05-05-2019, 10:25 PM
(05-05-2019, 10:17 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:No. I think you're confusing public perception with reality. Our team played like they didn't believe they could win yesterday, and they switched off after our first goal conceded.
I've offered a consistent message this week, from the day after the last loss and the beginnings of the media pursuit of The Pudding Face Twin, it was clear the tone was set for this game. FFS, Duck even came out and pumped up our tyres, and people took it for granted!
Any half-ar5ed drunken dog and his mates could see this coming, yet because of our list management decisions our MC had no choice because of the way the list is constructed. This is reality, the real price they have to pay for decisions taken long ago!
You could even add to this the club being bullied into changing the defensive game plan to get back in the media's good books, because there was no other reason to do so from a football perspective.
So there should be no point acting shocked about this result, it was always going to happen, and I'm surprised it hasn't happened more often! I think we've just been lucky more AFL hardened opponents haven't been in such desperate circumstances against us!
(05-05-2019, 10:24 PM)cookie2 link Wrote:The more we keep losing the less will be our belief in our ability to win, especially with the present dearth of on field leadership. Lack of solid mature leadership could be the undoing of this rebuild imo. The club has got to fix it asap.
x1000, it's reality isn't it Cookie2, the mental damage can be just as debilitating as a physical injury!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"