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Like many other saints fans, I am getting fed up with the injuries. Lyon has said in the media that it was bad management during GT's tenure that has led to this years woes, but Ken Sheldon has recently said that it is simply bad luck. Even when players return from injury it seems that another goes down to counteract this. When I get buoyant about a player coming back, somebody else gets injured. It is so frustrating that our injury list never gets any smaller. Just like everyone else, I don't know what is the deal but I am sick of losing games due to the players we are forced to put out on the park. Lyon is having to pick debutants and first year players consistently because we are unable to get our stars right to play. I am all for giving the young guys a go but it is getting to the point where we barely have enough players to put on the plane to Subiaco.
We had 26 players on the plane last week: 25 fit and Clint Jones visiting relatives, with the rest at home in Melbourne due to various injuries. Lucky for us Lenny Hayes was able to play, because if he hadn't been right there would have been very few positives to take out of the game. We played very well under the circumstances but without the four points it means nothing. If not for the inaccurate kicking we might have been able to steal the game but as is the trend, a team out of form seems to kick inaccurately and even the bounce of the ball doesn't go their way. With three possible returns this week in Max Hudghton, Raphael Clarke and Jason Gram, I feel there is a genuine chance to pinch a game from the in-form Cats on Sunday night.
But then again maybe that's just wishful thinking.
We had 26 players on the plane last week: 25 fit and Clint Jones visiting relatives, with the rest at home in Melbourne due to various injuries. Lucky for us Lenny Hayes was able to play, because if he hadn't been right there would have been very few positives to take out of the game. We played very well under the circumstances but without the four points it means nothing. If not for the inaccurate kicking we might have been able to steal the game but as is the trend, a team out of form seems to kick inaccurately and even the bounce of the ball doesn't go their way. With three possible returns this week in Max Hudghton, Raphael Clarke and Jason Gram, I feel there is a genuine chance to pinch a game from the in-form Cats on Sunday night.
But then again maybe that's just wishful thinking.
