jim wrote:
I went straight to 5. As much as it hurt if we got to a PF with all the deficiencies we showed in Brisbane it may have covered our defiencies looking to next year, as self-satisfaction, "over-achievement" does. The absolute pain of that type of loss will hit home that they need to be worked on. As much as I hated it, it might've been the exact type of loss we had to have. It might be the catalyst to something much bigger.
I couldn't agree with that more.
We would have been in the exact same position as Richmond back in 2001 (or whenever it was when they made the prelim), they simply topped up in their recruitment for a few years after that cos they thought they were close.
Just like them in '01 - we're not at prelim final stage in 2009..........but we will be in 2010......