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Was Dimma already prepared for a loss?
- Thread starter yandb
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LeeToRainesToRoach said:
Really? I'm taking crazy pills I guess. Without King Kong on our back we can beat anyone. Would have massacred Sydney next week, KK would have been gone
I must have been at a different game yesterday. Yeah, we lost and I am gutted too.
Nonetheless, it was a high quality game, one of the better games I have seen this year. We were in it up to the end and the result could easily have been different with a modicum of luck. Unfortunately, there were eight very good teams in the finals this year-someone was always going to miss out and none deserved to be out after one round.
Stuff happens. Losing is frustrating but sometimes it disguises what is really happening, just like winning does. We are closer to winning a final than a lot of other teams are.
We need to keep recruiting well though. It is more than just needing to replace a handful of players. We need to develop depth so we can get our match ups right against any opponent. That is what beat us yesterday.
Nonetheless, it was a high quality game, one of the better games I have seen this year. We were in it up to the end and the result could easily have been different with a modicum of luck. Unfortunately, there were eight very good teams in the finals this year-someone was always going to miss out and none deserved to be out after one round.
Stuff happens. Losing is frustrating but sometimes it disguises what is really happening, just like winning does. We are closer to winning a final than a lot of other teams are.
We need to keep recruiting well though. It is more than just needing to replace a handful of players. We need to develop depth so we can get our match ups right against any opponent. That is what beat us yesterday.
jb03 said:
I don't reckon. We lost it between the ears. We must played scared and dumb footy. Coaches, players, the lot. Lead in our boots. No leadership. North played well, but nothing awesome. The fact we were so close in spite of being so far off our game is amazing. Just watched Harvey kick one of his goals, had an acre at the back of the pack with the game on the line, Harvey!. That is not us. If we'd played well we would have won.
(North don't have any baggage, lucky for them, not many people care much what they do.)
jb03 said:
I honestly don't think they are. They're solid, they played well, they were coached well. We choked, coaches and players. If the fact we choked means they are better, yes, they're better.
True but it makes us feel a little bit better by apportioning the blame to selection.Tigers of Old said:
Considering that neither Conca or Griffiths played a full game I can't say that's where it was lost. Picking them was a mistake, but I don't know that Lennon and Lloyd would have made much of a difference. One would have been the sub (probably Lloyd), and neither had impacted the scoreboard leading up to the final. The blame lies with Hardwick's coaching (he got his matches wrong and refused to deviate even when things clearly weren't working out) and the failure of the players as a group to deliver the same sort of football they had for much of the year when it counted, as they have done before and will no doubt do repeatedly in the future.
Carter said:
The blokes who were down were 3-4 of our best 6. That's where we lost it. We can't blame the bottom 6 because they were ok. Most of our guns did not fire a shot.
