They are getting heaps more players to the contest, 3-4 times that qtr there was 1 richmond player and 4 suns players. They are running a lot harder than us.
You can always tell how well a side is traveling by the way they cop goals, we have been coping goals far too easily for weeks now, now even GC are waltzing through the corridor with minimal pressure from us.
This is the important point, and more often than not leads to the second point.
when you see such a discrepancy in numbers to the contest, the result is not too hard to predict.
Even when we're dominating most facets of the game including contested possessions and clearances ala the crows game, we get sliced up way too easily, wasnt happening in the first 6-7 weeks, have really fallen off the wagon with our defensive structures, either that or the opposition have worked us out