Sir Why You Little

Yes i know all that. But we have always had stage fright, that is my point. It has always existed. New personel have come through, and had no luck. John Northey almost cracked it. But it haunted Neil Balme and Neale Danniher. The rollercoaster. I hope Goodwin can do it. I really do, but at this stage i haven’t seen much to get excited about, against the top sides over the past 3 years. We still drink bathwater and celebrate early. (The Jones Video last year was embarrassing) ProDee can dismiss the past if he wishes, i don’t care I BELIEVE that our past is still a burden even now, that is my opinion, and untill we beat good sides regularly it will continue to be a ball and chain its why we only have 44,000 members after 160 years Many people talk on here as if the last 4 years are the great revelation, way to early call. I hope it turns around, but it is a long way from that yet. It’s all between the ears now. The hardest bit....

Rance has just shattered his career tonight Every opponent will be into him now

Gotta be joking have you been watching Rance tonight?

Rance useless AGAIN Brilliant

Rance is such a turd!!!!!

I doubt you can do it live mate. I had an old HIFI VHS that had a simulcast button that did exactly what you want. and that was a 1988 model!!!

Rance and Goddard are on equal terms!!!

Always a sickening look when a foot is pointing the wrong way.... lots of Physio ahead....

Ken Hinkley is a top bloke you can just tell so easily

Yes i know all that. But NOBODY expected him to be playing as well as he is playing now. He is not just making up the numbers. Lever or no Lever our backline lacks a big body...

Amen to that. We have been treading water ? (Sometimes very poorly) for 54 years. This facility must be built

Wow. I didn’t expect to see that... interesting to see if he can run or not

But he did do an ACL. That is actually the reality. I am not saying we made the wrong call on Dunn, but he is playing 10x better than i thought he would be...

Not exactly. But he is playing good footy this year, and our backline is lacking a big body... we all thought he was finished. Wrong

When i met him. He was an absolute gentleman. Funny and serious. Enjoyed the chat immensely, told him how 1987 is still remembered like a family death...lucky bastard!!!

Sections of our team are working very hard, but they are not in synch. Against the Filth the Midfield was smashed all day Last Friday the Forward line was smashed all nighr if it was only quarters i would agree with you, but it is for the entire game. Stage Fright, Soft Underbelly, same thing. We have suffered from it over many decades, and still do. It is most galling now, because we have the most dominant ruckman in the comp, but we are still being beaten over 4 Quarters 9 weeks to go....

Yes on paper. But they knew we have the soft underbelly when pressure is applied, and it still exists

Agreed but the past is not totally irrelevant, why, because onfield we still have the same problem - Stage Fright. Which is why this thread began.

^^ This 100%

Why Bother.... i had the same discussions 10 years ago. I was actually right...

Is that the best you’ve got. You do know who mentored John Kennedy Snr, don’t you? That started “kennedy’s Commandos” back in the late 1950’s..... Norman Smith.... Previous Years are part of our history, the last 54 being most inglorious ignore them at your own peril

We have been “Young” for 10 years Sad how well Lynden Dunne is playing for the Filth...

Who said i was making cast iron assertions on just this year. The same problem has bestowed the club for decades. THAT IS MY POINT. It’s not just this year, it is engrained into the club psyche. We don’t handle pressure.

Yes, now THEY are the true useless stat i see trotted out on here on a semi regular basis

Exactly. Inconsistency is what we agree on. Any side can pull off a Big Game, we have NEVER done it with any consistency. Those games you mentioned above, how did we pull up the following week?