So srsly - what are ppls views on the possibility that this is a combo of the hard ground at both Lathlain and Optus?
Surely that makes more sense than the level of bad luck and/or incompetence of our fitness team?
In which case we need to throw some millions a the problem and fix it. Fight like madman to have the costs associated NOT count under any cap - point to the obvious injury list madness and get AFLPA on board if we have to since it is directly affecting player welfare.
Srsly Nisbett something bizarre is going on past 3 years and it's either the ground or the team - either way maybe it's your time to go (not Simmons) if you can't deal with it.
If that was the issue I think it would've been more apparent in the first 12 months or so, though I'm not an expert in the area. We've been at Lathlain since June 2019.
As a comparison, the EPL team I follow (Liverpool) moved into a new training facility with new training grounds a couple of years ago. In their first season after the move they experienced a lot of injuries which they partly attributed to the new grounds. They've had improvement this season. Different sport of course, so different dynamics.