Yeti no one is being an apologist, but being your a member of the 'Cabel' that constantly berates Lyon, Rosich and everything they do, its hard for people like me to take anything you say seriously.
Yes, its not ideal when you see 15 injuries prior to game one, but Freo aren't the only club with that problem, and we are not the only club with issues with star players, Franklin, D Martin, numerous Pies players regularly caught in drugs issues including one as we speak.
We need to take a breath and see how the first month unfolds- zip/4 disaster, 2/2 acceptable, 3/1 good start and promising with plenty of players returning steadily over the initial 6 weeks , ongoing soft tissue injuries as the season unfolds a real issue after preseason loads have backed off.
So i will await and see what is delivered after the open month before throwing the baby out with the bath water as they say.