bornadog
31-05-2012, 12:08 AM
Link (http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/member%20message%20from%20brendan%20mccartney/tabid/18836/default.aspx)
Dear Member,
Friday night against Geelong was a learning experience for all of us.
We had a slow start and perhaps that was due in part to where we played the previous week and the culmination of some fatigue after a couple of weeks – but that is certainly no excuse.
Our opposition were very good at creating space for one another and very good at denying us the ball and it took us some time to adjust to that – but we did adjust which was pleasing.
I think what pleased us the most was how we were able to get ourselves back into our game through our contest and commitment to putting our bodies in and competing.
I know that you as a group of Members would have enjoyed seeing that as well.
Room for improvements were we just have to get better at defending the ground when a team is organised and systematic as the Cats were.
We have shown we can match good opposition.
The motto of the night was we created some opportunities through our effort and our contest and some we took, some we didn’t take.
We are confident we can rebound strongly this week and we are looking forward to the opportunity to take on a strong interstate club in Sydney.
We are going to back in our basics and our brand of football and see where it takes us.
There is a long way to go but the season is very much even through any one of ten or eleven clubs - we are one of those and we are confident that we will play better footy as the season unfolds on a more consistent basis.
Sincerely,
Brendan McCartney
Dear Member,
Friday night against Geelong was a learning experience for all of us.
We had a slow start and perhaps that was due in part to where we played the previous week and the culmination of some fatigue after a couple of weeks – but that is certainly no excuse.
Our opposition were very good at creating space for one another and very good at denying us the ball and it took us some time to adjust to that – but we did adjust which was pleasing.
I think what pleased us the most was how we were able to get ourselves back into our game through our contest and commitment to putting our bodies in and competing.
I know that you as a group of Members would have enjoyed seeing that as well.
Room for improvements were we just have to get better at defending the ground when a team is organised and systematic as the Cats were.
We have shown we can match good opposition.
The motto of the night was we created some opportunities through our effort and our contest and some we took, some we didn’t take.
We are confident we can rebound strongly this week and we are looking forward to the opportunity to take on a strong interstate club in Sydney.
We are going to back in our basics and our brand of football and see where it takes us.
There is a long way to go but the season is very much even through any one of ten or eleven clubs - we are one of those and we are confident that we will play better footy as the season unfolds on a more consistent basis.
Sincerely,
Brendan McCartney