Blue Vain wrote:
Rexy wrote:
Blue Vain wrote:
And the procession continues. Last week we were a rabble, this week we're a brave, upcoming group with quality young kids.
Once again the media (and some supporters) live week to week without looking at the bigger picture. We aren't playing a lot different to last week. Our list isn't any better or worse than it was last week. We got a couple of quality players back, Kruezers injury seems to be freeing up, Essendon**** don't have a decent player to minimise Crippers dominance and we kicked straighter than the opposition.
Things haven't been as bad as they seem, nor are they as good as it seems. As Bolts says, dont get too high, dont get too low.Enjoy the win, look forward to getting more players back and the incremental improvement that will come with it. But the journey continues. The wrist slitters will have a week off from canning the rebuild, the non-bed wetters will say I told you so and we'll continue on our journey towards a premiership. The joys of supporting a footy club.
I don't buy that, never will.
Footy IS emotion. Live the highs and lows I say.
Emotion is great. Throwing the toys out of the cot, calling for everyone to be sacked on the back of a loss isn't passion though. It's shortsightedness. I'm as passionate as anyone about the club but I don't have the massive fluctuations the media do following a loss or a win. You still have to look outside the current 7 days
I’m 100% with BV on this one. I posted something similar earlier in the season.
We are no better or worse a football club than we were 7 days ago. In fact, I think we played just as well in some earlier games but didn’t win (due to better/more accurate opposition, injuries during games, a couple more key errors by individuals etc).
I love winning as much as anyone - especially against the cheats - but the wild fluctuations from week to week in attitude towards our team by some supporters (and media), depending on whether it’s a W or an L, is stupid. Often the difference in performance is minimal. It was nice to win, but it didn’t change my perspective at all - ie. we’re on the right track, but we have a long long way to go.