'blindside' is the column on back page of Saturday's Manly Daily by Jon Geddes. He seems to be writing about all things Manly - if I was tech-savvy I'd post the links, but afraid I'm not so, sorry. I'll post any interesting points here which come up during the season...
Last Saturday there was an interesting article/interview on Dylan Walker, which I commented on in another thread last week.
Yesterday it was all about AFB and was quite a detailed interview. Here's an extract from it, which may answer the speculation on round 1 as to if he will or won't he play:
"Medical Update - Fonua-Blake is continuing his rehab from off-season shoulder surgery. "I'm hoping to be back in the early rounds, round two or round three maybe" he said. "It's one of those things I don't want to rush." He was reminded of the cautionary tale of South Sydney star Sam Burgess, whose career was ended by a shoulder injury. "I'm not saying he rushed it, but you think of these things and it was unfortunate what happened to Sammy", Fonua-Blake said.
Based on that, you have to think he's not playing in round 1, but round 2 is a distinct possibility.
Last Saturday there was an interesting article/interview on Dylan Walker, which I commented on in another thread last week.
Yesterday it was all about AFB and was quite a detailed interview. Here's an extract from it, which may answer the speculation on round 1 as to if he will or won't he play:
"Medical Update - Fonua-Blake is continuing his rehab from off-season shoulder surgery. "I'm hoping to be back in the early rounds, round two or round three maybe" he said. "It's one of those things I don't want to rush." He was reminded of the cautionary tale of South Sydney star Sam Burgess, whose career was ended by a shoulder injury. "I'm not saying he rushed it, but you think of these things and it was unfortunate what happened to Sammy", Fonua-Blake said.
Based on that, you have to think he's not playing in round 1, but round 2 is a distinct possibility.