have any say this finals series without 2 of arguably our 5 most important guys, Lake under a cloud of somewhat, Murphy having another indifferent year and Hudson beginning to show the effects of a big season.

Hopefully this misfortune leads to some great experience for the kids, and a real opportunity to test the waters with a few players before seasons end. If a few of the older blokes miss out, so be it. We really need one eye firmly on the future at this point, if not both.

[jasopan]

Johnson, Cooney, Morris, Hall maybe, Wood...
all within the space of 3 weeks, ouch.

[AndrewP6]

http://www.dvrbs.com/People/Fire/DennisMichael5.jpg

[lemmon]

Jeez this hurts, you can feel the year just slipping away. What a waste, hope we go out swinging though. No lying down now lets give them a fright and see what happens.

[LostDoggy]

I'm thinking its more bad luck for Morris and Coons who will miss out in playing in a Grand Final

P.s. Excuse my high hopes :D