Wiseblood

What a surprise. @Dappa Dan put it best in the post match thread and he might like to cross post it here.

Great.

Take a second to look at the posters who agree at all with the OP. Once you have, you'll have all the answers you need. Joke of a thread.

You must have then missed my posts where I've already said, and agreed, that composure, skills etc hurt us when it counted. Had we been better composed then we kick the goals that count, and we win.

I get it. Kick straight and we win. We had more than enough of the ball, more than enough I50s and more opportunities than we could poke a stick at. We didn't kick straight and we lost.

They hadn't. Does today change the previous month? So they apply pressure today and that changes the past?

I reckon 80% of our forward entries went in his direction. It seemed strange - did Vanders play a forward tagging role on him, or did Aliir pick him up so he could zone off at every opportunity?

And as I've said earlier, I agree. Our composure and skills under pressure has been found wanting. And that links to the scoreboard - show a little more composure, kick straight and we win.

That's one of the biggest lies I've seen on here. Trade Hogan? GTFO.

When he latched on to a ball in the last, after having already kicked one, I thought he was about ready to tear the game apart. But, in line with the season he has had, he sprayed it and didn't hit the scoreboard again.

We had more scoring shots, and plenty of those were easy misses. Kick those and we win.

Had a shocker today. No doubt about it. But he's been more good than bad for us this season and we had plenty of others down on their output today as well.

Pedersen has been killing it at Casey and has runs on the board. It's why he was picked. I don't doubt that Dec would have given a contest, but after the Petty debacle I can't see the club going with him this season. The Hunt selection, however, didn't par dividends, although you could argue a few of the other options like Wagner weren't setting Casey alight in the last month either. Thankfully Hibberd and Melksham will both be back for the Eagles game to add some much needed experience and class.

I did say this in my first post earlier in the thread. We lacked composure when it counted and our skills dropped, which meant we wasted the ball in front of goal and it cost us the game. I'm not making excuses either. I readily admit the above and know as much as anyone that it cost us the game.

It's not a relief, just fact. We kicked very poorly for goal and it cost us the game. I'm hardly happy about that, but that's life.

Not delusional, just realistic. Go nuts though mate, if it helps.

Kick straight and we win. Bad kicking is bad football, no doubt, but outside of the second half of the second term we were generally a better side. It's as simple as that.

@Jibroni - I saw you quote me in the now locked gameday thread as well. Not only did you follow me around like a puppy after I tried to show a bit of faith in the side, but quoting me at the end of the day is childish and embarrassing. Yeah, I got it wrong, but I'd rather put my neck on the line in a positive manner than [censored] and moan. At least I can get behind the club and try and support it, unlike your good self. Cheers.

I'm dirty on this loss, but I'll let the rest of the usual suspects lose the plot, slash their wrists and do the usual ranting and raving. Seriously, go right ahead. We lost this game today in front of goal. Sure, they cut us up during periods of the game with their use by foot and our willingness to allow them space. But we should never have let them win this game of footy. When Hogan goaled and we were 3.7 it should have been 7.3, as we missed a slew of easy shots. If we were 6 goals up then they would have been dead and buried. But they weren't, they got a sniff and, as experienced sides do, they made their chances count when we didn't and we couldn't haul them back. I must admit that I was bemused at times by some of our decision making, and the implied pressure of the Swans meant that we rushed things at times when we didn't need to. We had every opportunity to win this game of footy, but we didn't make it count, and that's down to composure and skill execution under pressure. It's not down to leadership and all that stuff. We just didn't execute well under pressure. We certainly lacked some class at times and too many players went missing, but this isn't the end of the world. Seriously, it's not. We've got two games to go - win one and we're in. Simple as that.

How the hell did we stuff that up? Good grief.

Finally, Jeffy has arrived. 4 more of those please.

Where in God's name was Jones kicking that inside 50? Horrible decision.

I reckon Goodwin would have gone ballistic in the huddle. I'm expecting some fire in this quarter. Also, the one thing that has annoyed me about our gameplan today is how often Hannebery has gotten so many clearances coming off the square. I feel like they have two or three extra numbers at every centre bounce and we've done nothing to counteract it.

Everyone in this thread can get stuffed. We'll win from here.

Bollocks. If we make it, we deserve it. No question about that.