I am posting without reading the thread except for the part pre-match and some on this page.
Overall, I'm not too disappointed even though we are 0-4 with every chance of being 0-5 and even though this is surprising considering we were grand finalists last year. It does seem a bit odd. My thoughts about the causes are:
* senior players' performances sub-par
* injuries
* maybe we over-performed a bit last year? There were 5 teams at the top at the end of last year and another 2 worthy contenders (one of whom won the comp). We were not really better than any of them, just in the mix and we were defying gravity a little to do so given the amount of experience we lost. That was down to the exceptional performances of all our senior core.
Anyway, the reasons I'm feeling relatively positive despite the losses are and horrible errors and turnovers are that I think we have unearthed some good talent, especially Hayward who I thought had a fabulous game, and we are getting some games into them which is great for the future because they are the future. The best of them may hold their places even after others return to the side. Some of our middle and lower tier players are stepping up - take a bow Lloyd and Hewett. By the bye, I thought Callum Sinclair did ok, especially early, and did not let us down, even though his disposal was poor. Finally, even though he didn't have a great game, I immediately renewed my bromance with Papley. I love his fire and energy. He will be great when he gets up and going properly.
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