GT: St Kilda players feeling sorry for themselves
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And all eventually ran out of legs.
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
They also seem to believe that a good defence wins premierships.Johnny Member wrote:Paul Roos and Leigh Matthews believe the same thing. As does Mark Thompson.Thinline wrote:Exactly.Dr Spaceman wrote:Keeping players switched on after successive Grand Final losses is something GT never had to deal with himself
Heard a story the other day about a bloke who lunched with GT at Vlados, shared a few sherbets with him, eventually, when the booze kicked in, they got talking about THAT season and THAT prelim v Port Adelaide. Question was asked of GT 'You had a great side that year, could have won it given how Brisbane were travelling, but you just could implement a Plan B to stop the rot when Port charged. What was the thinking?"
Thomas said: "Listen, mate. Anyone who reckons anyone's got a Plan B is a f***** idiot. There is no Plan B's. Never was.'
I vote for true.
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Definitely.Ice Wolf wrote:They also seem to believe that a good defence wins premierships.Johnny Member wrote:Paul Roos and Leigh Matthews believe the same thing. As does Mark Thompson.Thinline wrote:Exactly.Dr Spaceman wrote:Keeping players switched on after successive Grand Final losses is something GT never had to deal with himself
Heard a story the other day about a bloke who lunched with GT at Vlados, shared a few sherbets with him, eventually, when the booze kicked in, they got talking about THAT season and THAT prelim v Port Adelaide. Question was asked of GT 'You had a great side that year, could have won it given how Brisbane were travelling, but you just could implement a Plan B to stop the rot when Port charged. What was the thinking?"
Thomas said: "Listen, mate. Anyone who reckons anyone's got a Plan B is a f***** idiot. There is no Plan B's. Never was.'
I vote for true.
+1Johnny Member wrote:I agree to a point.
We've certainly dropped off mentally. Some would say that cracks are appearing.
Body language, discipline on-field and off, and on-field effort clearly shows we're not 100% mentally switched on.
Whether that is solely the reason for us being winless and so insipid last week, I'm not sure. But I firmly believe it's a big part of it.
It's not the only reason. But I feel that we aren't good enough to win games of footy when not pretty close to 100% mentally switched on
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