08-27-2016, 10:24 PM
(08-27-2016, 10:16 PM)spf link Wrote:I am not sure what tactics Bolton did try, I am also not sure which tactics were tried and failed, and the players who could not implement them. If you're not privileged to inside the box information, I doubt you'll know, however I doubt Bolton told the players to bomb it to the packs. We know we have players on this list that simply will not run hard enough the other way, combine this will a lack of ability, football smarts and desire - hey presto, we have yesterday's result.
If Bolton used the game as an evaluation and learning opportunity (not much use for anything else), I have no problem with that. If we'd been victorious yesterday, what would we have won again? Many are bleating about the fact it's Essendon - this is a relic from the past, we have to change our mindset and see they are simply another game and like any other club. We need to be clinical in our planning, implementation and game day execution, that's when the club starts to truly rise up the ladder - that and the addition and maturing of talent.
I agree completely that these territorial battles are a thing of the past, and that winning and playing good footy should be a given against all comers. The thing that irritates me most this season is the binary nature of our team - they're either on, or they're off, and there's nothing in between. When they finally wake up (usually in the 4th), it's too late.