As Leysy knows, I have been singing from this prayer book for years. Goddard, Paul Chapman and Adam Cooney are the three players that I would have recruited for leadership over the past few seasons. Interestingly, they all ended up at the Bombers, a team that is very similar to ours, with one major difference. They win close games.
Well, only one major difference if you are happy to disregard that fact that they are drug-cheating wannabes with a delusional coach who still believes that if he says he still has a squeaky clean reputation often enough someone will actually be silly enough to believe him. Only one major difference if you are also happy to disregard the fact that their buddy-buddy stadium deal at Docklands takes money out of the other clubs' pockets and puts it into their to the tune of several million dollars each season.
Apart from that, TOT endorses all Leysy's words. Leadership is learnt. Knowing how to win under duress is learnt. Having the courage to kick a match-winning goal is learnt. Knowing when to lift your output during a critical five minute period in a tight game is learnt.
Drifting through games until the inevitable conclusion plays out is also learnt. Our team has lost more games by less than 20 points over the last 30+ years than any other. Lots of bad learning has been going on for a very long time.