(05-16-2024, 01:06 AM)PaulP date Wrote:https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/05/15/t...st-sydney/You might recall teams in recent seasons often fell the week after playing us also, I think it's a statement about the game style, mindset and tactics rather than a curse.
I'm not really a believer in the supernatural, but if it works, I'll take it.
Teams are so accustomed to defeating us that when we hit the front they are almost shocked into action, games go to the death, they never give up, how dare Carlton think it might defeat us! The whole current generation of AFL senior players seems to have this attitude / midnset, even the media barrack against us, sows seeds of doubt, how long can Carlton keep it up, the tone is unmistakeable, it sounds familiar because you are always hearing it. For what it is worth, I'm not even sure when things get tight that we still do not have doubts, we are Pavlov's Dogs!
It's why I bang on about our fan base needing to learn to barrack loudly unconditionally, go quiet and the "Silence like a cancer grows!" Last week, we must have outnumbered the Melbourne fans base 3:1, yet in the dying minutes they sounded 3 times louder, it should never happen. Be like the Filth fans, scream "Ball", cheer "Marks" in anticipation before they are paid, and when umpire confirms the favourable decision cheer them as well, don't sit there schtum with faces of dread, get involved. The fan base can set Pavlov's Dog free!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"