10-02-2023, 12:22 AM
When I speak to people about the preliminary final, the fans are very quick to start pointing fingers at blokes who have been periphery players all season, but not one person has mentioned the moments that matter.
We are up by 5 goals. Second quarter, first ruck contest, Pittonet goes up against Mcinerny, free kick blown, ball in Cripps hand and he either misses the whistle (I heard it from row D in the forward pocket) and he bombs it long without looking.
Now Im not going to castrate a bloke for making an error, but when you hear Fly Mccrae talking about managing the moments in games, that was one that caused a 50 metre penalty from a ruck contest, and gave Mcinerny the first goal of the second quarter. Thing is, with our team, our opponents tend to score in waves of 2 and 3 when we make that sort of mistake, which is a team issue that we have to get better at as it points to mentality not ability. Cripps would want that moment back again, but nothing wrong with that.
We are up by 5 goals. Second quarter, first ruck contest, Pittonet goes up against Mcinerny, free kick blown, ball in Cripps hand and he either misses the whistle (I heard it from row D in the forward pocket) and he bombs it long without looking.
Now Im not going to castrate a bloke for making an error, but when you hear Fly Mccrae talking about managing the moments in games, that was one that caused a 50 metre penalty from a ruck contest, and gave Mcinerny the first goal of the second quarter. Thing is, with our team, our opponents tend to score in waves of 2 and 3 when we make that sort of mistake, which is a team issue that we have to get better at as it points to mentality not ability. Cripps would want that moment back again, but nothing wrong with that.
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Paul Hewson
Paul Hewson