Half the FG squad were proper busted by the end of the year and had to play due to a lot of 2nd tier players already being out of action already so they had to push through severely injured. Everyone forgets this fact because they get hung up on JT and Scotty being out for a long time.
Feldt did his groin, he couldn’t even do the kickoffs in the GF due to the injury hence why Morgo was doing them.
Lowe had a fractured cheekbone going into the GF
Asiata broken hand after the last regular season game I think?
Granville and Cooper had major issues with hammys from memory?
TeMaire Martin played through a severe knee injury that would have sidelined him 4-5 weeks normally but he played through
Hess did his knee in that Parra semi
Bolton had a sternum injury and needed needling to take the field in the last few weeks
Then you throw in during the regular season-
Coote spent time away with a
Knee
Winters out for a few weeks
Linnet out for a few weeks, same with O’neill
Throw in Kaufusi, Spina gone for the entire season fairly early on and Hannamt retiring in the off season and then throw in Fensom snapping his leg in the GF.......
Now I know that every team has injury issues and very rarely will a team win a GF with their full strength side but 2017 was the worst I have ever seen it for NQ after 22 years of being an obsessed idiot for my club. Even
Compared to the dark days of the late 90’s/early 2k’s, last season was insane how many players were out at some stages. The difference is our players are in a good system and well coached these days and they actually played their asses off when they were losing. The old days they just mailed it in every f**king week.
It was a miracle we made the 8 let alone the GF but other than the 2015, I have never been more proud to say I’m a NQ fan.