Roast Players' mental application

[BEaston]

The reality is every team’s application wains to an extent at times, or are bested for intent by their opponents, if not the whole team then certain players or lines. The really good teams can withstand or absorb this. We often can’t. If our midfield isn’t full throttle then we can be an easy kill. There’s a multitude of reasons for it.

To go completely missing for quarters/halves at a time is not normal though. Difference between what we do and every teams' normal waxing and waning of application in a game

 

[adammonerz]

I have been saying this since the 2022 GF bunch of weak boys that can't handle it when things are not going their way. When the chips are up everybody plays like superstars we look like we can't do anything wrong however if a team gets some momentum back and scores quickly we drop our heads become negative, accept it and then mentally check out. Look at the body language on Bont in the 2022 GF when Melbourne got those quick goals out of the centre he dropped his head and looked negative, that's not what you want from your captain he should be revving the boys up and getting them on board to get momentum back or neutralise the game.