Take a step back

[Ryan Dee 140]

Take a step back. Two years ago we would not have got near Sydney, yet we drew. Two years ago we would not have been in front of Hawthorn by that Margin at half time. Two years ago we would not have come back and beaten Brisbane and doing so playing bad for our standards. Some peoples expectation have risen out of proportion with expected team progression. Even last year we would have been happy with a win regardless of how we played. People need to judge a team from where we are coming from and where we have been. Many people are setting some what arrogant expectation levels on our team and think certain average performances are below us when they are certainly not. A 90 point win against any team is a very good performance. I don't understand how people are not seeing the improvement we are getting just from putting games into players.

Look at Morton's game today. He came out and ran hard all day, and created space more than anyone has done this year. He kicked 3 goals and was involved in a couple of nice set ups. He now has 50 odds games under his belt and that experience has allowed him to come into the side only after 1 quarter of football and instantly adapt to the pace of the game. People are not seeing the little improvement. What about Jones, how good were a couple of his kicks in congestion today? Or Colin's second half effort which in previous years he would have got a stock standard 18 touches after a poor start. Or Jack Trengove, it was probably his first real 4Q effort. Brent Moloney looks like he is taking his game to another level, he could well be an elite midfielder yet. There are plenty of players I could go through still, Bail and Martin etc. We really are improving and it's great to see, yet some are not putting it into context. Anyway I just needed to get that off my chest.

Go Dees.

Edited April 17, 2011 by Mr Morton

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So, if we are improving as you say, shouldn't our expectations rise?

Don't see the point in flogging this dead horse again, this discussion is what 99% of 'Land is about these days, over it.

Different people are different people, they will have different expectations and different opinions, none of which will effect the team itself or increase the development rate.

Really, could we have gotten worse than 2 years ago? Ughhhh waste of time...