You're the one making the claim. You need to come up with evidence to support what you're saying about Appleby. Incidentally it was suggested at the club member's forum that had Appleby not been injured he might well have played in the GF. That makes what you're saying at odds with the coaching group at Collingwood.So you think my claim is outlandish?
Can you let us know his opponent breakdown across those 9 games and what they were able to do while he was opposed to them?