Watching today, I was unusually passive. I normally hate TV games when we play bad,let alone that bad. Mostly, it seems even more frustrating on TV than at the game live for some reason. Here we are getting treated like a blowup doll from the XXX shop and hardly blinked an eye. Here we are getting an absolutely bare backed slave whipping from the Master and I hardly even thought about picking up the remote to throw it. Why? Mmm must be a reason. I mean here we were, having flashbacks to a couple years ago when these guys just treated with the same respect that fresh meat gets in places like Pentridge and my heart hardly raised a beat. I’m watching our side ,the one thats well in the 8 , get thumped by a side, well out of the 8, I should have been livid but I wasn’t, so why?
Was it that we were missing guys, like
Steve Johnson , who is really the only quality goal creator on our list,
Playfair, who has been one our big plus this year ,
Ottens , who has been a player has given us a target this year as well as giving quality ruck relief,
King , who has struggled to play fit ,
Enright who just a couple of weeks ago I thought was playing good enough to be up there in the Brownlow ,
Mackie , a kid who has got the ability to kick goals but might have struggled in today’s climate,
Wojinski , a player who has the ability to create a lose man by breaking the line
What about the guys who are out of form
Harley , has not played enough to get in form without being out again
Bartel , love the Jimmy but hes not as good as the Jimmy can be at the moment
Ablett , is really in a rut , probably his worst form since being in the side
Gardiner , the man is ineffectual, no influence and that should not be the case by now
Maybe it was because watching Johnathon Brown and Jason Akamanis it reminds one what we don’t possess, even when a full list is available. These guys are so important, have a look at Brisbane’s form the first part of this year for JB effect, have a look at JA and know that we lack a guy with that kind of goal sense.
Maybe because for weeks now I feel the team has been winning and losing ugly but there was no real slap in the face, the type that will get a reaction. A bit of pants dacking is sure to get a bit of a response, a wake up call like the Carlton game last year.
I don’t know, maybe a bit of all of them.
Is it time to panic, No. I mean what does panic get you anyway although it might be time for a reality check. Just in case anybody thought different we are still building. Today was a growing pain, the sort that is required to generate the type effort required for us to succeed. Hard choices and hard work are still ahead of us. To state the bleeding obvious we wont win a flag with the 22 that played today, so why expect more than their capable of.Lets face it, whipping the last horse in the Melbourne Cup doesnt get it home quicker, its last because its not good enough. For what ever reason. All things being equal our list is a top 8 list, not a top 4 list. So, please let us be realistic and not go into overdrive about the slagging of at their effort today. Lets just face it , they are really are just not quite up to it when we haven’t got our best playing at close to their best and they probably require the other side to be of slightly less than their best as well.
Was it that we were missing guys, like
Steve Johnson , who is really the only quality goal creator on our list,
Playfair, who has been one our big plus this year ,
Ottens , who has been a player has given us a target this year as well as giving quality ruck relief,
King , who has struggled to play fit ,
Enright who just a couple of weeks ago I thought was playing good enough to be up there in the Brownlow ,
Mackie , a kid who has got the ability to kick goals but might have struggled in today’s climate,
Wojinski , a player who has the ability to create a lose man by breaking the line
What about the guys who are out of form
Harley , has not played enough to get in form without being out again
Bartel , love the Jimmy but hes not as good as the Jimmy can be at the moment
Ablett , is really in a rut , probably his worst form since being in the side
Gardiner , the man is ineffectual, no influence and that should not be the case by now
Maybe it was because watching Johnathon Brown and Jason Akamanis it reminds one what we don’t possess, even when a full list is available. These guys are so important, have a look at Brisbane’s form the first part of this year for JB effect, have a look at JA and know that we lack a guy with that kind of goal sense.
Maybe because for weeks now I feel the team has been winning and losing ugly but there was no real slap in the face, the type that will get a reaction. A bit of pants dacking is sure to get a bit of a response, a wake up call like the Carlton game last year.
I don’t know, maybe a bit of all of them.
Is it time to panic, No. I mean what does panic get you anyway although it might be time for a reality check. Just in case anybody thought different we are still building. Today was a growing pain, the sort that is required to generate the type effort required for us to succeed. Hard choices and hard work are still ahead of us. To state the bleeding obvious we wont win a flag with the 22 that played today, so why expect more than their capable of.Lets face it, whipping the last horse in the Melbourne Cup doesnt get it home quicker, its last because its not good enough. For what ever reason. All things being equal our list is a top 8 list, not a top 4 list. So, please let us be realistic and not go into overdrive about the slagging of at their effort today. Lets just face it , they are really are just not quite up to it when we haven’t got our best playing at close to their best and they probably require the other side to be of slightly less than their best as well.
will IMO shape the top two.
