Rnd 1 Carlton vs Richmond - Pre-Game

[PaulP]

Thats the real question? Seriously??

Umm....it helped them greatly? Not changing a side week to week is an advantage. Never having your best players out of the side is obviously a huge advantage.

I'd hazard a guess and say there is not team in recent history that even comes close to that kind of dream run with injuries.

Sure it helps, of course it makes a difference, but it's not the difference between a flag and no flag, as the Dogs proved the previous year.

[kruddler]

Sure it helps, of course it makes a difference, but it's not the difference between a flag and no flag, as the Dogs proved the previous year.

Who cares about the dogs. Every other team that year had a normal amount of injuries.

What i'm saying is if the Tigers had even a normal amount of injuries, they don't win the flag.

If any team manages to get through a season like that in terms of injuries, they SHOULD win the flag!

[PaulP]

Who cares about the dogs. Every other team that year had a normal amount of injuries.

What i'm saying is if the Tigers had even a normal amount of injuries, they don't win the flag.

If any team manages to get through a season like that in terms of injuries, they SHOULD win the flag!

The Dogs comparison is perfectly valid.

At any rate, there are people on here who will tell you that the Tigers are major league plonkers, and even their best 22 is barely good enough to finish 9th. And here we are discussing injuries.

[kruddler]

The Dogs comparison is perfectly valid.

At any rate, there are people on here who will tell you that the Tigers are major league plonkers, and even their best 22 is barely good enough to finish 9th. And here we are discussing injuries.

Your logic is flawed.

What i'm saying is if a team has basically zero injuries, they should win the flag.
What i'm not saying is a team with injuries cannot win a flag.

It is so rare that a team doesn't have injuries but every year a team wins the flag.....with injuries.

[PaulP]

Your logic is flawed.

What i'm saying is if a team has basically zero injuries, they should win the flag.
What i'm not saying is a team with injuries cannot win a flag.

It is so rare that a team doesn't have injuries but every year a team wins the flag.....with injuries.

So if we had zero injuries last year, we should have won the flag ?

Count me as skeptical.

[kruddler]

So if we had zero injuries last year, we should have won the flag ?

Count me as skeptical.

There is obviously more to it than that, but if you are there or thereabouts in the finals race, then yes. You should.

[northernblue]

From the Hun, 31 July 2017:

And from Ed himself:

You could have saved yourself some time and just studied the first minute 

It looks like Martin threw an elbow back after Ed tackled him to the ground.  Pretty innocuous, but that’s all it takes.

Haha... thanks DJC, there’s worse games I’ve watched anyway.

[LP]

Interesting, the team with the new era small forward line and single marking target wants Tom Lynch!

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[flyboy77]

Interesting, the team with the new era small forward line and single marking target wants Tom Lynch!

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

i think 16 out of 18 teams would like Lynch, maybe not WCE and Sydney...

[LP]

i think 16 out of 18 teams would like Lynch, maybe not WCE and Sydney...

No doubt, but I've just spent three days reading and responding to posts from Kruddler that tell me teams like Nthmond are trending towards small fast forward structures leaving Weitering types nobody to play on. More the fool me!