j.scarponi wrote:
With so many key players out and back up players having no structure to play with & lost in conjuction of losing confidence at rate of knots, the realities are we won't win many games.
That's probably correct. But we shouldn't be losing in the manner that we are; the GWS and Melbourne wins were more good fortune than a result of hard work.
You don't need to be 6'6" and 100kg or a potential Brownlow medalist to have a fair dinkum crack. For the overwhelming majority of this season we have not had even a basic level of fight or desire for the contest, let alone being harder at it than the opposition. If anything our intensity and determination is getting worse, not better.
The club from all aspects were talking up our chances at the start of the year. We have failed to meet expectation miserably. The fans, and probably more importantly the players, deserve honest answers not excuses about injuries or stats. Those things should assist in delivering outcomes, not drive them.
If we everyone in the club was on the same page and genuinely believed we had a chance to win a flag this year then all the players would be busting a gut to minimise the damage while our injured players are missing. Instead, their coach is giving them excuses for losing (see post-match presser).
It is just not good enough.
We have had mental deficiencies for years now, not weeks. Is that being addressed, or continually excused?
Unfortunately, that appears to be a very easy question to answer.
Well put Camelboy.