telsor
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Holy shit, that's ******.
We're not bitching about our injury list because of one or two outs....
Our top end talent has held up reasonably well, but we're scraping the barrel when it comes to depth, particularly wth smalls. Of those 8 players, the only 2 smalls left were Verrier and Turner, both rookies, and both recruited more as long term development than anything else and although they have good passages of play, they're nowhere near AFL level as yet. (and Turner was the one who broke his finger in the 2nd...).
Thankfully we have Martin and Jackson back this week, because with Batchelor being injured, if those 2 had another week we either would have needed to play Arnot/Helbig (straight back from injury), promote/play Verrier or play an extra tall.
As it is, we have the 'luxury' or actually choosing one small/mid to sit out rather than playing everyone who was available.
I hate that we play at Cairns for many reasons, and think we shouldn't be there, but we lost that game more because of our outs than the venue.