2018 Rd 17: Pre Game Pessimism: Carlton vs Hawthorn

[Thryleon]

I think you're reading something that isn't there.
He does some good things and has an instinct for a goal but he doesn't get involved enough in the game and has periods where he becomes almost invisible.
I don't think that it's a lack of effort, maybe he's just not up to it.

Don't call it a lack of effort because that's not what I'm saying.

Blokes who play footy don't go at half rat power when the game is going.

What does happen though, is that they don't come to play.  Hence why they become invisible and not involved in the game.

Hence why he does some good things.  Competitive instincts kick in, and off he goes.  Then at some point, guys who aren't putting in the requisite effort or are spraying the footy, turning it over, let the team down, and young players drop their heads.  They think to themselves what am I doing here, and they get DISTRACTED.

They start questioning themselves, where they are playing, the journey, and their careers wondering whether or not they might be better off in another team.

All whilst a game is playing.

I would rather attribute it to a lack of focus, rather than a lack of effort.

Calling it a lack of effort is implying they don't care or don't try, which is not quite the same thing as what I am suggesting.



Considering where our footy club is at, and where it has been, I wouldn't be surprised if all of it simply results in a lack of belief.

If anyone wants to see what a lack of belief does to a football club, have a look at Richmond FC and Collingwood.  Collingwood is still unable to win a premiership in September and that goes back to the "colliwobble" and goes over many generations of players, but is still true today.

Richmond, have a mental block that they only got over a year ago, and look at them now, they are completely unstoppable.