The Magpies slipped to the bottom of the ladder after it suffered a 58-point loss to the previous winless Maryborough on Saturday.

While frustrated at being on the end of eight-straight losses, Filo said there was a silver lining to the Pies’ run of outs.

“The reality is we’ve had a lot of injuries and we haven’t been able to get a good run at it,’’ Filo said on Monday.

“We’ve used 39 players in the seniors this year. There’s not many clubs that could cope with that. The positive is that the injuries have allowed us to play some kids in the seniors and they’ve played well.

“Zac Denahy, Darby Semmens and Jack Chester are all under-18 kids. The games they’re playing this year are only going to make them better.

“Braidon Blake is only 19, Kal Huntly is only 20… there’s a great group of young players at the club that the future can be built around.

“The problem we’ve had this year is we haven’t had any continuity and when you’re making three, four and five changes every week, it makes it hard.”

Castlemaine’s injury woes were compounded against Maryborough, with Blake a late withdrawal and skipper Zac Hansford out of action early in the match with a rib injury.

“We rolled the dice on Saturday and took a few injured players into the game and it didn’t work,’’ Filo said.

“Maryborough played the better footy and deserved to win the game. We just need to get to the bye, so we can give these guys carrying injuries a rest. 

“Sandhurst has had a lot of injuries, but they can cope with injuries better because they have so much depth. We don’t have that luxury.”

The Magpies host Sandhurst this Saturday before the BFNL has a general bye on July 8.