Just what we needed...
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Just what we needed...
I was worried our last 3 rounds would be too easy and we'd go to sleep for the finals.
Glad we got the reminder we needed that if we're 2% off our game then anyone in the comp can beat us. We were flat in a way I've not seen since the first half of 2007.
Glad we got the reminder we needed that if we're 2% off our game then anyone in the comp can beat us. We were flat in a way I've not seen since the first half of 2007.
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I think i would rather have a loss now than when it matters the most.
although there are negatives there are still positives and improvements there to be made.
I also believe something like this will make roo a better player in my opinion yes he is our captain yes he should of kicked the goal, but whats done is done and i expect he will learn alot and maybe what he needed to learn to take his time and get set.
Its not the end of the world Carn the sainters
although there are negatives there are still positives and improvements there to be made.
I also believe something like this will make roo a better player in my opinion yes he is our captain yes he should of kicked the goal, but whats done is done and i expect he will learn alot and maybe what he needed to learn to take his time and get set.
Its not the end of the world Carn the sainters
i always thougt this game would be a danger game and a loss was a possibility although we would probably win.....the loss doesn't worry me....
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Nope, definitely not a good thing, but nothing to be hitting the panic buttons over. They were all flat today and making very uncharacteristic errors. Why? I don't know, but if the looks on their faces when they came off the ground were anything to go by, I wouldn't want to be playing them next week! They were furious with themselves and we had seats right near where they came off the ground.
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It doesn't seem logical does it but hopfeully it serves as a reminder to the boys that you can't take your foot off the accelerator...not for a minute and not against any team. If any player had that lingering thought, let it be banished forever.Saint Bev wrote:Fail to understand how a loss can be a good thing.
ultimately, a loss is a loss, and its disappointing, but at least the boys can go back, watch the tape and realise that on any given day, anyone can beat anyone. Make no doubt about it, we are a better side than essendon, but, we in now way deserved to get within 5 goals of them today. We were smashed for two quarters, and i thinkthe lessons we learn from today, especially so close to september will outway the bad. Everyone is 20/20 in hindsight, and i hope and think well be looking back on this and saying, "maybe it was a good thing"
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Did you feel like ripping it off the wall? Oh, & please explain how your son came to follow Essendon?marksnsparks wrote:Just looked at a poster of Jobe Watson on my Essendon supporting (I know, I know!) son's bedroom wall.
"Did you know" it says,"I still sleep with a teddy bear. His name is Ted".
And we let this guy tear our midfield apart? FFS!
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The guys learned that you need a Plan B to come back from behind. I think that you are only as good as your bottom 8 players. Their bottom 8 were better than ours. It was their GF. The crowd was loud. We were not able to hold our tackles. Our two best tacklers were out.
We were nearly 400 points below our team average on Champion data and nearly 400 points behind Essendon. Normally a team has a big win when there is such a discrepency. Ultimately we still could have won the game. I think we took on a big challenge and nearly pulled it off. Essendon were good, they were very quick and they nailed their set shots for most of the game. Our top 8 were just off and that means that the bottom 8 needed to lift. I am not worried at all about the loss as long we learn and move forward and we will.
We were nearly 400 points below our team average on Champion data and nearly 400 points behind Essendon. Normally a team has a big win when there is such a discrepency. Ultimately we still could have won the game. I think we took on a big challenge and nearly pulled it off. Essendon were good, they were very quick and they nailed their set shots for most of the game. Our top 8 were just off and that means that the bottom 8 needed to lift. I am not worried at all about the loss as long we learn and move forward and we will.