West Coast coach Adam Simpson says Dom Sheed seemed like Darth Vader after struggling a freak coaching accident that despatched the midfielder to hospital.
Sheed turned the eighth Eagles participant to be minimize down by harm within the area of 5 days when he copped an elbow to the throat at coaching on Thursday.
The 2018 premiership hero was despatched to hospital, the place he was identified with a fractured larynx, ruling him out of Sunday’s conflict with Melbourne at Optus Stadium.
He joins captain Luke Shuey (hamstring), Jamie Cripps (damaged ankle), Jeremy McGovern (hamstring), Liam Ryan (hamstring), Campbell Chesser (knee), Harry Edwards (ankle) and Alex Witherden (concussion) as casualties from the previous week.
“It was a warm-up drill, five v three sort of stuff that we’ve done every week for the past two years,” Simpson stated of Sheed’s harm.
“It was an innocuous knock to the throat. I don’t think it’s a significant injury, but you lose your voice and it’s pretty sore.
“I spoke to Dom on the monitor, and he seemed like Darth Vader. I assumed, ‘What’s happening with you?’.
“He said, ‘I just got a knock’. And he finished training, so it’s not that bad.”
Cripps has undergone surgical procedure and will miss the remainder of the season.
McGovern and Ryan are additionally prone to want surgical procedure after struggling severe tendon accidents in final week’s derby loss to Fremantle, ruling them out of motion for months.
Chesser might be set for a sizeable stint on the sidelines together with his knee harm, however Shuey is predicted again in two-to-three weeks.
Sheed and Witherden have an opportunity of returning for subsequent week’s Gather Round encounter with Geelong.
Defender Edwards would have performed this week in opposition to Melbourne as McGovern’s alternative, however was dominated out after rolling his ankle at coaching on Tuesday.
Simpson is doing his greatest to remain optimistic amid the harm carnage.
“It’s just unfortunate that we’ve copped six collision injuries in the last seven days. That’s the game,” he stated.
“It’s not often that you make seven changes, or six or eight – whatever it is. I’ve lost count.
“But it’s what it’s. We’ve obtained to attempt to keep as optimistic and resilient as we are able to.”
Elliot Yeo will return from a calf injury in a vital boost for the Eagles, with the veteran likely to have stints across half back and through the midfield.
Ruckman Nic Naitanui won’t be back until closer to the mid-season bye due to an ongoing achilles tendon injury.
Simpson said he was “optimistic” Naitanui would play again this year.
“The foremost problem is strengthening the muscular tissues across the achilles,” Simpson stated.
“Until we get that proper it is exhausting to get the achilles proper, as a result of it is carrying an excessive amount of load.
“He’s feeling less and less pain, so we can strengthen the rest of his leg.”
Melbourne have misplaced key ahead Ben Brown to a again harm, however Kysaiah Pickett returns from suspension.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
