Geelong skipper Patrick Dangerfield performed out Thursday night time’s loss to Port Adelaide with {a partially} collapsed lung and a cracked rib which may sideline him for a while.
The 33-year-old suffered a heavy blow to his decrease again/hip area in a collision with Dan Houston within the second quarter however performed out the match earlier than being despatched to hospital.
On Friday morning the membership confirmed the complete extent of the damage with no clear timeline on a return for the Brownlow medallist who will journey again to his dwelling at Moggs Creek by automotive after being launched from hospital.
“Geelong Captain Patrick Dangerfield has suffered a partially collapsed lung and cracked rib following a marking contest during the second quarter of Thursday’s night match against Port Adelaide,” a membership assertion stated.
“Dangerfield was taken to hospital after the game where he underwent further assessment and scans, he returned to the team hotel on Thursday night and will return to Melbourne on Friday by car.
“The Cats medical team will continue to monitor Dangerfield to determine a return to play timeline.
Without knowing the extent of the injury post-game, Geelong Coach Chris Scott called Dangerfield a “warrior“ for playing on while clearly in pain. .
“He got that knock and he just progressively seized up more and more to the point where, he‘s a warrior, but it looked to us like he couldn’t move,” Scott stated.
“He said that he wanted to keep trying, but it was clear he just couldn‘t have an impact on the game from pretty early in the second quarter.
“Our medical staff are brilliant and they will be providing the best care possible.
Dangerfield was playing his first game back after a hamstring injury suffered against old side Adelaide at GMHBA Stadium in Round 8.
Tanner Bruhn was also a casualty on a tough night for the Cats, with the young midfielder subbed out of the game after halftime with a shoulder injury.
It continued a worrying trend for the reigning premiers, who slipped to a 6-7 record after conceding seven unanswered goals in the third quarter.
“The pattern has been ‘get a couple back, lose a couple’,” Scott stated.
“It‘s not an excuse, but there is a really strong correlation around the competition at the moment that teams who have good availability and good cohesion (are winning).
“We were case in point last year, we were going OK and we found a way to win some games and when we got them all back and they played together week after week we hit our straps.
“We‘re optimistic that can happen again.”
The Cats conceded over 100 points against Port, the fifth time that‘s happened in 13 games this season, compared to last year when it happened just once.
“I think if you go back and compare us to us at our best there are a whole range of reasons (why) and most of them revolve around a lack of cohesion and personnel we‘ve had,” Scott said.
“Even the guys that we brought back, we didn‘t expect them to be at their best straight away after missing so much footy.
“Even when we have got guys back they go and get injured again.
“That‘s been the pattern a little bit for us.
If you look at the outcome, we‘re just getting scored against when the ball goes inside our defensive 50, which is traditionally something we’ve been good at.
“But it‘s clearly an area we need to improve.
“Clearly, there are some things that aren‘t working for us at the moment, but we’re going to hold in.”hazard
Originally printed as Patrick Dangerfield suffered a collapsed lung in loss to Port Adelaide
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
