06-02-2016, 03:21 AM
I think this game is a very good example of the old "a champion team is better than a team of champions". Sustained effort and sustaining the correct attitude for 4 q helps enormously in AFL footy.
The boys gave effort and attitude worthy of a GF IMO.
This doesn't mean of course that we don't go after talent. But hopefully, the club understands that the effort and attitude shown in this game is not simply to compensate for a lack of top end players. I would hate to think that these two attributes drop off once the club has a better list, believing that such a list will get you over the line, without the requisite work rate.
I wonder whether this is the trap that the Cats fell into ?
The boys gave effort and attitude worthy of a GF IMO.
This doesn't mean of course that we don't go after talent. But hopefully, the club understands that the effort and attitude shown in this game is not simply to compensate for a lack of top end players. I would hate to think that these two attributes drop off once the club has a better list, believing that such a list will get you over the line, without the requisite work rate.
I wonder whether this is the trap that the Cats fell into ?