03-30-2021, 04:15 AM
(03-30-2021, 04:04 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:PP....lots of "ifs"....fact is we've been doing those things and making those mistakes/clangers consistently over quite a few years now. Under Teague there's been way too many games where we've played one shocker of a quarter and then spent the rest of a game playing catch up...occasionally pinching a game. Our skills at critical times in games continue to let us down and we've just got too many panic merchants in the team that turn it over easily.
Yes, we were close enough in both games against Richmond and Collingwood....but the cold hard fact is we lost them both. And lose this week and go 0-3 and it's another year of not playing finals. If we continue on like this, it becomes harder to retain someone like Cripps, or to attract quality players from other clubs.....Saad and Williams would've been sold a picture of a club on the rise and a top 8 finish right on the cards.
Those are all fair points, and I certainly don't dispute any of them. But I see progress rather than stagnation, albeit slower progress than I would like. Saad and Williams are big boys and are quite capable of assessing the reality of the CFC and deciding accordingly. Blokes on AFL lists are not separated by much. Growing up together, swapping teams, analysis of opposition etc. You can easily find someone who knows about this player or that club. I think most of the guys that move willingly and have choice know what they're getting themselves into.