If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.
Formerly gogriff
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
A tough ask by McCartney, but I believe he is the real deal and is looking to change the character and culture of the club borne out of his experiences at Geelong. This will require a huge mind set change by some of our current crop, but I firmly believe that the coach is on the right track.
This.
I am very pleased with Macca's direction too, but it IS a disservice to Rocket and our previous fitness regime to assume that we were somehow focussed on something other than playing hard footy last pre-season. If we took the ball off anything it was our actual skill level which had eroded with injury and age, which came down to a recruitment/list management/list turnover issue that has been covered elsewhere.
Our spread from the stoppages was pretty poor last season. We'd often win the ball and then have the other midfielders literally a step or two away from the player the won the ball. A lot of our clearances ended up just being bombed forward in hope because there were no other options available. We struggled with stopping the opposition spreading as well. If Macca is working on this I'm more than happy.