17th Premiership wrote:
robertbb wrote:
Look, I have a feeling the blistering start last year (right up until the first C'wood match) got everyone overrating our list.
Our list is middle-of-table.
We have some stars at the top end, but we fall away very quickly. A better system, improved structure and a few more "ins" will improve us marginally.
But any talk of "top 4" was premature and plain wrong. We're a mid-table list.
Disagree.
I think we have an excellent list.
Every team has a bunch of journeymen.
The problem is the game plan doesn’t enable them to play a role. Look at the Saints - a bunch of no names and average players until this year when suddenly these same players know their role and are prepared to play them.
The least of our problems is our list - I reckon most coaches would kill for our list. The problem is how we are using them.
No team will have 25 superstars. Every team has C graders.
PS. No one had Geelong finishing in the top 4 at this time last year. I’m not saying we are at that level - we’re not. BUT, they changed their game plan and started winning. Maybe we can too.
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It was only 2 years ago the Saints List was ahead of our in terms of age and development. They fell from being 8-2 like us, to fall one game behind us, and their coach was sacked. We should have beaten them but for bad kicking during that period they scored 4 goals after our 3 misses and bloody turnovers.
We were tested and pantsed against Crows and Lions. Embarrassed.
Turnovers killed us, but game plan is being questioned by fans, like you and the media experts, because we are doing well with most metrics.
We will improve. We have 10 stars other teams would love to have, but we have them. The glass is half full.