Every team needs a good injury run if they want to win it. If we have a similar run with injuries as we did in 2011 I see us going far.All comes down to injuries for the eagles. Excellent spine and solid team on paper. Good coach. But lost heaps of depth. Always risky but particularly so when you have that many players that have struggled with injury in the recent past. Top 4 if they stay healthy. Borderline 8 if they have a bad run. Will almost definitely finish outside the Top 8 if they have a similar injury run as they had this year.
Every team needs a good injury run if they want to win it. If we have a similar run with injuries as we did in 2011 I see us going far.
Agreed. If any team loses its chief playmaker for the season you are in all sorts of trouble. That's where luck comes into it.
It's more your ability to handle multiple short to medium term injuries. The Eagles had a bad run this year but handled it very well. Different story next year. The Eagles have next to no depth. They will need luck, and lots of it, to be a force in 2013.
Don't necessarily agree that depth is bad next year.
We've picked up some handy older players as well as some bloody good Toyota Cup players. They won't all step up but I'm certain some will. Plus I believe Farrar will be back next year and he is a very good utlity player.
Everyone said we'd struggle in 2010 when Cherry-Evans etc came through.....