Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield is hopeful of a return to play in opposition to Sydney subsequent week however is aware of the truth of his partially collapsed lung and cracked rib may imply longer on the sidelines than he’d like.
The official medical report from the Cats on Tuesday revealed Dangerfield’s availability can be judged in “due course” with no timeline as he recovers from the damage that compelled him to attend an Adelaide hospital final Thursday night time.
Dangerfield has been utilizing an oxygen tank at dwelling, having pushed again from Adelaide final Friday, together with his lung not but inflating to 100 per cent.
But he stated he was feeling good after a “rough couple of days” and would now endure the frustration of a “suck and it see” restoration figuring out his return to play shall be dictated by how nicely he heals.
“I’d love to think Sydney next week,” he stated on Tuesday
“But it just depends on how quickly it all heals and that sort of thing.
“It sounds a lot worse than probably it is. It’s not inflating to the maximum volume. It’s a bit of a suck and see in terms of how quickly it responses and builds back up to 100 per cent inflation. That’s a daily thing.
“I’ve missed enough footy over the last couple of years, it does become this frustration and every time you get rolling all of a sudden there’s a hiccup.
“This is first world problems and there’s far more players that have had far more injury-riddled careers than what I have, but I certainly get the frustrations.”
Dangerfield stated he copped the “perfect hit” from Port Adelaide’s Dan Houston, with an elbow to his ribs on the Adelaide Oval doing the injury.
The Brownlow medallist performed out the sport beneath vital duress, the extent of which he revealed raised “flags” through the sport.
“It was just the perfect hit to be honest,” Dangerfield informed SEN.
“It was quite innocuous … I thought it was an elbow. It felt so specific, it was the perfect storm of a little clip in the right spot which had the wrong outcome for me.
“The inability to get oxygen in was the biggest challenge. I’d get running and moving for 20 seconds and anything beyond that length of fatigue it was pretty challenging.
“When I started to ask the physios to do some more work on my shoulders and back they thought it might be more than just a broken rib. That’s when the flags came out for me.”
Geelong soccer boss Brad Lloyd stated Dangerfield’s return to play timetable was but to be decided
“We‘ll be guided by our medical team,“ Lloyd said.
‘He was obviously quite ginger post game but he’s moving around freely now, but we will be guided by our medical team as to all of the results that they receive throughout the course of the week and we’ll judge his availability in due course.”
Originally revealed as Patrick Dangerfield reveals restoration timeline after struggling partially collapsed lung
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
