03-25-2022, 05:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-25-2022, 05:07 AM by LordLucifer.)
It was a very good win when you consider that all of the media experts were correctly tipping the Dogs to win.
The thing that really stands out to me is the maturity, resilience & attitude amongst the group, even though the Dogs threw everything at us in the second half we did not wilt and go into our shells like we would have last year under Teague.
Was it a case of fatigue getting the better of us or just that a more seasoned & experienced GF team flicked their own switch in the second half ?? Maybe a little bit of both.
It did became an ugly slog in the last because we were able to control the tempo better if it was played like that even though some genuine glitches in our game-plan and/or players work ethic were exposed by the Dogs. This will certainly be of great benefit to the coaches in their approach to player development & the teaching sessions.
It would have been an utter tragedy had we lost last night after that dominant & incredible first half.
However, this well deserved win cannot gloss over these underlying issues because the quicker we can identify them and in turn, rectify them, then we can dramatically improve our weekly performances to such a level that we will become a very serious contender.
We have improved, there is no doubting that, but we cannot get ahead of ourselves and starting talking Top 4, GF's or premierships, if we are brutally honest, we have done nothing of substance since 1995. We have a lot of ground to make-up after being in the footy wilderness for so long plus plenty of payback victories against some of the other clubs who have ridiculed us for years.
I know its an old adage but it has to be ONE WEEK AT A TIME !!!
The thing that really stands out to me is the maturity, resilience & attitude amongst the group, even though the Dogs threw everything at us in the second half we did not wilt and go into our shells like we would have last year under Teague.
Was it a case of fatigue getting the better of us or just that a more seasoned & experienced GF team flicked their own switch in the second half ?? Maybe a little bit of both.
It did became an ugly slog in the last because we were able to control the tempo better if it was played like that even though some genuine glitches in our game-plan and/or players work ethic were exposed by the Dogs. This will certainly be of great benefit to the coaches in their approach to player development & the teaching sessions.
It would have been an utter tragedy had we lost last night after that dominant & incredible first half.
However, this well deserved win cannot gloss over these underlying issues because the quicker we can identify them and in turn, rectify them, then we can dramatically improve our weekly performances to such a level that we will become a very serious contender.
We have improved, there is no doubting that, but we cannot get ahead of ourselves and starting talking Top 4, GF's or premierships, if we are brutally honest, we have done nothing of substance since 1995. We have a lot of ground to make-up after being in the footy wilderness for so long plus plenty of payback victories against some of the other clubs who have ridiculed us for years.
I know its an old adage but it has to be ONE WEEK AT A TIME !!!
[size=8pt]"The Other Teams Can Rot In Hell"