round 16: post game wrap

have to admit it was a good game to watch...CROWS vs PIES but that's the way i like it. prefer to watch a great game than see a thrashing like SWANS over GWS. what a huge percentage boost to sydney and what a huge demoralising loss to GWS who seemed to have gone backwards. the question remains...will they actually win a game this season? from this viewpoint it looks highly unlikely and i wonder how many teams have just done that, played an entire season without winning a game?

     well some teams would be wishing the season was over right now. it has pretty much panned out how i expected with the first six spots cemented, well it looks like seven actually with one left up for grabs which will at least make it interesting and motivating for those few left who have yet to claim it. some teams have been a surprise like the POWER and some have been disappointing after being expected to repeat last seasons efforts, any guesses? and that is not undermining the CROWS it is just a fact. it was an unfortunate blow for them to lose dangerfield to an injury which affected his capacity to play out the game fully. but hey they took it to them but i suspect fitness also has a lot to do with it which is a view shared by others too.

      well,well well what can i say but nine from nine this week and that was with the toss of a coin. ha funny isn't it? i wouldn't be the first one to fluke their footy tips and yes there are those winners who know absolutely nothing about football at all and still manage to win their workplace competition. must annoy those die hards? hee, hee but i guess sometimes there is no place for over analysis and you just have to go with your gut feeling or with some other strategy. 

      i went to the game. my gut feeling was unclear. i thought we would be in with a chance if we played as is but in the end we were taught a lesson. got off to a slow start but came back with a strong second. roughead hurt us and westhoff's absence was clearly felt. his versatility, run and height would have helped no doubt. the hawks are a good team with or without buddy franklin. they were strong, physical and basically played the game how we have been playing it. we just went missing for periods and certainly we had our opportunities but being put under tough pressure showed us reverting to over using the ball and making errors. the frustrating thing was watching us gain ground and kick a goal only to lose that advantage almost immediately as hawthrorn just continued to answer us. oh well no point lamenting, the signs are there for sure and i am still comitted to feeling and being optimistic. patience is the key which will unlock the POWER into a side to be reckoned with. we are rebuilding there is no doubt about that. starting again with the goal of transforming into a better, stronger and far more competitive side with a clearer vision for the future. 
     and viewers i get that because i have been doing that myself, i have been in that rebuilding phase...rebuilding a life for myself and my children during the past three years. after having been part of a losing team for far too long i finally called it quits. in hindsight it felt like i was the first draft pick that went to the wrong team that just wasn't the right fit. and yes i went along to try it out and had moments of my best but really i never reached that cliche known as ones full potential. so now it is time to move into the next phase. and maybe this time i will be part of a team that is the right one for me. i love to play and that is the key...playing because you love to not because you are making up the numbers. 
goodnight, FFFXXX.