04-01-2018, 08:20 AM
(04-01-2018, 06:05 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:1. Gold Coast might turn out a much better side than anyone thinks they are this year. They have good key position players in good form and have enough players around the ground that are 100 games or thereabouts to touch us up.
Gold Coast may be the best side in the league at the end of the year (i doubt it though) but we looked a lot better against the best team of last year only a week prior.
Even if they are the best side in the league, effort is something we can control...and it wasn;t there.
Also, despite some perceived pressure, skill level is something we can control...and it also wasn;t there.
Following on from all of the above, we had more inside 50's than they did (67-50!), yet never looked in the contest.
Regardless of how good Gold Coast may or may not be, we were pathetic.