Walsh wrote:
We have played last years Prelim finalists back to back games. Port and Collingwood games are the stinkers so far this season.
Will play Melbourne and Bulldogs back to back as well are playing great synergy football. Not expecting much out of these games but do need to get a scalp soon like how we beat Geelong at Geelong last year.
Brisbane was there for the taking half way through the last and choked - regardless of 2nd qtr it was there to be won. Just need to get the job done - some players do have concentration levels of an ant.
Brisbane were pretty much at full list - could have done with Martin, Fisher and Jacks desperation in the last.
And THIS is the silver bullet
Why have we created a culture where we talk about Jack's (Silvagni) desperation like it's the exception?
Jack is probably the 20-30th most skillful player on our list yet we are crying out for him!!!!!
Too many players know their spot is safe because Teague is too gutless to throw around the chess pieces. He "appears" too worried about the 'what and the 'how' of, FOR EXAMPLE, dropping Casboult or Plowman because the cupboard may be bare at VFL level.
While these things need to be considered, the real issue, the 'why' it needs to be sometimes done is overlooked. It creates a cancerous complacency amongst the group where we acknowledge an increase in effort (after a media battering that week) but overlook the fact that players seem to be playing within themselves
PS. I just used Casboult and Plowman as examples. My view could apply to about 10 players right now