It struck me as very odd the slow starts we had in the vast majority of games this year. It seemed to be some time during the second quarter before we actually started to look like we were there to play.

It appeared as though the team had just run onto the ground without much of a warm up. Was there a new philosophy in the training department that decreed that all energy must be expended on the ground and none prior to the game?

I'm not having a dig at the training department but did find the slow starts baffling and whilst not an athlete myself, though siblings were junior state athletics champs trained by dad, it reminded me of how the best performances can sometimes follow an extended and lengthy warm up at almost competition level and to further my point once we had played for 40+ minutes and had some run in our legs we on many occasions in a losing game matched the opposition for the rest of the game after conceding the first quarter and a bit

Any one know of the match day approach in this regard cos I'd love to know if there was a change in the preparation?

cheers

Dont forget the slow middles and endings also

Dont forget the slow middles and endings also

in general ......a very slow long year :angry: :angry: