Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley has given a daunting replace on star Pie Jamie Elliott’s situation amid issues over the small ahead’s enjoying future.
Elliott featured in 24 matches for the Pies final 12 months, kicking a career-high 39 targets to assist the membership win the premiership.
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He took a surprising mark of the 12 months contender on Anzac Day in spherical seven, however the 31-year-old has been sidelined since spherical eight, lacking the membership’s final 4 matches as he offers with a vascular subject.
Collingwood initially put a two-to-four week timeframe on his return, however that has been shelved with the membership now uncertain on when he may return to motion.
Buckley, who coached Elliott from the time each joined the Pies in 2012 by means of 2021, supplied some particulars on what the 187-game veteran goes by means of.
“The one factor I find out about his damage is that he was coming off for a few weeks halfway by means of a second quarter and couldn’t really feel his foot,” Buckley mentioned on SEN.
“He’d take his boot off and (his foot) was black.
“That’s a priority, you realize one thing’s not proper. They have been capable of finding the vascular subject, which is principally blood circulate into and out of his foot.”
Elliott has handled various damage issues throughout his profession, battling hamstring tendinitis early on and lacking complete seasons in 2016 (again) and 2018 (ankle).
He additionally missed 9 video games within the 2021 marketing campaign after fracturing his leg and Buckley questioned whether or not Elliott had the will to combat again one other time.
“He has had long-term accidents at totally different levels of his profession and he’s withstood a fantastic deal, he’s gone by means of that and turn into a premiership participant,” he mentioned.
“He missed seasons on finish at occasions at totally different levels.
“He’s been right here earlier than and he’s dug himself out, of it. That may be the one concern, ‘(considering) is that this one thing I can dig myself out of’.
“Solely time will inform with that, they want a bit extra time than they’ve had.”
AFL reporter Tom Morris additionally spoke about Elliott’s scenario on Channel 9’s Footy Furnace on Sunday night time and raised doubts about his enjoying future.
“Collingwood are enjoying their playing cards very near their chest, however there are individuals round Jamie Elliott in the meanwhile who’re uncertain whether or not he’ll be capable of play soccer within the short-term, the mid-term and even once more in any respect,” Morris mentioned.
“They hope this isn’t the case, he’s contracted to the tip of subsequent 12 months, however there are doubts round this vascular subject that seems to be affecting him.
“He’s actually one to look at, we hope Jamie Elliott can get again, however now I suppose the narrative has modified.
“A number of weeks in the past we anticipated him again in perhaps two, three, 4 weeks, now there’s actually no thought when he’s going to have the ability to get again in any respect and whether or not he’s capable of get again this season.
“It’s a priority for Collingwood, they positively want their greatest gamers on the market and he’s actually considered one of them.”
After a gradual begin to their premiership defence, the Pies had received six video games together with two attracts previous to final Friday night time’s defeat to the Western Bulldogs.
Sitting simply exterior the eight on proportion, Collingwood subsequent face the Demons within the King’s Birthday conflict on the MCG on Monday.
