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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 898143" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>I'm well aware that injuries happen to all teams; but not many teams go through episodes where the injuries are concentrated in one position; or the sheer numbers that Bath have been putting up with this season. However big the squad, any team will struggle when they're 20+ absent with injuries. Equally, any squad will struggle if they just have 5 injures; all of whom are THPs.</p><p></p><p>Bath had a very small squad; Ford had us with 32-34 players, and a tiny academy as he wanted to concentrate the talent and pay a bit more for them whilst keeping uynder the cap (yes, I know what you say to that); so we had a team that coule potentially win things if they reached the sharp end; but were unlikely to reach that sharp end in the first place.</p><p>Given that those 34 players took up almost all of the salary cap; Todd has had a hard time building up the numbers without breaching; so it takes time, and it ****** some players off and some we'd like to keep leave. C'est la vie, and it needs to be done.</p><p>We started this season with 37-38 players, which isn't a particularly small squad, and should be enough with a fairly typical injury list - just not when you lose 20+, or 5 in position, or both simultaneously. Planning to account for that is a fool's errand, and doing so just means that you don't have enough quality in the squad to do anything much. Bath still have enough quality in the squad; we just can't get them on the field, or even training together enough to show it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 898143, member: 73592"] I'm well aware that injuries happen to all teams; but not many teams go through episodes where the injuries are concentrated in one position; or the sheer numbers that Bath have been putting up with this season. However big the squad, any team will struggle when they're 20+ absent with injuries. Equally, any squad will struggle if they just have 5 injures; all of whom are THPs. Bath had a very small squad; Ford had us with 32-34 players, and a tiny academy as he wanted to concentrate the talent and pay a bit more for them whilst keeping uynder the cap (yes, I know what you say to that); so we had a team that coule potentially win things if they reached the sharp end; but were unlikely to reach that sharp end in the first place. Given that those 34 players took up almost all of the salary cap; Todd has had a hard time building up the numbers without breaching; so it takes time, and it ****** some players off and some we'd like to keep leave. C'est la vie, and it needs to be done. We started this season with 37-38 players, which isn't a particularly small squad, and should be enough with a fairly typical injury list - just not when you lose 20+, or 5 in position, or both simultaneously. Planning to account for that is a fool's errand, and doing so just means that you don't have enough quality in the squad to do anything much. Bath still have enough quality in the squad; we just can't get them on the field, or even training together enough to show it. [/QUOTE]
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