I don't like this argument. Yes we should probably be losing, but getting consistently belted (yes once happens sometimes) is unacceptable against any teams. And if you think that's unreasonable, the other bottoms teams have certainly managed it thus far. West Coast's fixture was, until this week, almost as hard as ours, but I haven't heard them whinging about it. I've heard them getting excited as they manage to stay in games against much stronger opposition through willpower and effort. They've fought through the adversity of a shit fixture to improve every week, where we have regressed according to my eye test, and to the margins.It could just be that we've gone up against some bloody good top-shelf teams and haven't had room to breathe.
In fact, it feels like since the first half against Freo, we haven't really felt like we could play our style.
Yesterday they proved the fighting spirit matters by finally smashing another lower team when presented the opportunity. Even if we beat Hawthorn, I doubt it will be a dominant performance like that, because in our tough game we haven't earned it. That's what worries me.
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