Melbourne: A Quiet, Steady Toll
Melbourne sit 7th of 18 on the medicare ladder after Round 18 — an estimated 138 games lost and 3 season-enders, unmoved on last week. Every figure is a modelled estimate, not an official club count.
Culley's ACL headlines three season-enders alongside Mihocek and Moniz-Wakefield. The rest is a cluster of tests and short-terms — Viney, Lindsay, Salem — that keeps quietly ticking over. A steady, unglamorous toll that sits right in the middle of the pack and rarely moves.
On the full medicare ladder, Melbourne rank 7th of 18 — unmoved on last week. The graphic ranks every club by estimated games lost this season; it is a modelled estimate offered as context, never an official count or an excuse.
That is what each club has lost to injury, estimated — offered as context, never an excuse. How much slack you cut a side for its casualty list is yours to weigh.