10-06-2023, 09:06 PM
(10-06-2023, 08:38 PM)kruddler link Wrote:Yes, of course it's balance, but the original point was, ours was all over the shop and we went away from that balance at the selection table.
We fielding a team unlike what had got us there and we lost our balance at the selection table because we were too focussed on the beating them.
We could argue that we lost it at the selection table.
But we could also argue that we lost it because we were banged up (Cripps, Acres Docherty for example) and exhausted.
Most of the selection changes seemed to work or at least not detract dramatically from the team's performance.
We'd played an intense pressure game week after week for a dozen weeks leading into the game.
We ran out of steam playing a rested side on their home ground which has been a bit of fortress for them this season.
Had we maintained that first quarter effort for another quarter the game might well have been out of their reach.
The thing is we're dealing with "what if's" and once a game is over they become "we'll never know's"