Posts have fluctuated between the predictable meltdown[and troll baiting
] to more rational responses to what we saw today.Todays loss was disappointing no doubt but I am not hitting the panic button by a long way.
Really believe that the last 2 weeks have been the result of not a lot to gain/heavy training and a little subconscious self preservation before september.
Last year in the same round Hawthorn were in a very similar postion and lost to Richmond for probably the same reason.
As it is most are now talking up Collingwood and the Dogs bigtime [the team that lost to the eagles 2 weeks ago!] and I would think that Thompson and Lyon wouldn't mind that aspect at all.
The reality is that we have lost 2 games by under a kick[1 after the siren
] and could so easily be still undefeated .Today we had 58 inside 50's to Norths 39 and had 19 scoring shots to 14
which clearly means that we just butchered our opportunitys in front of the sticks.
Again not good but not fatal in a game of no real consequence and it gives the coaching staff something to address before the real stuff.
There is no real merit in blaming umpires but I hope we don't get the raw end of the pineapple in september like we got in the last 10 minutes of the last quarter.
This along with the bounce of ball seeming to fall Norths way in every 50/50 contest hopefully means we have got some bad karma out of the way before the finals.
If either of Schneiders or Armos free kicks had been paid[and they were blatant even according to the commentators on the ABC we win the game.
They weren't...we didn't but ultimately it means little.
If it gives false hope to the Collingwood army then good luck to them
We will see a fresher,more committed St.Kilda when the real stuff begins..
Watch this space,hold your nerve and KEEP THE FAITH
