Hi Longmile, up in the stands everybody was pretty much agreeing with you...but really, so many of our players just look really tired...they were out - muscled and out run and kicked short a lot..I think it's just that we have so many young players, who are exhausted, and many of our more experienced players are carrying injuries...either that or we have serious fitness problems...
That was one of the best wins I've seen in many a year. So pleased we did it for AJ and so pleased we beat those scummy Pies. I thought the endeavour was there and it seemed to me that this season still means something to this mob.
We are still alive. That's all that matters at the moment.
I understand what I said was a bit controversial. But there was definitely a real and decided drop off in effort in the fourth quarter when the game still had 15 minutes of play left and was still definitely up for grabs. We needed to fight for a good 5 minutes+ longer and then milk time. Instead we rested on our laurels and let the Pies back into it.
I know we have a young team and its been an interesting last 3 yrs we're we've out performed mine and most people's expectations, but that drop in play seemed more like an attitude thing than anything else and didn't reflect well on us as a team and what we stand for
In the bigger picture i think missing the 8 would be a good thing. Our players need to rest and recover and since i don't think our best is near good enough we would simply be pretenders in the finals.
Also still think we need a major revamp of our tactics which cant happen till next year.
Well done to the boys and especially AJ for great perseverance and a pretty good return.
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