4 quarter performances.

[mick500]

Everyone from people in the media to our own club to our own supporters is looking for answers and being side tracked by issues like CM or bullshit tweets by Maclure, demanding answers from the club.

From my perspective why don't the club and us as supporters show a bit more intelligence than that and base our reaction to how we are travelling by our 4 quarter performances. It takes 4 quarter performances to win finals. It takes 4 quarter performances to win the gf. It takes 4 quarter performances to build belief... And it takes FULL TEAM effort to have 4 quarter performances.

We can judge Don pyke and the playing group very easily on that.

As a fan, if we go out and try our guts out for 4 quarters we can't ask for any more than that of the players and the match day coaching group can we? And it's a good measure of how dedicated to the cause we are, no?

Effort is a non negotiable. At least it is for winning teams. Why we aren't focusing on the fact we have only had 1 or 2 4 qtr performances this year and focusing on all the outside noise just like the trolls like Maclure would have wanted, playing right into their grubby little hands is what pisses me off about our supporters and club.

Focus on what we can change and improve. Every coach from under 9s up will tell you it's about effort and consistency. If We can't deliver on the core components of footy we will never be successful. Forget all the other crap.

Does it need to be any harder than that? Fix up all the dominance teams get against us and CM would be forgotten about. 2 losses by under a goal and we would be equal 4th going into this weekend had we won them. And in both matches we played a half of footy all up.

4 qtr performances are what we need. Not looking for a target to pin this mess on. The sooner we get back to focusing on that the quicker we can turn our form around and the better the team will be in the long run.

Thoughts?

 

[CrowBloke]

4-quarter team efforts stem from 4-quarter individual efforts.
Look at the first six rounds and our two wins against Geelong last year, also the QF. This year, the wins against Richmond, Sydney and Bulldogs. Even the weaker players pitched in.
I reckon our inconsistency comes from blokes switching off ie inconsistent individual efforts, which is immensely frustrating, and that goes all the way to the top. Tex plays a blinder, and can be invisible next game. JJ, Atkins and Mackay seem to pick and choose when to play well. CEY is a beast inside (especially tackling) then goes to sleep and doesn't chase once the ball is out.
We win games that we're expected to lose (Richmond, Sydney) and lose games we're expected to win (Essendon, GWS, Port, Freo).
If Pyke can eliminate that inconsistency from our blokes, it would make us a formidable opposition every week.

Kudos on your restrained response to simmo's bullshit post.