04-01-2018, 07:49 AM
(04-01-2018, 07:16 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:Two things.
1. We were dead last with a better team on the field three years ago.
2. These guys essentially have built this side that beat us from 2011 onwards. They have one of the games premier key forwards in his peak, a raft of talent all between 50-150 games with a couple of elders in the 200+ club and played about 4 players that were essentially newbies. Of those 4 players only two are relatively new to AFL with one of them being nick Holman.
They didn't go past us recently. They have a serious coach for the first time in their lives and they are hot to trot. We thought we went past them last year but the reality is we went backwards with the trading of Gibbs and when Charlie and cripps are 100-150 gamers that's when we will be where the Gold Coast is at yesterday.
Reality gives you a smack in the face sometimes. I think too many have been reading fly boys posts and had too large an expectation on this season because they think blokes that have shown a little bit are going to be seasoned performers. In reality it takes seventy games to show someone's stuff and our first year rebuild players like weitering and Curnow are only just starting to approach fifty games.
Fact.. a lot of supporters wouldnt know who half the GC players were they are that low profile ......Witts and Lyons who beat us up in the middle are no big name players, we have the more senior well thought of players. ie Murphy, Curnow Cripps They all have more games experience than their opponents.....
Dew is a novice senior coach, Bolton and he are assistants both from big successful clubs but Bolton has more experience as a senior coach........Lynch is their only marquee player with Ablett gone...