If you cant get yourself fired up for final and be ready to run through brick walls from the opening bounce, go and choose another occupation. Im being critical here but I was a little disappointed at the leadership in the first qtr. It needed someone (or two) to stand up and do something.
They obviously felt there was fk all left to do next week and then potentially the week after!
Zero belief!
Terrible display!
Who’s the leadership group? Cripps, Walsh, Weiters, Newman.
I thought after Thurs night I wouldnt see a worse finals showing, our first qtr and a bit was the worst performance I have ever seen. No pressure, no intensity, no desperations, its as disappointed as I have been watch us play. The game was done and dusted at qtr time, I could not believe what I was seeing.
Defeated before the first bounce.
Had we had a mixture of a few ins and the usuals in maybe we could see past the game, but I think those on the ground knew there wasn’t much left.
I don’t care for what why if or buts the reality is the conditioning fitness or any other reason the group capitulated after being second on the ladder was either extremely unlucky or extremely incompetent - not acceptable.
^ acres, cerra - they’re such good players when they play well but when they don’t - and when acres does crap kicks it just kills us. Newman at times too just wasn’t reliable! Senior players need to be reliable! Not flashy but just do not kick it directly time and again to our disadvantage.
The concern is too if we run with the same list we are probably going to be passed by a couple of other teams who will improve like Hawthorn have and we could be battling to make the eight.
Yep.
I fear we have missed our opportunity for a Cripps premiership 😔
Not all players can do all things - but for a start, clear out the injured players. Enough.
And sorry but clear out players that cannot be trusted / I’m talking McG, Williams, Pittonent, even Cerra and maybe Acres.
Ye some of the best might win you a game. But consistently do not provide enough.
We know what team we have for the second half (sub made) We know where we are losing it and what we need to change. We've got the long break to work it out and implement it. We've got nothing to lose.
Alternatively, Lions will be going into self preservation mode and will be looking to next week and staying fit for it. They have no idea what differences we will be coming up with in the 2nd half.
We can catch them napping and kick a few early, then it's game on and we'll have the momentum. We know how well we can be once we have the momentum with nothing to lose.
