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Re: Game Day 2011 - R9 Western Bulldogs vs WCE
Pessimistic? I'm realistic.
I don't sugarcoat like a lot of posters on this forum. I don't accept crap effort and skill execution simply because "we're a side in transition" ... that's an excuse. Players like Williams, Giansiracusa, Griffen, Picken, Ward, Hudson, Minson and Grant should be doing a lot more than they are.
There's things you can control. Effort being one of them, discipine being the other. We're displaying neither in what is a pretty important game in the context of the season.
Jones and Libba are two of our best players and Stack has been OK too, so my expectations are that the senior players be able to play better than they are.
West Coast haven't suddenly injected elite disposal into their list, but they have injected 110% effort.
If Lake said he still didn't want to play this week, fine.
But why should Higgins/Wood play straight away without playing at Williamstown? I love both of these guys, but expecting them to contribute when they haven't played for 5+ weeks is clutching at straws. Even if one of them was to be used as the sub, and Moles to get a full game, that'd make more sense.
Pessimistic? I'm realistic.
I don't sugarcoat like a lot of posters on this forum. I don't accept crap effort and skill execution simply because "we're a side in transition" ... that's an excuse. Players like Williams, Giansiracusa, Griffen, Picken, Ward, Hudson, Minson and Grant should be doing a lot more than they are.
There's things you can control. Effort being one of them, discipine being the other. We're displaying neither in what is a pretty important game in the context of the season.
Jones and Libba are two of our best players and Stack has been OK too, so my expectations are that the senior players be able to play better than they are.
West Coast haven't suddenly injected elite disposal into their list, but they have injected 110% effort.
If Lake said he still didn't want to play this week, fine.
But why should Higgins/Wood play straight away without playing at Williamstown? I love both of these guys, but expecting them to contribute when they haven't played for 5+ weeks is clutching at straws. Even if one of them was to be used as the sub, and Moles to get a full game, that'd make more sense.
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