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TheScriptorWL
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- Jul 11, 2024
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- AFL Club
- Western Bulldogs
BULLDOGS LOSE! Gee, they could have used The Bont Freijah and Sanders Tonight
Anyone saying this doesn't put a major question mark on our form the last few weeks. Is kidding themselves. If we lost by three goals and showed a bit of heart, it would be a different story, It would be a kick up the arse, a loss we needed to have.
But that didn't happen. Crows played great, not taking anything away from them. BUT! We are better than them and the loss today is all mental.
We all feared that when they kicked the first completely uncontested. That the boys would drop our heads and that's exactly what happened. We need that soul again, that grunt, that 2016 swarm mentality that won us a premiership from 7th and had us cleaning house the last few weeks. That's BevoBall, that's the brand we have spent Ten years developing!
All day today our midfielders were 2-5 metres away from the contest. And that's all well and good when our bulls are winning the hard ball's. But when our core group is having a bad day. You have to get in there!
Now that I've got it all out and can think rationally. This was bound to happen off the back of four games we not only won but dominated without taking our foot off the figurative accelerator. But that does not change that the effort was not there today.
OVERLY INDULGENT RANT OVER.
Wait one more! Vandermeer.
Anyone saying this doesn't put a major question mark on our form the last few weeks. Is kidding themselves. If we lost by three goals and showed a bit of heart, it would be a different story, It would be a kick up the arse, a loss we needed to have.
But that didn't happen. Crows played great, not taking anything away from them. BUT! We are better than them and the loss today is all mental.
We all feared that when they kicked the first completely uncontested. That the boys would drop our heads and that's exactly what happened. We need that soul again, that grunt, that 2016 swarm mentality that won us a premiership from 7th and had us cleaning house the last few weeks. That's BevoBall, that's the brand we have spent Ten years developing!
All day today our midfielders were 2-5 metres away from the contest. And that's all well and good when our bulls are winning the hard ball's. But when our core group is having a bad day. You have to get in there!
Now that I've got it all out and can think rationally. This was bound to happen off the back of four games we not only won but dominated without taking our foot off the figurative accelerator. But that does not change that the effort was not there today.
OVERLY INDULGENT RANT OVER.
Wait one more! Vandermeer.
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