Grimes In Doubt

Melbourne's popular $347 defender Jack Grimes is rated a 50/50 chance to play this weekend due to a back injury which has been troubling him.

Grimes, owned by almost 60,000 DT coaches, has been in scintillating form recently.

Melbourne coach Dean Bailey said on Wednesday, "He's had back issues earlier in the year and on the weekend he got a couple of knocks on the back and he's certainly pulled up pretty stiff.

“We'll see how he trains in our main session, but I'd say he'd probably be 50/50."

Many DT coaches also might be hoping young $75k ruckman Jake Spencer would get a run with regular bigman Mark Jamar out with a quad injury.

But Bailey poured cold water on the idea, saying, "Young [Jake] Spencer hasn't really played enough games for Casey."

Bailey also revealed $407k defender Paul Wheatley would miss another two weeks with a quad injury.