It is believed that O'Brien plans to return to the club on Monday and won't attend tonight's crucial clash with Carlton. The key Magpie was not considered for the game against the Blues because of an ankle jordan 8 phoenix suns injury, but reports of discontent persisted yesterday. Collingwood could not be contacted ahead of tonight's game, phoenix suns 8s bunkering down before what looms as a critical contest against their arch rivals. O’Brien’s personal manager, Jess Ball, said today:
If you want to ask anything about Harry, you have to ask the Collingwood Football Club. Speaking before tonight's match, Collingwood forwards coach Matthew Lappin said the Magpies would deal with the issue in-house. "He's got an ankle injury at the moment and there was anything else over and above that we'd be dealing with that behind our four walls,'' Lappin told Channel 10. "I can't go any further into that. Obviously he's out of the team tonight and we'll just focus on our 22 players out there tonight.'' It is still not known whether O'Brien, 26, will be right to take on Adelaide next Friday night. There had been speculation O'Brien and Buckley had exchanged words in a meeting during the week. Collingwood director of football Geoff Walsh said yesterday O'Brien had been nursing an ankle injury for a few weeks and had been told by medical staff to rest. A piece of floating bone was believed to have been causing O'Brien's problem.
"He has had a couple of scans and the doc is not happy with it,'' Walsh said. "It's not an operable thing. It just jags him every now and then, and worries him. He had an acute episode in a game a couple of weeks ago. "The doc wants to offload him this week and we will look at it again (next week) to see how things go.'' Late yesterday the Magpies insisted the reason for the wingman's absence was an ankle injury. But reports suggested the pair exchanged words at a meeting earlier this week, causing a problem between player and coach. phoenix suns 8s for sale