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We are our worst enemy.
Made me smile and shed a tear
**** we where hot back then great footy
Amazing season really.It was a weird feeling for a Pies supporter in 2011. That year is the only time I went to the footy every week and expected to win and the scary thing is we did........except for those f.....n pussy cats!
That daisy pinpoint pass to name one. We just seem to spray it these days.It looks to me like a good example of momentum footy. Adelaide dont seem to be playing. There's a lot of run thats' noticeable and some of the emotion looks good. However, I tend to compare it to the Hawks when they are at their best, and I wouldnt say that the skills were startling. With the Hawks at full flight, the pinpoint passing is noticeable. Here, it's typically kicked it downfield and contest the next mark etc. It is noticeable that everyone's involved but that happens when things are on a roll.
Was at the game and it emphasised and exposed the issues that the player group had.
We played like rubbish for 3/4's, were down by 24?? at one point in the 2nd half, then flicked the switch and dominated. Requiring to 'flick the switch' happened very often in the 2nd half of the year. We played a lot of games where one or 2 quarters we'd played poorly. Who knows why, looked to me like many players got ahead of themselves and it cost us in the end. The coach should have reined them in but his own culture and dealing with his own personal issues prevented that.
Undoubtedly our greatest chance to win a flag outside of flag years, since I can remember.
Focus and a cohesive player group are the keys to precision footy, much more so than footskills.That daisy pinpoint pass to name one. We just seem to spray it these days.
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No doubt it's a mixture of that and a playing group that is less impressive than we would like when it comes to foot skills. We have seen players under little or no pressure burn the ball by foot. I'm sure it will turn around eventually. I'm also certain that it's easier to hit targets when everyone is running loose as we were in that particular quarter of football.Focus and a cohesive player group are the keys to precision footy, much more so than footskills.
And with our astounding 3 years of injury mayhem I'm certainly not surprised at the loss of cohesion within the group which of course dilutes focus.
Agreeed DW - it's a much overused quote . . . but so apt for our situation - in the last 3 years we have had the perfect storm of immense injury concerns, changeover from a long time coach, massive movements in the coaching, training and medical staff, player dissafection and sheer bad luckNo doubt it's a mixture of that and a playing group that is less impressive than we would like when it comes to foot skills. We have seen players under little or no pressure burn the ball by foot. I'm sure it will turn around eventually. I'm also certain that it's easier to hit targets when everyone is running loose as we were in that particular quarter of football.
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WE WERN'T - that was part of the problemI miss 2011. We were so dominant and it didn't look like we were even trying half the time
Wasn't Pendles heard to say that the boys were a bit bored due to the lack of a challenge?Agree with everything you said Bay Pie.
We sit at the players race at Etihad and I remember that game like it was yesterday.
One thing I commented on at the start of the game, which might explain the players mindset that year is Swanny and Pendles just walking through the banner and laughing and mucking around together. For three quarters we played like we didn't give a stuff and then like you said we flicked a switch......again.
2011 for me was definitely a lost opportunity because I believe we were the best team...........just not committed to the cause like the cats.