Johnny Karate
Intolerant Left #DemonSniffit Clique 👀
- Apr 13, 2015
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I’m a gullible idiot. So given that not all improvement is linear, that the fixture difficulty/expectations would ratchet up, the preseason was s**t and we’ve had a few injuries at inopportune times - I probably could’ve accepted a slide this year, maybe even out of finals.
All those factors taken into account still do not explain how we have gone from one win away from a grand final in 18, to one loss away from the spoon in 19. The same problems persist - moths to a flame around the ball, no defensive setup, play on in the face of all logic and a general high effort for low return style of game. Was shits me is that we’re pretty poor when we win contested ball and clearances but we’re absolutely s**t when we lose them. No team wants to lose those stats but there would be seldom few teams that have nothing to fall back on when that s**t day at the office happens.
Competitive sport is tough, there is art to the graft, hanging in there when things go wrong, knocking the ball around for a bit to arrest some momentum, temporarily retreating and waiting for an opportunity to counter attack etc. Our team doesn’t know how to do this and it’s a ******* indictment.
All those factors taken into account still do not explain how we have gone from one win away from a grand final in 18, to one loss away from the spoon in 19. The same problems persist - moths to a flame around the ball, no defensive setup, play on in the face of all logic and a general high effort for low return style of game. Was shits me is that we’re pretty poor when we win contested ball and clearances but we’re absolutely s**t when we lose them. No team wants to lose those stats but there would be seldom few teams that have nothing to fall back on when that s**t day at the office happens.
Competitive sport is tough, there is art to the graft, hanging in there when things go wrong, knocking the ball around for a bit to arrest some momentum, temporarily retreating and waiting for an opportunity to counter attack etc. Our team doesn’t know how to do this and it’s a ******* indictment.