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CibbuanoHawks to continue nursing Crawford
July 14th 2008 01:59
HAWTHORN veteran Shane Crawford remains a week-to-week proposition because of ongoing knee tendonitis, according to coach Alastair Clarkson.
Crawford has played 298 matches but only seven this season and is scheduled to play his 300th game in the round 17 blockbuster against Geelong at the MCG.
But Clarkson said the Hawks were unsure at present whether the 1999 Brownlow medallist would be available from week to week.
"We will just see how it goes from week to week because tendons are funny things," Clarkson said.
"Sometimes they just need rest but other times you need to keep the (work) load through them and that's why he played (against Sydney)."
"Everyone had written him off after the West Coast game and probably some of the coaching staff as well but the medicos and Crawf was staggered with how quickly he responded to treatment after the West Coast game."
Clarkson said Crawford was still an integral part of the side.
"He is a very, very important player to our structure and we saw that in the West Coast game when he provided some fantastic rebound for us off half-back and that allowed us to free up Rick Ladson and give us more run through the midfield."
Meanwhile, the Hawks are expected to regain key midfielders Chance Bateman and Jordan Lewis from quad injuries for Saturday night's clash against St Kilda at Telstra Dome while Ben McGlynn should resume from his quad injury within the next three weeks.
Crawford has played 298 matches but only seven this season and is scheduled to play his 300th game in the round 17 blockbuster against Geelong at the MCG.
But Clarkson said the Hawks were unsure at present whether the 1999 Brownlow medallist would be available from week to week.
"We will just see how it goes from week to week because tendons are funny things," Clarkson said.
"Sometimes they just need rest but other times you need to keep the (work) load through them and that's why he played (against Sydney)."
"Everyone had written him off after the West Coast game and probably some of the coaching staff as well but the medicos and Crawf was staggered with how quickly he responded to treatment after the West Coast game."
Clarkson said Crawford was still an integral part of the side.
"He is a very, very important player to our structure and we saw that in the West Coast game when he provided some fantastic rebound for us off half-back and that allowed us to free up Rick Ladson and give us more run through the midfield."
Meanwhile, the Hawks are expected to regain key midfielders Chance Bateman and Jordan Lewis from quad injuries for Saturday night's clash against St Kilda at Telstra Dome while Ben McGlynn should resume from his quad injury within the next three weeks.
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