We have 13 players unavailable, the majority of teams in the top 8 or in contention have less than 5 unavailable.

the tradition continues another player recruited with a serious injury ,our recruiting /drafting is so disappointing . hope club fix problem permanent ready for 2023 regarding George 1/2 weeks BULLSHIT

back ended Buddy contract.

I was offered one of those in the Cross once.

the tradition continues another player recruited with a serious injury ,our recruiting /drafting is so disappointing . hope club fix problem permanent ready for 2023 regarding George 1/2 weeks BULLSHIT

George Hewett games per season:

2016: 24
2017: 24
2018: 23
2019: 22
2020: 6
2021: 21
2022: 15*

No red flags there IMO, just the Carlton bug.

Hewett gone for the year. Disaster.

Durability is so important when attempting to win premierships. Good injury runs definitely make a difference.

No point having quality players if they can’t get on the park.

We recruited McGovern, Williams and Martin on big coin who all had a history of durability issues.

Not sure if that is smart recruiting. You can carry a few with long term injury issues but we have too many. Marchbank is another example when the return on investment has been poor.

Carlton needs to win one more game to make the eight. They will have to do so without their fearless leader and half their starting midfield … and at least 14 unavailable players pending this week’s medical report.

Sam Walsh and Adam Cerra remain from the first-choice on-ball unit and will be forced to carry a heavy load.

Paddy Dow was poor in his second game of the year against Brisbane, but simply must keep his spot and take on that third spot in the starting midfield rotation.

Zac Fisher will likely also continue to rotate through as he has done this year.

Beyond that? How do the Blues compete with the size and power of Christian Petracca, Clayton Oliver and Jack Viney?

Ed Curnow would be nice, but he suffered a hamstring setback in the VFL. David Cuningham also remains sidelined as he returns from a torn ACL.

Injury/unavailable numbers of top 10 Teams at start of Round 22

GEELONG - (7) **note: 3 of those are concussion
COLLINGWOOD - (7)
MELBOURNE - (4)
SYDNEY - (4)
BRISBANE - (6) **note: 2 of those are concussion
FREMANTLE - (5)
CARLTON - (14) **note: 1 of those is concussion / Cripps suspended
RICHMOND - (5) **note: 1 of those is concussion

ST KILDA - (7)
BULLDOGS - (6) **note: 2 of those are concussion

We have f$%^n Fourteen unavailable ..... there's several teams out there that are blessed

Durability is so important when attempting to win premierships. Good injury runs definitely make a difference.

No point having quality players if they can’t get on the park.

We recruited McGovern, Williams and Martin on big coin who all had a history of durability issues.

Not sure if that is smart recruiting. You can carry a few with long term injury issues but we have too many. Marchbank is another example when the return on investment has been poor.

Ignoring suspensions & ‘test’, there’s half a dozen, at most, that might be called upon in this situation.