There are no excuses for that lack of third quarter effort. There was no 'Living the Creed' happening.
After the halftime melee, the Norwood official verbally bagging Mitchell during an interview with the SANFL official broadcaster, and the uncivilised behaviour by Norwood supporters towards our players as they exited the ground (no biggie really but it just shows how hypocritical it is for some of my Norwood mates to call Port supporters the 'great unwashed'), to see such an insipid display with no reaction from our players was infuriating. I hate how reactive we, as a club, sometimes are. Sure we weren't getting a fair run from the umpires, but don't go into your shell, fight harder. Hit the contest, ball and opponent harder. As John Kennedy would say, Do something!'. Help yourselves no one else is going to help you.
As I posted earlier, our players were as much spectators as I was in the 'premiership quarter' except they could actually do something about it which they belatedly did it that last quarter. I give them credit for that effort but that was a game we should have won.
After the halftime melee, the Norwood official verbally bagging Mitchell during an interview with the SANFL official broadcaster, and the uncivilised behaviour by Norwood supporters towards our players as they exited the ground (no biggie really but it just shows how hypocritical it is for some of my Norwood mates to call Port supporters the 'great unwashed'), to see such an insipid display with no reaction from our players was infuriating. I hate how reactive we, as a club, sometimes are. Sure we weren't getting a fair run from the umpires, but don't go into your shell, fight harder. Hit the contest, ball and opponent harder. As John Kennedy would say, Do something!'. Help yourselves no one else is going to help you.
As I posted earlier, our players were as much spectators as I was in the 'premiership quarter' except they could actually do something about it which they belatedly did it that last quarter. I give them credit for that effort but that was a game we should have won.