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Injuries to key players have been used an excuse for the Swans underperforming slightly this year.
However, looking at the injury table in the Herald Sun today it doesn't seem like a very good excuse.
The table (which doesn't seem to be online) is the list of games lost to injury and suspension by each team's 12 best players and their position on the ladder.
Just as a check, who are our 12 best players and what have their games lost been:
Shows how stupid journos can be - Schauble has missed himself more than the total figure they have put in for the Swans.
The Swans should probably have an injury games figure of 31.
It's also arguable that Schneider should perhaps be in there, maybe at the expense of C Bolton, which would add an extra 8 games to the total. This would place us equal 4th in terms of games lost.
However, looking at the injury table in the Herald Sun today it doesn't seem like a very good excuse.
The table (which doesn't seem to be online) is the list of games lost to injury and suspension by each team's 12 best players and their position on the ladder.
Code:
Port Adelaide 54 3rd Adelaide 49 12th Hawthorn 43 16th Collingwood 39 13th Carlton 34 11th Geelong 32 5th West Coast 29 10th Brisbane 28 2nd Melbourne 25 4th Richmond 25 15th Essendon 22 6th St Kilda 16 1st Sydney 12 7th Kangaroos 10 8th Fremantle 7 9th W Bulldogs 5 14th
Code:
Hall 0 Goodes 1* Williams 0 Kirk 0 Ball 1 Barry 1 Schauble 14 J Bolton 0 O'Loughlin 6 Davis 8 Maxfield 0 C Bolton 0
The Swans should probably have an injury games figure of 31.
It's also arguable that Schneider should perhaps be in there, maybe at the expense of C Bolton, which would add an extra 8 games to the total. This would place us equal 4th in terms of games lost.
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