08-01-2022, 04:25 AM
(08-01-2022, 04:09 AM)RiverRat link Wrote:Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hatÂ)
I hope so, but I can't see it myself. Doubts on Hewett, Kennedy, Newman, Durdin are not a good start. Plus we'll be traveling 2 weeks in a row (Brisbane also traveled, but are back home). Plus their record at the Gabba, unlike the G, is very good. I really can't see a win.
As an aside, It seems to me that the form of Cripps, and to a lesser extent Curnow and McKay, is strongly linked to the team's performance. In the early part of the season when Cripps was on track for 100 Brownlow votes, McKay and Curnow were kicking truly and were on the end on some genuinely scintillating ball movement. Since then, things have dropped off. I know the injuries are a genuine reason. I'm not sure of the causality - I don't know if the form of these three affects the team, or if the team affects their form.
I'm also still of the opinion that Voss' game style is quite taxing, like Fremantle. Whilst it's certainly possible that the players just thought they could rock up, they looked pretty stuffed IMO.