08-31-2020, 07:00 AM
(08-31-2020, 05:28 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Good post Thry, just to be clear, we didnt score a goal in the 3rd or the 4th. Two goalless qtrs is unacceptable. At what point does someone gather the troops or send a message out that "WE WILL SCORE THE NEXT GOAL NO MATTER WHAT". Now you might say that this is the obvious objective of football. But sometimes it takes an stern eyeballing from your skipper or coach that makes it crystal clear its non negotiable and by hook or by crook, we score a goal. I read once that Hodge (who I despise BTW) was renowned for this. When a undesirable trend was occurring in a game, he was the man who ensured it was stopped/changed.
We had the position to score in the 3rd qtr but made some bad decisions. Wasn't so worried about not scoring in the 3rd, we should've, but the other mob only kicked one too pretty late. That's not unusual throughout the comp this year. 4th qtr different as the other lot were scoring. and we weren't.
Our last 4 2nd halves have totally 7.26. We have won two of those. Lost the other two to sides in the 8. Two things from that. One, maintaining our composure under pressure when leading against top sides, and, two, kick f$#@! straight! We dominated against the GC in the 2nd half but missed nearly everything we shot at.