99prelim wrote:
frank dardew wrote:
Agree BV just getting there is an achievement but more importantly it would give our team a taste of finals experience but also a realisation that they are a different ball game
Just playing the devils advocate here...we make the 8 and don't embarrass ourselves in the first final but lose
Could it continue to paper over cracks and lull us into believing we are better than we are...possibly doing more damage next year??
Or...just like we want players to earn their spot in the side so they are hungrier, would just missing out on the 8 make us reflect on a season of "what might have been"??? and make us hungrier and more driven next year?
If just missing out was the tough medicine we need, I'd take that option every day of the week...just my opinion
I think we know where the cracks are.
We can either be a glass half full or a glass half empty. Will sneaking into the finals give them the belief to go further next year?
Will missing out tell them that they will never be good enough and give us further years of mediocrity? I think we've had a number of years of that already.
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Agree...and as a club, it is our achilles heel; being the hunted, playing to expectations, having the spotlight on us etc etc etc
Like I said, maybe just missing out on the 8 is the tonic for having a preseason of frustration about all the games we let slip by...and possibly/maybe/hopefully having a player driven commitment to significantly improve in 2022