Barry Davenport
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- Jun 10, 2014
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Just recovered from digesting Sundays tragedy. Trying so hard to put a positive spin on things. Hoping the sky hasn't fallen in by tomorrow (looks like it has in Mildura though this arvo). Serious soul searching has revealed something that may perk a few of you up a bit....
2016 - Western Bulldogs get trounced by Geelong Rd 23 (43 - 100)
2017 - Richmond get pole-axed by Adelaide (64 - 140) and by St Kilda (71 - 138)
2018 - West Coast rolled by Kangas (41 - 81) and restricted to 1 goal in a half!!
Pretty sure these teams didn't let a shellacking (or 2) totally derail their season.......in their PREMIERSHIP season.
A week ago, I was pretty upbeat about the growth/development/progress of the Blues this season.
I for one am not letting that nightmare dictate what can still be a positive season. Just a big blip on the 2019 radar.
The season rolls on and I am looking ahead to the remaining 15-odd games of improvement and challenges, and an amazing 2020!!
That's when the show really begins, and I want Bolts to be a part of those brighter days.
I'm really hoping that this doesn't derail our season and our progress. However in those three examples Bulldogs were 9-3 before the game (playing the secon top side), Richmond were 5-0 before the Adelaide (FIRST) game and 9-5 before the St Kilda (8th) game, and West coast were 13-4 before the North (10th) game . The fact is we were 1-5 before a game against the bottom side. '
I have loved watching us play this season (for the most part), however it needs to translate to wins soon, or people will run out of patience completely and I think it's fair enough. I never expected finals, I never expected a grand final, however you can't deny if this continues that there needs to be questions asked.