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Are We The Mentally Weakest Side Ever?

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It has to be asked. We got ahead of ourselves again, managed a player when we said we wouldn't that already tells me that we thought we had it won before the ball was bounced. Skeptical selections in Oscar, Smith, Jones and ANB. Missing 2 sitters by Gawn and Langdon when we could have stolen it. Only 2 players played well again in Gawn and Langdon. When is this [censored] going to stop?

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    Worst part of a loss is seeing Werridee, Elegt, Olisik etc all turn up to start/revive their own threads because their opinions can't just go in the post game thread.

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    Soft, Fragile, Flaky, untrustworthy.

    All if the above.

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    How long is a piece of string? How do you measure something like this? How do you compare this mentally weak effort to some of the great mentally weak efforts of all time? 

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    Whenever a game comes along when we need to dig deep to make a statement we go to water. We only play well when teams allow us to. The saints played [censored] and everyone thinks we are back in town. We are pretenders. 

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    Supporters of just about every team ask this question. I think our team has an application and concentration issue.

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    Ill say no. We are inconsistent. We dont get 40 points up and choke.  We are not soft in the contest. We just dont have enough players (or even coaching) that are consistent disposal to disposal, week to week.  Ok sure you can say part is mental, but given that our record with this playing group is basically 50-50  we are just not world beaters. This is our brand. Ah well. 

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    Yes. 

    Also the worst skills.

    Great combo. ?

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    2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Lack of skills killed us tonight

    Is that preparation..?

    We had numerous chances

    It is a curious mix of lack of skills and players with skills wasting them when they have the oppotunity to display them.

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    There are too many grammatical problems with the question for me to give an answer.

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    We are the mentally weakest team in the AFL and have been for a long time. It kills me to say it. 
    talent wise, we are a league ahead ahead the swans

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    4 minutes ago, Half forward flank said:

    It is a curious mix of lack of skills and players with skills wasting them when they have the oppotunity to display them.

    That is preparation over a period of time. 
    good teams might play badly, but they rarely waste opportunities over 4 quarters. 
    Goalless Quarters 4 games this year?

    Simply not acceptable with Finals on the line

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    'Soft as Butter'

    The president's words will echo in my head through all eternity. Why not just make it the club motto and sticky tape it up on the walls and the lockers.

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    1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    That is preparation over a period of time. 
    good teams might play badly, but they rarely waste opportunities over 4 quarters. 
    Goalless Quarters 4 games this year?

    Simply not acceptable with Finals on the line

    Completely unfashionable but ability to kick a flat punt from around 20 out with a strong wind would not hurt.

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    1 minute ago, Half forward flank said:

    Completely unfashionable but ability to kick a flat punt from around 20 out with a strong wind would not hurt.

    Peter Hudson did that every week of his career 

    very effectively. 

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    17 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Lack of skills killed us tonight

    Is that preparation..?

    We had numerous chances

    No, nothing to do with preparation, it is our players skills are flakey and even with out pressure we can't execute the fundamentals of the game.  

    What has happened to Oliver's game, a few weeks back unstoppable breaking tackles running with the ball and kicking.  He is back to fumbles, turnover kicks and 1m handballs

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