08-24-2022, 12:07 AM
(08-23-2022, 11:50 PM)Wet Willie link Wrote:The annoying thing about the finals is that we all know we are better than the Bulldogs and Lions, and can hold our own against the Magpies, Demons, Swans, Freo and Tigers... Cats still need some work.
A lot ot clubs will be sleeping better that we aren't there - but we will be!!
While we had a couple of losses previously those last 2 losses weren't the normal losses. We played some great footy, just choked it up when it mattered. That 3rd qtr, 8 goals to 1, was as good as it gets. If it were, say, round 10, we would have gone on to crush them miserably. The pressure of it being round 23 playing for a finals spot crushed us under pressure.
Take out the choking aspect we'd beat Brisbane, who are equally piss weak mentally come finals, and Collingwood in consecutive finals and play a Prelim. Unfortunately, mental pressure is a big part of finals as well as the physical and something that will be important to work on come pre-season.