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I would do it- but would anyone actually bother to come and see if I did it or not?
Raider_69 said:we were a team who had equally bad injuries as the knights
Raider_69 said:This one has already gone down JM and yes it was backed with stats... injured wise we were neck and neck mate... the only difference is we arnt using it as an excuse for a piss poor season (no need to when elliott is a perfectly reasonable excuse)
Johns Magic said:Care to drag those stats up then? I seem to recall the Knights suffering more injuries.
Oh and no one expected the Raiders to do well anyway, hence why they can't complain that injuries ruined their season.
Raider_69 said:Your the one that needs confirmation, do the research yaself
this season i believe the knights used about 35 players this year and the raiders used about 31... not that much difference espeically considering we would have had more had the 2nd Teir cap not ristricted us in the final 8 off rounds... Forcing 3 players to play the final rounds with broken bones (Jason Smith, Alan Tongue and Adam Mogg)
No one expected the knights to do anything once johns went down either but it doesnt stop your mob whinging to the heavens about how injuries destroyed your season...
Johns Magic said:First of all, I'm not the one claiming things as fact and not backing them up with proof. You know you were exaggerating and the stats prove that.
Secondly, we had several players play with injuries towards the end of the season due to the second tier cap. This was backed up by the fact that Hagan named a few reserve-graders who he said would've played firsts if permitted.
Lastly, you just backed up my point.
"No one expected the knights to do anything once johns went down".
Yes, that sums it up in a sentence. An injury ruined our season.
Raider_69 said:I dont need to back my case with with stats, i know them to be so if your not convinced you can look it up, yes the knights had more injuries but only by a whisker, i believe it was 2-3 players, and lets face it, they were neville's anyways whats a few neville's between 20 odd decent?
Raider_69 said:Facts are both teams had a horrendous injury toll, one team is blaming them, one team is not...
Raider_69 said:Injuries didn't ruin your season, 13 loses in a row did. You had 17 players on the park each week and couldnt get the job done, if your juniors were as good as you claim them to be you would have... Johns or no johns...
Johns Magic said:But what you claimed was wrong. You were lying to strengthen your case. Weak.
If a Raiders fan claimed "injuries prevented us from making the finals series this year", he would be laughed at. Raiders at best might have scraped into the 8. The Knights were expected to do decently.
Injuries brought Knights down from pissible top 8 to wooden spoon.
Injuries brought the Raiders down from 12th to 14th.
Why do you think we lost 13 straight?
Injuries. That's why, and you know it. If you try to deny that you're as biased as they come.
Balmain_Boy said:I just think 69 has just as much of a right to complain about injuries as you lot do.
Raider_69 said:What i claimed wasnt wrong, Canberra and Newcastle has very similar injury tolls.