Quote: Adeybull "The above is pretty interesting reading.
Apart from believing the poster makes a sound point, that list makes grim reading. 11 mainly senior players (and I suspect that is far from a complete list, to which you woudl add other earlier-in-season injuries?) sidelined for protracted periods. Whilst far from excusing the collapse of confidence and seeming abilioty to defend that we have seen so often, it is surely no wonder we have struggled this year?'"
Yep, that's not including the serious knee injuries Donaldson and Halley had to come back from, the knee injury Steve Crossley has just returned from and the two injuries (knee ligament and broken wrist) suffered by Kyle Briggs.
Herbert started the season with an existing hamstring problem didn't he? Then Platt's been out for a month with a hernia injury, Hargreaves has missed a few weeks after rolling his ankle and Sibbit missed another two/three games with a back injury if I remember rightly.
Like you say, it's certainly not an excuse, particularly as much was made about the newfound squad depth available to the head coach, but it hasn't helped. A lot was made about Saints' struggles against injury but Bradford's problems almost seem to have slipped under the radar.
That said, there's only so long you can use mitigating circumstances as a crutch. Whether through more effective gameplans, better individual performances or improved technique, injuries need to be circumvented.
