Gee, you guys are having a little frenzy after our one loss. It's quite funny. Without question, we played terribly last night, and getting beaten by 70 odd points was very disappointing. The Cats did their homework, and put an extremely heavy tag on Stevens, and applied a lot of pressure on our young midfielders, who were unable to get any effective delivery into the forward 50. The midfield was were the game was lost. Fev kicked none, because the midfield delivery last night was so bad, and as a consequence whenever the ball got into the forward 50, he literally had 4 Cat defenders on him. Our other KP forwards were starved of delivery to an even greater extent. Well done Cats - they did their homework, and were a much better team on the night. Some of the Blues young midfielders (e.g. Murph, Walker), got some nice stats, but stats mean little. It was a disappointing game because of out poor use of the ball and lack of intensity in particular. But this really is a great challenge for our very young list. A test of character. The Blues list is loaded with raw talent, but now they'll have to learn to pick themselves up from the floor, and work on areas that were deficient. This young side has so much talent and upside, and such a great attitude, I have absolutely no doubt they'll respond. In actual fact they'll probably learn and develop a lot more from this loss, than they did from the victory over the Tiges in the previous week. I've always said 2007 will be bit of a rollercoaster for this developing side - they'll be more impressive victories, and no doubt more big losses like last night. That's just symptomatic of a young, inexperienced side. But the upside is just huge.