Land of the Giants
Premiership Player
Zzzzzzzzz…
Sorry. Must have dozed off at half time.
What’s that? We scored nine goals five in the last quarter? Why didn’t anyone say anything? I was only just resting my eyes you know.
It’s not like there was any noise in the stadium to rouse me, not with only 7,581 people present. And never mind those 27,000 members the club says we’ve got. They must have had other things to do.
Perhaps they were focusing on next week’s assignment in Adelaide. They might have seen the latest betting markets, who have us going in as reasonably priced favourites.
What a turnaround. I’m sure we all remember the pervading sense of gloom going into last year’s away match against the Crows. After weeks of truly dreadful form, the unexpected maiden win in the City of Churches was the proverbial season-defining game.
Adelaide are certainly unpredictable this year, losing to Hawthorn, Geelong and West Coast at home, as well as Brisbane and North on the road. Their wins have come against teams beneath them on the ladder, including Sydney, the Suns, the Saints, the Dockers, and Port. They were lucky to beat the Demons yesterday. And they’ll almost certainly lose Rory Sloane to a hamstring injury this week, which won’t help.
But I don’t know if we can justify being such clear favourites. Our last month has seen the bad loss to Hawthorn and three easy wins against the bottom three teams, in Carlton, Melbourne, and Gold Coast. I know the Crows aren’t exactly setting the world on fire, but our recent run is not good preparation for something more challenging. And look what happened against Melbourne when we switched off in the last quarter.
The only possible change I can see this week is the return of Zac Williams for Lachie Keeffe. If Whitfield is out, Keeffe stays and it becomes a question of who moves into Whitfield’s spot.
Getting it right mentally is the key to us winning. I think we can, but it probably won’t be that comfortable or convincing as the bookmakers seem to think.
Prove me wrong, Giants.
Sorry. Must have dozed off at half time.
What’s that? We scored nine goals five in the last quarter? Why didn’t anyone say anything? I was only just resting my eyes you know.
It’s not like there was any noise in the stadium to rouse me, not with only 7,581 people present. And never mind those 27,000 members the club says we’ve got. They must have had other things to do.
Perhaps they were focusing on next week’s assignment in Adelaide. They might have seen the latest betting markets, who have us going in as reasonably priced favourites.
What a turnaround. I’m sure we all remember the pervading sense of gloom going into last year’s away match against the Crows. After weeks of truly dreadful form, the unexpected maiden win in the City of Churches was the proverbial season-defining game.
Adelaide are certainly unpredictable this year, losing to Hawthorn, Geelong and West Coast at home, as well as Brisbane and North on the road. Their wins have come against teams beneath them on the ladder, including Sydney, the Suns, the Saints, the Dockers, and Port. They were lucky to beat the Demons yesterday. And they’ll almost certainly lose Rory Sloane to a hamstring injury this week, which won’t help.
But I don’t know if we can justify being such clear favourites. Our last month has seen the bad loss to Hawthorn and three easy wins against the bottom three teams, in Carlton, Melbourne, and Gold Coast. I know the Crows aren’t exactly setting the world on fire, but our recent run is not good preparation for something more challenging. And look what happened against Melbourne when we switched off in the last quarter.
The only possible change I can see this week is the return of Zac Williams for Lachie Keeffe. If Whitfield is out, Keeffe stays and it becomes a question of who moves into Whitfield’s spot.
Getting it right mentally is the key to us winning. I think we can, but it probably won’t be that comfortable or convincing as the bookmakers seem to think.
Prove me wrong, Giants.
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