As much as last nights game was a complete disgrace we need to remember that those sort of games are going to happen in our search for success. We are young, inexperienced and still very light as a collective. We have shown in the last couple of weeks that we are heading in the right direction but to think that games like last night are behind us is a little premature.
Last night we were out played, out mussled, out coached and umpired out of the game. The Hawks were on from the outset and played the conditions very well just as we played the conditions terribly. We seemed not to want to get in and get our hands dirty. We played dry weather footy and played like we had got ahead of ourselves a little.
For me dropping lots of players after a lose is just not practical at the stage we are at. If there is somebody bashing the door down in the twos then fine but lets not just make changes from the side that has played pretty well in the first two weeks of the year for the sake of making changes just because we lost.
Conca has shown me he is worth persisting with as with Batchlor and Helbig.
Richmond had a bad game last night we all know that but lets take a step backwards and just let these kids play for a while together and I'm pretty sure they will do us all proud. What choice do we have???
It ain't going to happen over night though!!!
