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Is the new era arriving under our eyes? This is the first time since probably ‘21 I’ve woken up after a loss relatively happy & confident. This is the first time since ‘21 that I think we’re competing in games due to our system and not the individual brilliance of Bont & Libba dragging a poor team across the line. Our identity as a football club is back, the signs were there in the 2nd half of last season but I think it’s starting to shine through and we’re in for a wild ride this year.
Take it back to 2022 and we were a shambles - the grand final killed us. Bevo and our overall coaching was genuinely trash, he was just not himself - grumpy and fighting with everyone. It’s not entirely his fault, the club failed him by surrounding him with very poor and inexperienced coaching line up but let’s be honest here 2022 & 2023 was bad. Yeah we won a few games on the back of Bont but it was a boring, stale football team. Win the clearance, go wide & slow, kick long, hope for the best - repeat. We lacked an identity.
Fast forward to mid-2024 and now - I can actually see what we’re trying to do, I can see the way the team wants to defend the ground and move the ball forward. Yeah it’s scrappy right now and there’s too many errors and too many poor players in the side but these guys have not played much football together. Once the troops arrive and push out the bottom 6 of the side, once this, well balanced team gets some continuity in their football watch us thrive.
Bevo is back, he’s calm and collected and has his trademark “aura” - I almost get the feeling win or lose this year he might have come to terms with his time at the club coming to an end? Just an assumption and gut feel but it’s the vibe I’m getting from him & the club. If it’s the case I really hope we can send him off as a winner and the club champion he is. If it is the case whether it’s this year, next or even the year after I believe right now he’s setting the club up on the right track for when the time comes.
The refresh has happened under our eyes - yes we love Macrae and Daniel but that era died in September 2021. The new era has arrived - Bont, Freijah, Richards and Libba are the new core in the midfield. We have potentially the best forward in the comp just coming alive. We have speed across every line and an appetite to play quick direct football. We have a will to win the contest and impact the play like we had at our best. We’re relying on depth and role players playing out of their skins but theyre holding on.
The vibe is right - how far can we go this year? I honestly think if we can get some luck with injuries the system we’ve put in place over the past 18 months can take us deep.
Take it back to 2022 and we were a shambles - the grand final killed us. Bevo and our overall coaching was genuinely trash, he was just not himself - grumpy and fighting with everyone. It’s not entirely his fault, the club failed him by surrounding him with very poor and inexperienced coaching line up but let’s be honest here 2022 & 2023 was bad. Yeah we won a few games on the back of Bont but it was a boring, stale football team. Win the clearance, go wide & slow, kick long, hope for the best - repeat. We lacked an identity.
Fast forward to mid-2024 and now - I can actually see what we’re trying to do, I can see the way the team wants to defend the ground and move the ball forward. Yeah it’s scrappy right now and there’s too many errors and too many poor players in the side but these guys have not played much football together. Once the troops arrive and push out the bottom 6 of the side, once this, well balanced team gets some continuity in their football watch us thrive.
Bevo is back, he’s calm and collected and has his trademark “aura” - I almost get the feeling win or lose this year he might have come to terms with his time at the club coming to an end? Just an assumption and gut feel but it’s the vibe I’m getting from him & the club. If it’s the case I really hope we can send him off as a winner and the club champion he is. If it is the case whether it’s this year, next or even the year after I believe right now he’s setting the club up on the right track for when the time comes.
The refresh has happened under our eyes - yes we love Macrae and Daniel but that era died in September 2021. The new era has arrived - Bont, Freijah, Richards and Libba are the new core in the midfield. We have potentially the best forward in the comp just coming alive. We have speed across every line and an appetite to play quick direct football. We have a will to win the contest and impact the play like we had at our best. We’re relying on depth and role players playing out of their skins but theyre holding on.
The vibe is right - how far can we go this year? I honestly think if we can get some luck with injuries the system we’ve put in place over the past 18 months can take us deep.
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