I was saying even before the season started that we are in danger of becoming the next Adelaide. Smashing other clubs when they are poor and disorganised but crumbling when the opposition come to play. QB was an alarm bell with second spot on the ladder at stake and the revenge motive. Peaking and losing a GF then declining is more likely our lot than winning a flag with this mob.

Edited June 19, 20186 yr by america de cali

2 minutes ago, america de cali said:

I was saying even before the season stated that we are in danger of becoming the next Adelaide. Smashing other clubs when they are poor and disorganised but crumbling when the opposition come to play. QB was an alarm bell with second spot on the ladder at stake and the revenge motive. Peaking and losing a GF then declining is more likely our lot than winning a flag with this mob.

Like the Cats of 2008, our leaders should never have allowed Pies to win after what happened last year, clearly they weren’t “burning up” like they spun out to supporters 

5 minutes ago, SFebey said:

Like the Cats of 2008, our leaders should never have allowed Pies to win after what happened last year, clearly they weren’t “burning up” like they spun out to supporters 

Not so much the actual loss but the way we played. If we played at our best and they played their best and still lost it would still have maintained our standing and pride. The leadership at the coal face was damning from the first bounce.

1 hour ago, SFebey said:

Like the Cats of 2008, our leaders should never have allowed Pies to win after what happened last year, clearly they weren’t “burning up” like they spun out to supporters 

Easy to say, but do you not think that the C'wood players were not "burning up" to put the boot into us again and cement themselves into the 8.   We can't rely on these sort of revenge motivations to win games over other motivations.    While there are clear cases when the performance suggests motivation was lacking, I don't think that match was such a case.

1 minute ago, sue said:

Easy to say, but do you not think that the C'wood players were not "burning up" to put the boot into us again and cement themselves into the 8.   We can't rely on these sort of revenge motivations to win games over other motivations.    While there are clear cases when the performance suggests motivation was lacking, I don't think that match was such a case.

One team tuned up from the first bounce, it wasn't us. Funnily enough I'm more confident of beating Port than I was the Pies, lets hope for a great win Friday, can't come quick enough!