06-02-2019, 02:15 PM
(06-02-2019, 01:24 PM)shawny link Wrote:Krud, you can’t continue to defend week in week out. Sometimes things are not as rosy as you want to believe they are.
You can make excuses to support any argument. They had 6 of there best 10 players out, are average at best yet we looked awful and never fired a shot. And the players you list excluding Jones and Doc are 3 guys that most like them one week and want them retired the next.
I agree we were too young but where we differ in opinion is we are in year 4 of a full rebuild and if it was done in balance we would have enough depth to allow cover injures to the older blokes which as we know you need to expect. Furthermore the drop in levels week to week is just too drastic. Add that to the fact we have won 3 games in the last season and a half and I understand why so many on here are pessimistic.
Our list build is miles out of balance age wise which as a by product gives us no cover.
We have a list of kids with a handful of older senior players. And the senior blokes we have are only just going too. Nothing in between.
It's not about defending. It's about looking deeper as to the why.
Remember we sacked ratten in 2012 for missing finals after being favourites in round 4. Performance wise we were very much down on what we expected.
In reality though we had so many injuries and sometimes that's enough to ruin a season... And a career.
So excuse me for looking a bit beyond the 'sack the coach' headline to work out why we might be struggling to maintain some early season form (albeit unlucky form)