Beat the Eagles in Perth? No problem
Beat Geelong at Geelong? No problem
Beat Hawthorn at G? No problem

Win at Home? Let me get back to you...

This just hasn't been a factor this year, but in the modern age.

We've had some unbelievable wins.
Winning finals at Adelaide in 2003 and 2012, Winning finals in Perth especially 2006, the wins against Geelong and St Kilda in the 2005 finals and then winning the 2012 Grand Final.
Games when no one gave us a chance, not only did we have a chance but we won.

But then for games when when we were a chance, most notably the 2006, 2014 and 2016 Grand Finals we weren't the same team.

The team that is a perfect 4-0 on the road this year shouldn't be struggling against North at home.
The team that is a perennial finalist should play the same clinical, cut-throat, contested football when it matters most in September.

Sometimes it may be coaching related - we have Plan A and when that doesn't work, we're stuck. We need to be the ones with different plans for different teams. Play Buddy in defence, put Joey in the goal square, something so remarkable and left-field that it flusters the opposition and we crush them.

We're more than good enough to win a flag - we just need something to counter this 2-steps forward, one step back loop that we sometimes can find ourselves in.