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Forget about us for a second. Hawthorn are soo s**t they have only kicked 6 goals and it’s nearly three quarter time. They will finish bottom four.
Oh I’m sorry I thought this was the thread where we decide whether a team is any good or not based off one JLT game. My bad then
Bascially when you replace the words Horse/Longmire with Ken Hinkley there is not much difference when you compare it to the Port Adelaide board. Except Horse made 3 grand finals...
Exactly, we’re just trying a few things. So how did people expect a game plan to come together on it’s first trial in a game the players weren’t totally invested in?
I might agree with the first part but not the second part.
They are 2 games away from R1, they damn well better be invested in a trial game, otherwise why bother?
There's 75% investment and then there's 100% investment. Any professional footballer playing in the senior team would want to put in 100% in a home and away match, because a lot hinges on the result every week. But I'm OK with 75% in a dead rubber match where the result matters not one iota.
Brisbane is gonna be a sleeper for the 8 I reckon. I know its the JLT but geez looking at the Swans performance yesterday I'm a little nervous for Round 1.
Ever heard the saying 'you play as you train'?
There isn't a magic switch. Anyone that thinks there is a magic switch is doomed to failure.
I think it's a naive perspective to think there isn't a switch.
I think the saying is ‘you train as you play’
Ie. you should put in the same intensity at training so it carries through to games
There is most definitely a mental switch. The Swans came out as a team who wanted to (and instructed to) get ‘some run in their legs’. GWS attacked the game from the outset. That’s how I interpreted it anyway.
I don't believe there is a switch. The people that believe there is a switch are generally the ones that get found out when s**t gets real.
Roger Federer joked after he won the Oz Open last year that he just turns up and wins...he joked because a journo asked him if he could turn up to grand slams and perform at his peak.
It's a subliminal switch. The players themselves probably don't even realise it. It's not like they're actively deciding, 'ok tonight I'm gonna half-arse this.' But when you know there is nothing riding on the result, and you know every contest doesn't matter and scoring goals isn't vital, that urgency is gone. The players just don't have that desperation to want to kill every contest, attack every pack, get the ball at all costs. It only takes that slight dip in intensity for the wheels to fall off your game. That's why they're professionals, if you're off your game you'll be shown up.
I think the saying is ‘you train as you play’
Ie. you should put in the same intensity at training so it carries through to games
There is most definitely a mental switch. The Swans came out as a team who wanted to (and instructed to) get ‘some run in their legs’. GWS attacked the game from the outset. That’s how I interpreted it anyway.
If you 'train as you play', then you 'play as you train'...coz they're both the same thing..isn't that the point? Or am I confused?
The saying comes from trying to get players to create the game day intensity at training so they take it into a game and do it more consistently.
If you say play as you train, and we play with low intensity, then one doesn’t want to be training at low intensity.
(But I do get what you mean lol)
Oh I’m sorry I thought this was the thread where we decide whether a team is any good or not based off one JLT game. My bad then
Indeed. Your bad. We were missing Buddy and possibly just Menzell from best 22. Reg, Smith, KJ and your favourite are borderline. The Dawks played kids, the Brions close to best 22.
We had our best midfield, the Giants were missing Kelly. They were also missing Green.
Indeed. Your bad. We were missing Buddy and possibly just Menzell from best 22. Reg, Smith, KJ and your favourite are borderline. The Dawks played kids, the Brions close to best 22.
We had our best midfield, the Giants were missing Kelly. They were also missing Green.
Forget about us for a second. Hawthorn are soo s**t they have only kicked 6 goals and it’s nearly three quarter time. They will finish bottom four.