Accepting mediocrity

[PKnox]

Trade Talia? I mean seriously, I know people were if a fiery mood last night, but some of the shit posted has been extraordinary. He was far from our worst yesterday, and certainly wasn't as bad as you are making out. He also kept Hawkins to 5 possies and a goal last week for goodness sakes.

Not to mention he basically nullified Westhoff yesterday. Talia was in our best half-dozen players yesterday I think.

 

[footy4ever]

However, it's all good as we have some easy beats coming up.

We have Sydney next week that should be a loss but then we can beat up on the Saints, Giants, Western Bulldogs and then the Dees and then at the bye turn at 4 and 3 with little worry.

Yes, we are a flat track bully.

Hmmm, I'm thinking it's only the Dees we might be able to bully. The rest seem 50/50 at best. Thankfully we'll be playing the Dees at home, otherwise I'd be really nervous about that one as well.

 

[Archie87]

We get trolled by Port for being plastic and having no history but every side in the AFL is a franchise these days and the fact we're only 24 years old vs other sides which are 100-odd years old doesn't mean our supporters can't show passion nor does it mean our club can't have a strong, cut-throat culture. Heck, look at Fremantle... while I hate Freo for a variety of reasons I won't get in to, their "history" is shorter than ours but one thing you can't fault them on is the passion of their supporters. Even while they were shit, their fans still seemed to rock up and give it their all.

FFS I just don't know why we have so many supporters that are just so ok with mediocrity and being also rans? Being a 24 year old club shouldn't f***ing matter! The only explanation I can think of is that it's a result of being the first team in an ageing and conservative state or something like that.

 

[crowded house]

Not to mention he basically nullified Westhoff yesterday. Talia was in our best half-dozen players yesterday I think.

He wasn't alone though…… Pods had a role

 

[Horse6]

We certainly aren't there yet, but we are slowly earning our respect back.

Are you really a port supporter? First time ive heard a sensible comment about your team without all the cliche cringeworthy bullsh*t to go with it. I like you!!! Every point you made is spot on. I still think we have enough talent to be competitive (not flag worthy) but things have to change. There seems no bond between the players, which from my experience is driven by the leadership and coaches. God sake go out and get p*ssed together, tell each other 'I love you man' in a drunken state - start a melee, do something - anything to get a bit of passion going.
It saddened me to watch not 1 player hit a geelong bloke last week for their treatment of dangerfield, then backed it up again yesterday with nothing again. Coaches need to show players reruns of the lions back in their glory years of how brutal they were. Hit one of their guns you get it back three fold.
Im embarrassed. I can take not winning but having basics not adhered to, that an amatuer football club wouldnt accept is crap. Lets not forget these blokes are on ceo wages. F=€£%@$$#$k

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[Rear Admiral]

When did Tex do his Knee, round 5, 2013? We were crap even then, even with a fit Tex in our side. When Tex comes back he will not be the savior. Our problems run far deeper than this.

Glad someone mentioned this; thanks weneverland .
Last year I said time and again that having Tex back would definitely help, no doubt about it, but he wouldn't have stopped many of our losses. Against Port, having Tex in the side would definitely have reduced our losing margin, but we still would've lost.

On field, our Midfield couldn't catch a garden gnome and is leaking goals like a sieve. Horrendous.
Off-field? Start at the top of the fementing manure pile, then work your way down. And it's this second point that is responsible for the point above.

 

[Horse6]

11 of our last 15 loses we have led at some stage in second half (most of them in the last) and been overrun. No wonder it feels like ground hog day.

For reference 4 of our last 10 wins we trailed at some stage in second half


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[Crowswest]

I flew over from Perth to watch the game as it was the first at Adelaide Oval and I thought our boys would really have a crack.

Having flown over pretty regularly each season to watch games and having on occasions travelled back with the eagles or dockers teams and supporters (which last year was pretty average) even if we didn't win I felt we always had a go.... Yesterday for the first time in a while the team looked like it didn't really have a gameplan or hunger to win.

I don't get much crows news over here but from a distance it seems we have gone further back from last year

 

[Footypie32]

I flew over from Perth to watch the game as it was the first at Adelaide Oval and I thought our boys would really have a crack.

Having flown over pretty regularly each season to watch games and having on occasions travelled back with the eagles or dockers teams and supporters (which last year was pretty average) even if we didn't win I felt we always had a go.... Yesterday for the first time in a while the team looked like it didn't really have a gameplan or hunger to win.

I don't get much crows news over here but from a distance it seems we have gone further back from last year

Hey mate, welcome to the board.

Sorry to hear you travelled all that way to witness that.

 

[Rear Admiral]

11 of our last 15 loses we have led at some stage in second half (most of them in the last) and been overrun. No wonder it feels like ground hog day.

For reference 4 of our last 10 wins we trailed at some stage in second half


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You're right in your comments. All of this points to a plain, simple lack of fitness. Conceding goals during Time-On at the end of Quarters, and giving up a lead in the 2nd half...it's all lack of fitness.

 

[Mattrox]

You're right in your comments. All of this points to a plain, simple lack of fitness. Conceding goals during Time-On at the end of Quarters, and giving up a lead in the 2nd half...it's all lack of fitness.

We lost the game in the 1st because of turn overs. We could be the fittest team out and we would still have looked bad because of all the turn overs and getting smashed on the rebound.

 

[King Elvis]

Having the Admin in place who crippled us due to the Tippett saga, as well as a bunch of other stuff-ups, the destructive effect of that on our playing group cannot be underestimated.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Are you really a port supporter? First time ive heard a sensible comment about your team without all the cliche cringeworthy bullsh*t to go with it. I like you!!! Every point you made is spot on. I still think we have enough talent to be competitive (not flag worthy) but things have to change. There seems no bond between the players, which from my experience is driven by the leadership and coaches. God sake go out and get p*ssed together, tell each other 'I love you man' in a drunken state - start a melee, do something - anything to get a bit of passion going.
It saddened me to watch not 1 player hit a geelong bloke last week for their treatment of dangerfield, then backed it up again yesterday with nothing again. Coaches need to show players reruns of the lions back in their glory years of how brutal they were. Hit one of their guns you get it back three fold.
Im embarrassed. I can take not winning but having basics not adhered to, that an amatuer football club wouldnt accept is crap. Lets not forget these blokes are on ceo wages. F=€£%@$$#$k

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My old man used to say a football club doesn't win a premiership until they have experienced adversity. Maybe this group, like Port did, need to spend a few years around the bottom 6 to build that us against the world bond that comes when you are losing and being ridiculed. Maybe this is why players also find it easy to leave the club because they don't have that tightness/mateship that comes when your backs are against the wall and your being attacked from every quarter.

Or maybe, I don't know, I'm talking absolute rubbish.

 

[Horse6]

My old man used to say a football club doesn't win a premiership until they have experienced adversity. Maybe this group, like Port did, need to spend a few years around the bottom 6 to build that us against the world bond that comes when you are losing and being ridiculed. Maybe this is why players also find it easy to leave the club because they don't have that tightness/mateship that comes when your backs are against the wall and your being attacked from every quarter.

Or maybe, I don't know, I'm talking absolute rubbish.

Not rubbish at all. We are defently missing that passion for the club and the hate losing mentality. Something isnt right at the moment.

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[Apsaalooke]

The big problem is turnovers. Even the fittest team would run out of gas when continually chasing after losing possession time and again.

Our one possible saving grace is that we're trying to play a high possession game like Adelaide United. Their high turnovers killed them early in the season then it somehow just clicked and they were away. Unlikely we'll do the same but one can live in hope....

 

[Rear Admiral]

We lost the game in the 1st because of turn overs. We could be the fittest team out and we would still have looked bad because of all the turn overs and getting smashed on the rebound.

Our skills and fumbling have been beyond horrendous. But the other issue is that once we do turn over the Pill, we just can't catch our opponents....out in the open. Against Geelong, I thought we ran hard and looked fit....even fitter than Geelong. But our fumbling against the Cats cost us the game. But against the Power, while we continued to fumble and turn the ball over badly, I thought we also had boots made of lead.

 

[Rear Admiral]

My old man used to say a football club doesn't win a premiership until they have experienced adversity. Maybe this group, like Port did, need to spend a few years around the bottom 6 to build that us against the world bond that comes when you are losing and being ridiculed. Maybe this is why players also find it easy to leave the club because they don't have that tightness/mateship that comes when your backs are against the wall and your being attacked from every quarter.

Or maybe, I don't know, I'm talking absolute rubbish.

Not rubbish at all. Very valid comments made.