06-14-2020, 05:46 AM
Five years ago at the beginning of the 2016 season we all bought the story that, following a rebuild, we long-suffering supporters would reach that great big shining light at the end of the tunnel.
We believed that by 2020 we would be serious contenders for the flag, well entrenched in the top 8.
So where are we? We have a side that is still incapable of playing four quarters of consistent football. We are so desperate for any signs of success that we seem to be happy if we can get a medium/maximum effort for three quarters of a game and hope the side can get off the bottom of the ladder.
I have just re-read this thread, and clearly we have so many problems I don't know where to start.
Motivation is lacking. So few of our players are desperate for the ball. It's like watching our old side before the re-build when players such as Gibbs would roll up and play bruise free football. Basic skills such as making tackles stick, and the ability to kick, are missing week in, week out. There is no mongrel in the side.
How is it that with so many early draft picks we are still so short of players with football nous and skills?
I hate being negative but realistically when are we ever going to stop being the bottom feeders of the AFL?
We believed that by 2020 we would be serious contenders for the flag, well entrenched in the top 8.
So where are we? We have a side that is still incapable of playing four quarters of consistent football. We are so desperate for any signs of success that we seem to be happy if we can get a medium/maximum effort for three quarters of a game and hope the side can get off the bottom of the ladder.
I have just re-read this thread, and clearly we have so many problems I don't know where to start.
Motivation is lacking. So few of our players are desperate for the ball. It's like watching our old side before the re-build when players such as Gibbs would roll up and play bruise free football. Basic skills such as making tackles stick, and the ability to kick, are missing week in, week out. There is no mongrel in the side.
How is it that with so many early draft picks we are still so short of players with football nous and skills?
I hate being negative but realistically when are we ever going to stop being the bottom feeders of the AFL?