Feeling sick about this game.
We're 0-6 at Adelaide Oval with 3 10+ goal losses. 4 straight losses to Port. After a 1-4 start we drop Simpkin (justifiable, but still a kid), Scott (justifiable, but still a kid), and Ahern (probably justifiable but surely not the biggest issue). Certainly, of course, none of the old guard, none of the senior players that have got us to 1-4 this year have been poor enough to be dropped. Of course not! It can entirely be pinned on the kids.
Still carrying the same old, same old. Middling mediocrity.
Part of me wants to believe in the club - the club that would be able to bring out a backs-to-the-wall win. I don't give a **** whether it's attributed to Shinboner Spirit or not, just the club standing up.
But I don't have the same faith in the coach or the team. Middling mediocrity.
I don't know the exact ages of each 22 but last week we were 26y 40 days on average age with 2377 games played (presumably McDonald in for a young guy with 2 in/2 out means we'll be older with a few more games), while Port last week were 24y 318d with 2137 games played with an unchanged side.
Can't decide what's worse in terms of my expectations - a competitive loss that papers over the cracks because "it was better than Good Friday", or a total flogging. Either is likely. Neither are helpful.