07-25-2021, 06:37 AM
(07-25-2021, 06:11 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Injuries no doubt can impact the result of a game but shouldn’t the players who are sent out to represent a club always try their darnedest by putting in 100% effort? Surely they would at least want to try a keep their spots in the face of injured players coming back in when fit? Any player who is not prepared to do that would perhaps justifiably be regarded as having an air of entitlement? Or perhaps some feel that it doesn’t matter how hard they try their efforts aren’t always fully appreciated?
Certainly effort and attitude are big factors but it's part of a bigger picture.
If extra demands are put on a playing group because of injury then some will buckle under the weight sooner or later. As that happens the greater demands shift to other, stronger players who are also eventually worn down until like a dam it collapses.
There's no one real reason for a performance like yesterday. It's a combination of a lot of variables.
Effort and attitude is one, injury another.