I absolutely do not subscribe to the view that draft picks are better than finals.
Right now I just don’t think we are good enough. Could we beat anyone on our day in September? Yes ! Could we sustain that for 4 weeks from 7th or 8th ? I don’t believe so.
Footy clubs are built on being competitive and winning. We should try and win every game we play in, that’s our culture, that’s who we are now.
im gonna sit on the fence, while staying optimistic. we continually shown that our best is still (close to) the best. have have had periods of domination in nearly every game we have played. and if we played every week with the composure and killer instinct we played with in finals from 17-20 we would be 10-1.
but we havent. we have also had periods in nearly every game where we have been ineffectual with and without the ball. we have had periods where the opposition have scored too easily. periods where we have looked like the Richmond from the last half of last year.
so the challenges are to find ways to finish our work when we are on top, to play more consistently across the 4 quarters, and stem the flow when we are down.
the coaches now get a week to look at those things and see where we can make changes.
getting Lynch back will help, keeping our backline together will help- hopefully Balta, Gibcus, Grimes, Broad, Vlastuin, Baker and Rioli can play most of the rest of the year, with a week or 2 off each. and finding the one or 2 extra mids who can win clearances, and run out games- Dow should be looked at.
and we need to win games so we can aim to enter finals with the likes of Cotch, Prestia, Dusty and Lambert rested and in full fitness.
