Melbourne has revealed Clayton Oliver will miss as much as one other month along with his hamstring harm in an replace that sheds gentle on the star midfielder’s coaching blow-up on Wednesday.
Oliver was anticipated to coach with the Demons’ fundamental group at Casey Fields in a bid to show his health to play this weekend however left the monitor early after a heated dialogue with a Demons staffer.
The 25-year-old had solely missed one recreation in additional than six seasons earlier than the harm however might now be sidelined till spherical 21, with Melbourne revealing his harm is extra sophisticated than initially thought.
Demons soccer boss Alan Richardson mentioned the membership was sure the week Oliver spent “immobile” in hospital as a consequence of an an infection had made the harm worse.
“Clayton has a complex hamstring injury, due to the fact that the injury is located where the muscle attaches to the tendon, and to further complicate that, there is injury to two separate hamstring muscles,” Richardson mentioned.
“There is no doubt that Clayton’s recovery has been complicated by the week he was required to spend immobile in hospital.
“What we have experienced so far is that Clayton can comfortably achieve 90 per cent of his running capacity, but as we saw yesterday, he is unable to get to full speed to pass his minimum training markers.”
The irritating setback comes after the Demons earlier this week confirmed Bayley Fritsch would miss the remainder of the home-and-away season after breaking his left foot in opposition to the Giants in Alice Springs.
The Demons’ bid to consolidate their top-four spot will now be made with out their finest midfielder and ahead amid a raft of inefficiency points of their ahead half.
Richardson mentioned the membership would take no dangers with Oliver regardless of the on-field woes of the final month.
“This suggests that, due to the discomfort Clayton felt during his run throughs, further recovery time is required. At this stage, we expect this will be three to four weeks,” he mentioned.
“The club will continue to explore all treatment options for Clayton, but as with all players, we won’t be taking any risks with his return to play timelines.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
