GreatEx wrote:
Good news is if we continue the WLWL form then we'll end the season 14-8 and comfortably in the 8. And I don't think our 3 losses in the last 5 are indicative of loss of form. Collingwood: lost a critical part of the team structure in the first few minutes where we were already way down on numbers, still could have nicked it if umpires had done their job. Richmond: blundered strategically early, then outplayed the opposition but came up short. St Kilda: team playing for survival, we still dominated scoring opportunities and would have won easily with a mediocre set shot return. In between, we thrashed a top four side while we were down to bare bones in terms of personnel. I'm not nearly as concerned as the TC vocal majority, we are still very good and have key personnel set to return.
I like your positive outlook, and actually find a bit of it rubs off on me
But equally I must say I don't believe in the retrospective views. I believe you lose you lose and there are reasons for it.
If we lost to the Tigers because we blundered strategically early then that is on us and nobody else.
Equally the St Kilda loss shows we haven't yet come to grips with being the hunted. Better teams can handle that better than us.
I just don't take excuses unless they are really extreme.
I get what you are saying, I really do, but I just think the Win Loss at the end of the day is what it is.
Yes there are reasons but ultimately that is a reflection that we just aren't there yet as a football team/club.
I guess for the the compromise is in the middle.
If we eradicate some of the things holding us back then we could thrive as we seem to have plenty of good things in place.