07-10-2022, 08:52 AM
(07-10-2022, 08:33 AM)Lods link Wrote:I've no problem with where we are in terms of improvement.
It's dramatic.
We should probably play finals...even if we lose this one.
I'd back us to win a couple of those we're not necessarily expected to win.
But we're just not ready to progress too far.
The problem with the flashy starts is that it has the effect of giving the players a sense that it's all pretty easy.
When the inevitable pressure comes we're too slow to counter it.
You even picked it.
I did too.
Don't get carried away with sensational first quarters.
There is too long in the match to go,
I picked it because we WERE dominant. No team, i don't care who you are, can be that dominant for a full 120minutes of football in the modern age.
Same can be said on the flip side for West Coast. No team can be dominated that much for a full 120 minutes.
Its like your favourite saying, its never as good, or as bad, as it appears to be.
That being said, i'm just happy that we can actually BE dominant, even if its only for 1/4.
We haven't beaten this mob for 8 years. We are playing them basically at full strength, on their home deck, while we are far from full strength.
The flashy starts at least show something. Vossy will (eventually) drill into them that all that means is that the tide is about to turn and to 'double your efforts' from here to keep the same kind of pressure.