06-26-2015, 11:32 AM
Maybe my optimism is saddled with the burden of experience.
It was good to see better footy played certainly, but PA were also quite poor, probably their worst game for the year. Their mistakes were dreadful.
We will learn more about the team as the year wears on, but most of last weekend's side have been on the list for a while and we know what they bring. Effort is fine, but this is the AFL. Expectations need to be for a premiership, nothing less, and there are only a handful of players we could, in all honesty, pencil in as premiership potentials.
It is going to be a tough few years, and we shouldn't underestimate the enormity of the task ahead. We need the next 2 drafts to be crackers for us and then some, otherwise cripps is going to get smashed, just like murphy did in his first few years.
There is the argument that clubs can turn it around quickly, but recent history suggest this is erroneous. The premiers of recent years have had long periods of improvement driven by sustained and consistent commitment. I hope we have the patience and pragmatism to do the same.
Go blues.
It was good to see better footy played certainly, but PA were also quite poor, probably their worst game for the year. Their mistakes were dreadful.
We will learn more about the team as the year wears on, but most of last weekend's side have been on the list for a while and we know what they bring. Effort is fine, but this is the AFL. Expectations need to be for a premiership, nothing less, and there are only a handful of players we could, in all honesty, pencil in as premiership potentials.
It is going to be a tough few years, and we shouldn't underestimate the enormity of the task ahead. We need the next 2 drafts to be crackers for us and then some, otherwise cripps is going to get smashed, just like murphy did in his first few years.
There is the argument that clubs can turn it around quickly, but recent history suggest this is erroneous. The premiers of recent years have had long periods of improvement driven by sustained and consistent commitment. I hope we have the patience and pragmatism to do the same.
Go blues.