This injury curse is officially beyond comprehension.
Against a top team, we did ok tonight (especially given the carnage in the last quarter) but we simply can’t carry a significant number of borderline AFL players and expect a different outcome.
Crowden, Watson, Duman and Blakey are fillers and a long way off being AFL regulars. I never expect to have our best 22 on the park at the same time but we’d be a very reasonable team if we could replace the above four with any of the following Alex Pearce, Brett Bewley, Stephen Hill, Bailey Banfield, Heath Chapman, Michael Frederick, Joel Hamling, Ethan Hughes, Sam Sturt, Sam Switkowski, Matt Taberner, Hayden Young.