(07-11-2015, 12:30 AM)kruddler link Wrote:It's far from an excuse, but the conditions were terrible last night. That never really shows up on TV, but it was very cold wet and windy. I'm not suprised some of our 'finishers' had quiet games.
Yarran probably hasn't played too many games in those conditions before. Part of the problem with playing half your games indoors, and for him growing up in the heat of the west.
Yarran was off all night, even before the 50 metre penalty thing.
...you know how it is sometimes...you know they're off, and you hope they don't get the ball because you know they'll stuff it up
His mind just didn't seem to be there.
Rain may affect skills but it shouldn't stop effort.
(I wasn't just talking about Yarran though, and in his case there may be some underlying issues, there was some poor second efforts by quite a few players)