Shabino wrote:
I think luck with injuries is more important than good planning on our sport. The top 4 or 5 have very stating teams with everyone fit,, but quality drops off a cliff edge once you get a free injuries. Saints have been really lucky last 3 years on injury front, but that will change, the only reason we lost our 3 peat run was because both Mcguire and Peacock did their ACL in same season!
Agree they have been lucky but it isn’t just luck on injuries. They have planned the squad and developed players the best. They knew they had Welsby, Dodd etc so they could look to strengthen other areas and use Welsby and Dodd as back ups. They did get injuries and suspensions but those players fitted in and quality didn’t massively drop.
Additionally having a couple of very good back ups across a few positions let’s you rest somebody for a week. We should rest Prior or Mik occasionally but we won’t. We play them into the ground and then they are spent or pick up injuries.
