Confidence

[GawnWithTheWind 604]

I was like the rest of you melbourne faithful, sitting at home sorta hoping for some signs of a long (apparently hard) preseason to shine through. But i was left waiting.....

This loss is bigger then just any NAB cup game, we needed the confidence only winning a game can bring. We need the confidence so we can mark the ball, so we can execute a pass, so we can run off our man and switch the play... confidence is massive in this game and I cant see where we can get confidence from. And without this confidence, we wont be winners at all this year.

We gathered confidence from new young blood into the team, and managed to walk into tonights game with a hope, but now after that loss we are back where we were in the middle of last year, chins at our knees and just turning up each week to get slaughtered. And to make it better we have hawks round one who I think are the real deal again this year. They will do to us what they did to richmond and execute any last bit of confidence our players have.

We are in for a long year melbourne fans, this aint getting any better.

[Footynut 302]

you know what?

Reality is it will get better.

It just aint gonna happen overnight like we all would love.

Gee it hurts to lose no matter what...

But stick with it...we are on the right path...

[Sir Why You Little 37,450]

both you guys are right.

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

And to make it better we have hawks round one who I think are the real deal again this year. They will do to us what they did to richmond and execute any last bit of confidence our players have.

yep that's a sickening thought, when they violated us in r1 2008 we spent the rest of the season like a shattered mess trying to recover from it, and it's going to happen again. Thank God Buddy isn't going to be there or he would kick 20

[DeeVoted 607]

Tho disappointing,I for one aint worried (yet)

We had 4+ that played that are not ready.

Had some of our experienced guys way down

Had to travel to Perth,with a young side.

Bailey has thrown just about everyone he could

to all parts of the ground. (last year)

This year I see as a bonding year,and get them

used to playing together,hopefully in the best

positions.

We had 1/2 dozen experienced players unavailable

I'll wait til mid year before writing them off.

If they are still crap in 2112....

lets not go there.

I dont barrack for collingwood. I'm not about

to start bagging the MFC and all involved.

I'm hanging in there.

[45HG 1,559]

Speaking of confidence, did Danny Bell play?