Not sure all this easing into the season is that wise. You need a certain amount of momentum otherwise you are playing catchup all season. With only two weeks to go to the big dance it has been disappointing so far. Happy to be proved wrong! Thoughts?
Agree that we need a win or two before the H&A, but if you can't test out the kids early in the pre-season, then when you bring them into the team, all of a sudden there is a result riding on things, not just the process.
From what I understand, Roos is planning on fielding closer to the full strength team in the next couple of games, so that should give us a better indication of where we stand, and hopefully give us some momentum leading into Rd 1.
I'm on the Chandwagon!!!
If you cannot compete for the premiership, it's better to be young and exciting than middle-aged and dowdy.
I think a win in the pre-season is nearly essential. Have a look at how poorly Collingwood performed in the early part of the 2004 season and they came into the season having lost all their pre-season games.
Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."
Yes totally agree - I am sure we will pull one out though....hopefully lol.Originally posted by NMWBloods
I think a win in the pre-season is nearly essential. Have a look at how poorly Collingwood performed in the early part of the 2004 season and they came into the season having lost all their pre-season games.
We've received a few spankings in the pre-season in the past 2 years and have come out alright.
But we've also won some games.Originally posted by ugg
We've received a few spankings in the pre-season in the past 2 years and have come out alright.
Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."
Was one the cause of the other, though, or did they just have common causality?Originally posted by NMWBloods
I think a win in the pre-season is nearly essential. Have a look at how poorly Collingwood performed in the early part of the 2004 season and they came into the season having lost all their pre-season games.
Does anyone have the pre-season results of the past 2 years?
Who knows really. But they had performed the previous two seasons, and after nine rounds last year they'd only won 1 game. They won 7 of their next 11 before collapsing again. So, it may have been they simply were performing to expectations and suffering the impacts of injuries, or it may have been that such a poor run into the season meant that they struggle to get any momentum going. After all, we know how much momentum can affect a team both during a game and during parts of the season.Originally posted by liz
Was one the cause of the other, though, or did they just have common causality?
Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.
"[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."
i think it is definitely true that momentum is a good thing coming into a new season, as it is at any point in the season. however, i believe it is a quality that can be difficult to manufacture and it is also something that almost certainly waxes and wanes for all teams throughout the season.
considering brisbane over the past few years, i think it is fairly obvious that momentum is better serving a team in the latter part of the season than the early part. the art of securing that is maintaining depth in the list (development of kids is a contributor to this) and keeping your stars fit and fresh (don't flog em in the start of the season), so i'm not sure if winning a pre-season match amounts to a hill of beans.
Roosy's comments
"We got belted, but their good players played well. There is 13 premiership players running around out there and we had a lot of young blokes, but still you can't make excuses for some of the things that went on out there. It's just deciphering which were there more talented players and our poor things."
Full article
http://sydneyswans.com.au/default.as...ticleid=187564
Article in the SMH.
Some of Roosy's comments:Going by some comments from people today, and things I have seen, I can't help but think Fosdike is one name in particular who is on the weeding list."Obviously we got belted. Their good players played well, and we have a lot of young blokes. Still, you can't make excuses for some of things that went on out there."
"Clearly the ones you are disappointed in are the ones who have been around the club for a while," Roos said.
"If they're the ones making the mistakes, eventually you have to weed them out and move them on."
I'm on the Chandwagon!!!
If you cannot compete for the premiership, it's better to be young and exciting than middle-aged and dowdy.
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