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19 minutes ago, praha said:

I agree but the reality is that games like this no matter how well you play the home team has a greater margin of error and you need to be exceptional and well above your best to win. Keeping it close regardless of a win or loss would be a positive. No Melbourne team has gotten within 10 goals of the Eagles in Perth for, what, 10, 15 years? Wouldn't it be great if the youngest team in the comp and probably the club's history managed to keep up with a team that has pushed us around for a decade?

If we play as we last week, it's a 100 point loss. If we play as we did against Hawthorn, we might win. I was far more disappointed after losing to the Saints by 30 than I was after losing to the Hawks by 18.

I'd be filthy if they lost, but "it is what it is". If we get smashed *again* I'll be just as annoyed as you.

We're not Hawthorn. We're a club that is trying to transition into a winning club, and sometimes that means making the opposition actually work to beat you. We have let Saints, Eagles beat us up for a decade. Taking it to them and making them work for it rather than push us down like always, I'd take pleasure in that.

 praha you are easily pleased.

Get your mind into enjoying wins and hating losses.

 
3 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Wouldn't it be amazing if for the first time in x generations, a Melbourne coach finshed their time with us on a positive tone.

Come oooooooon, I'd love a win today, just for the fun of it. Forget ladders and finals, just win for winning's sake.

Well it will be positive Goffy - this one wont get the sack.

A win over West Coke in Perth...  I bet it would feel like winning a grand final.  Another chance today to take a big leap forward and show some real improvement.

 
2 hours ago, Jaded said:

I'm just glad I have plans to drown my sorrows post match. 

This is gonna get ugly! 

You do that every week Jaded - you must be a [censored] pot!

Any late changes?


8 minutes ago, Wadda We Sing said:

Any late changes?

No changes to either side mate.

Looks like it's wet and windy conditions there today as well.  

 
37 minutes ago, old dee said:

 praha you are easily pleased.

Get your mind into enjoying wins and hating losses.

OD, we are not the players. Our mental attitude does not affect what will happen in the next few hours.  I too enjoy wins and I hate losses. But I also can see that a closely fought loss is more enjoyable (or less hated, take your pick) than a miserable pummelling by 186 points. 

2 minutes ago, Moneider96 said:

Wow, pouring down rain in Perth atm. Will give us a real chance.

The wet actually widened the gap between us and Sydney.


Sydney struggled the first time they had pouring rain in a match (vs GC). Second time, vs us, they knew what to do a lot better.

My hope is we learnt something from the Sydney game about playing in the rain.

1 minute ago, Watts the matter said:

we are pathetic in the wet.

I wouldn't say pathetic, just haven't played smart footy.  We did well against the Hawks, but struggled against the Swans.  Hopefully with a few wet games under our belt we will have learned from our mistakes (ie - kicking it forward as often as we can as opposed to handballing)

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Have a feeling we might be in this for a bit longer than most think.

Looks like it's raining. Might help reduce the demolishing coming up. 

Just now, america de cali said:

According to the the weather radar it's only showers that should blow over.

No excuses for Dawes to take no marks then 

I'm really excited to see this diamond defence let Kennedy kick 12 goals today. Pumped!


Darling having a poor month, kicked 0.5 last week.

He'll kick 5.0 today.

Just now, Jaded said:

I'm really excited to see this diamond defence let Kennedy kick 12 goals today. Pumped!

 

Just now, praha said:

Darling having a poor month, kicked 0.5 last week.

He'll kick 5.0 today.

Love the confidence.

4 minutes ago, P-man said:

The wet actually widened the gap between us and Sydney.

But we lost to the Hawks in the wet by only 3 goals???

Just now, sue said:

OD, we are not the players. Our mental attitude does not affect what will happen in the next few hours.  I too enjoy wins and I hate losses. But I also can see that a closely fought loss is more enjoyable (or less hated, take your pick) than a miserable pummelling by 186 points. 

Over time I think it does sue.

If the membership is wishey washey then the people running the club subconsciencely  take that on board and it is transfered finally to the playing group.

I am not suggesting if we dont care  this afternoon then the players will only give 95%

But over  a couple of decades  of this attitude it becomes part of the fabric of the club.

The nearly good enough attitude is then the Actual.

The supporters and members of a number of other clubs demand wins and complain when they dont get them we accept close losses.

Just now, Wiseblood said:

 

Love the confidence.

Unfortunately, these occurrences come to be expected when teams play us.  


Ye, but last time we were playing Sydney who had quite a bit of experience playing in the wet (pretty much every 2nd week at the time). West Coast don't have that experience, nor do they have the contested bulls Sydney have.

It's wet. Already we are overusing it. Smart. Learning fast. Love it. 

 
2 minutes ago, WattsGawnOn said:

Mark dawsey

Yes it is difficult to see them in the same sentence. 

Dawes into the man on the mark? FMD


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