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The '21 again feeling

Wizard of Koz
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The feeling over the past month for me is that we have been smarter in our list management and strategy than this time last year. 

Last year we ran out the season on fumes and had no depth that the coaching department felt could step up at this stage of the year.

This year we have had to adapt on the run with injuries, blooded young players and tinkered with different game modes.

Whilst we aren't coming home like a freight train in 2023, we are just biding our time and waiting to strike come September.

 

 

 

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    Ah MFCSS. That funny feeling.

     

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    Definitely don’t feel that we’re as good. But I feel we’re 10x better than we were last year. Our ability to swing momentum in games is the best in the league. 

    https://twitter.com/andrew_whelan/status/1688139851223511042?s=46&t=PgGGBVtPGxmKYqlW0SqdRw

     

    Edited by At the break of Gawn

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    4 hours ago, layzie said:

    Nah it's not the same, different.

    Agreed Layzie.

    Speaking purely as an outsider supporter, I think 2021 we'd been one of the two sides the rest of the competition had chased for the season, but because of our record and long recient history of a lack of sucess, the football world was looking at us and asking "But can they stand up and hold their nerve in big finals?".  As a supporter I was sort of asking the same question, but at the same time feeling "this year is different, it's the most consistently good I've ever seen them play - surely our time has come".

    This time around, I don't feel like we've had quite as good a run of form over the season, but I feel the group is more in control, confident and firm in their belief that we can go all the way, now that the monkey is off our back.  I do also feel we have the talent, the system, are capable of rising to the occation to beat anyone come the pointy end and have put our sleeves into the top 4 position required to have a great crack at it.  So long as Clarry comes back and fires and we don't cop and other huge injuries, I'm quietly optermisic about that elusive premiership at the G.

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