When it comes to dealing with injuries to key personnel this year, Adem Yze and Michael Voss have had it worse than any other AFL coach. Check out the rankings here.
Those teams that fight their way to the top are celebrated with back slaps and glowing praise. Coaching careers are extended, finals are played and membership bases grow.There is another rating system in the AFL that is also intriguing, and often heartbreaking, to watch – Champion Data’s injury ladder. Often the two are intrinsically linked.are ninth on the official ladder and still fighting for a place in the top eight, despite players from their best 22 missing a total of 137 games this year.
Only cellar-dwellers Richmond have had it worse. In a baptism from hell, first-year coach Adem Yze has had to cope with players from his best 22 missing 171 games, ranking the Tigers a clear last on the injury ladder. Remarkably, the Brisbane Lions have been able to contend for a top-four spot despite being ranked third last on the injury ladder, losing 114 games to injury.have enjoyed the healthiest season of all AFL clubs, despite the recent loss of Tom Papley and Justin McInerney .
Players from the Swans’ best 22 have missed only 44 games, ranking them 70 games better off than the Lions and 93 ahead of Carlton.Champion Data’s injury ladder for total games missed – including players from outside the best 22 – has Richmond last , followed by Carlton and then Collingwood .The Swans sit fifth on the ladder for total games missed overall – 126 games lost – sitting behind Port Adelaide who have lost 125 games, Geelong , Melbourne and Gold Coast .
“Right now, it’ll be about the troops we’ve got and finishing off this season as strongly as we possibly can – and that’s what we intend to do. Regardless of what Andrew has chosen to do, it’s not about one person. It’s about a collective, and we’ll solve the problem together.”
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