05-08-2019, 12:58 AM
(05-07-2019, 06:44 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Had very little influence on the outcome of the game. When it comes to finding excuses for poor performances our files have every known justification known to humankind and beyond!
As was reported by one of the boundary riders in the media who was at the game, he said you could see the fire in the belly in the Kangaby players, it was palpable, and as soon as they hit our blokes we 'backed away'. Dawks applied heat in the 3rd qtr and we 'backed away'... and so the story goes. That's who we are and who we have been for a long time.
Our problems are solely above the shoulders.
We fielded a team which included 14 players with 50 games or less AFL experience.
We were without Kruezer, Simmo, Newman - key players in our team
We lost Jones for half the game
We debuted Stocker and played willow. Stocker was nowhere near AFL ready and Willo had llittle or no match fitness.
Im not happy about the general lack of heart shown by the team and the loss overall, however, those points I've raised are not excuses, but fact and had a significant bearing on the result.