05-30-2015, 03:02 AM
It may not appear it on here, but I'm really an optimist about life in general, so it pains me when I write negative stuff about a football club that has been such a large part of my life for 62 years.
So I'm going to write a positive post.
I am POSITIVE, that, IF we had Judd, Murphy, Cripps, Gibbs, Simpson, Kruezer, Henderson, Casboult, Menzel, Everrit, Walker, Yarran, Thomas, and Jamieson, all hard fit and well, that's 14 players who at their top are and were terrific footballers, there is no doubt, that even with 8 passengers, we would give most teams a run for their money.
Our problem is, that most of them are either injured, or have lost the run, skill and some of the ability that they had as younger players, or are not playing with any heart or interest.
So unfortunately, as much as it pains me to say so, I am POSITIVE that we are in for a very long, hard and frustrating year.
When our supporters look at last nights results, and because we had some better efforts from some players who are paid a fortune to play that way EVERY WEEK, they feel that a ten goal thrashing was a good result, I am POSITIVE, that they are living in a Utopian fairyland and are prepared to accept mediocrity in their football team.
On the other hand, I am a realist, who knows that we don't have the cattle to perform very much better than what we are, and all I hope is, that this season is a great learning curve for our younger brigade, Cripps, Menzel Buckley, etc. and lays the foundations for a POSITIVE future for the club.
So I'm going to write a positive post.
I am POSITIVE, that, IF we had Judd, Murphy, Cripps, Gibbs, Simpson, Kruezer, Henderson, Casboult, Menzel, Everrit, Walker, Yarran, Thomas, and Jamieson, all hard fit and well, that's 14 players who at their top are and were terrific footballers, there is no doubt, that even with 8 passengers, we would give most teams a run for their money.
Our problem is, that most of them are either injured, or have lost the run, skill and some of the ability that they had as younger players, or are not playing with any heart or interest.
So unfortunately, as much as it pains me to say so, I am POSITIVE that we are in for a very long, hard and frustrating year.
When our supporters look at last nights results, and because we had some better efforts from some players who are paid a fortune to play that way EVERY WEEK, they feel that a ten goal thrashing was a good result, I am POSITIVE, that they are living in a Utopian fairyland and are prepared to accept mediocrity in their football team.
On the other hand, I am a realist, who knows that we don't have the cattle to perform very much better than what we are, and all I hope is, that this season is a great learning curve for our younger brigade, Cripps, Menzel Buckley, etc. and lays the foundations for a POSITIVE future for the club.