1eyedog
24-07-2016, 12:51 PM
Last night was horrible there is no two ways about it but if I told you at the start of the year we would be 12/5 after 17 rounds which places us equal second what would your response be? Aside from Mitch the most deflating aspect was how static our ball movement was and how ineffective we were entering F50 but we are still in with a top 4 opportunity and losing Mitch and Red won't change that from an on-field perspective, the mental affect is less clear, it can haunt for the remainder of the year or it can galvanize. And with two of our best players coming back in Dahl and Stringer there are positives moving forward.
We have to move forward now, we have to, or we wallow in self pity and defeat and we're all well versed in that. We have to realize that it is just one game and maybe not try to reverse it completely, but try to be more competitive than we were last night moving forward. That kind of an outcome, where we weren’t even competitive, something went terribly wrong. I'm not saying we should put that totally out of our minds, because we need to learn from it, but we must focus on each game individually. I think all supporters and players are subject to thinking about the past, even though, ideally, you’re not supposed to. It probably does leave somewhat of a scar until you’re able to turn it around.
We need to take the sting out of our loss by reminding ourselves that loss is part of the game, something to be accepted and released. It's not the loss last night that keeps you from being at the top, it's the teams (and our) negative reaction to it that sticks in the mind and undermines confidence.
Feel the pain, experience fully the emotions connected with the loss, and then refocus, like we always have; remember what we have achieved before this loss and that we can be successful again, and we will be.
We have to move forward now, we have to, or we wallow in self pity and defeat and we're all well versed in that. We have to realize that it is just one game and maybe not try to reverse it completely, but try to be more competitive than we were last night moving forward. That kind of an outcome, where we weren’t even competitive, something went terribly wrong. I'm not saying we should put that totally out of our minds, because we need to learn from it, but we must focus on each game individually. I think all supporters and players are subject to thinking about the past, even though, ideally, you’re not supposed to. It probably does leave somewhat of a scar until you’re able to turn it around.
We need to take the sting out of our loss by reminding ourselves that loss is part of the game, something to be accepted and released. It's not the loss last night that keeps you from being at the top, it's the teams (and our) negative reaction to it that sticks in the mind and undermines confidence.
Feel the pain, experience fully the emotions connected with the loss, and then refocus, like we always have; remember what we have achieved before this loss and that we can be successful again, and we will be.