In a bottom 8 side, the 10 best players are far more important for the ability to win games,than the 10 best players missing from a top 4 side.
Top 4 sides have depth and generally more mature bodies around the ground.
We lost/culled 15 or however many players that, even though most werent up to it, had a bit of AFL experiance and could offer a contest to some degree. You take a futher 10 starting players from the line up and the result is Collingwood dominating possesion.
meh this bloke can be clown at times, why even bother mentioning Richmond at this point... oh thats right because we have one of the biggest fan bases and Richmond news sells papers.