I accept that GC have effectively their best 6 midfielders out for the game on Saturday.
However, they had the luxury to swap in another 6 handy midfielders (most of them high draft picks, including pre-season & rookies) to go with their full strength ruck, back and forward lines.
We went in with no midfield (apart from S.Hill & Neale - Mundy was busy turning it over or getting caught HTB in the back-line) or ruck division and with a severely undermanned back and forward line.
Take the number and quality of players we have missing all over the ground and remove them from any other team and perhaps apart from Hawthorn - most other teams would be struggling.
This is not to be seen as an excuse (we had our chances on Saturday but didn't take them) but more of a comparison with the available personnel.