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I'm not a very frequent poster here and don't impose my views with the robustness of some... but I'm there at the game every week. I stayed till the end today. I do that every week too.
Like most of us I've not seen a premiership or even a grand final. I've been there for all the heartaches and those prelims. But right now I'm quite fearful for our club. We did expect it would be a tough year, a rebuilding year despite what I find ridiculous efforts to not communicate that reality with any honesty. But I looked forward to seeing the development of the kids, ok, some more quickly than others, maybe some inevitably disappoint, but I hoped to see an emerging nucleus of a side that would be strong again, even if it was 3 years down the track.
Instead I see regression in most of the 'kids' ( some are not that young in footy terms), and some senior guys continuing to play in the same way that has failed us for a long while.
I see a game style with no flair, zest, or positive energy. As a supporter who goes every week I feel so disillusioned about having to grit my teeth and brace myself for another dour characterless drubbing when footy should be enjoyable and at least have the hope and romantic dream of a win each week.
There were probably lucky to be 3000 dogs fans there today. We just can't afford to be this bad.
I find myself desperate to hear real answers, a vision that will make sense of where we are at. I want the club to genuinely communicate with me not serve up the rubbish that we had this week from Boyd about everyone being somehow happy with where we're at, as though all would be well if those pesky supporters weren't so demanding. For..a win, sometime soon?
I half wish I hadn't written this but I had to express just how hard it is to be a fan right now and my fear that we might not as a club be able to ride throught this as I just don't feel this is a mere hiccup along the way to a greater good.
Like most of us I've not seen a premiership or even a grand final. I've been there for all the heartaches and those prelims. But right now I'm quite fearful for our club. We did expect it would be a tough year, a rebuilding year despite what I find ridiculous efforts to not communicate that reality with any honesty. But I looked forward to seeing the development of the kids, ok, some more quickly than others, maybe some inevitably disappoint, but I hoped to see an emerging nucleus of a side that would be strong again, even if it was 3 years down the track.
Instead I see regression in most of the 'kids' ( some are not that young in footy terms), and some senior guys continuing to play in the same way that has failed us for a long while.
I see a game style with no flair, zest, or positive energy. As a supporter who goes every week I feel so disillusioned about having to grit my teeth and brace myself for another dour characterless drubbing when footy should be enjoyable and at least have the hope and romantic dream of a win each week.
There were probably lucky to be 3000 dogs fans there today. We just can't afford to be this bad.
I find myself desperate to hear real answers, a vision that will make sense of where we are at. I want the club to genuinely communicate with me not serve up the rubbish that we had this week from Boyd about everyone being somehow happy with where we're at, as though all would be well if those pesky supporters weren't so demanding. For..a win, sometime soon?
I half wish I hadn't written this but I had to express just how hard it is to be a fan right now and my fear that we might not as a club be able to ride throught this as I just don't feel this is a mere hiccup along the way to a greater good.
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