We Are Still Mentally Weak

[torch]

We have not changed, we are heading back into the tonnel.

[Judge Roughneck]

Just not skillful enough

[WA Tiger]

Go and search mentally weak on this forum...the hits you get go a long long long way back!!!!!

This is nothing new, we are mentally weak, always have been!!

[TigerTimeII]

agree mentally fragile
things never change

port will flog us

[Tigeritis™©®]

Yes we are.

Nothing has changed in this regard.

Our leaders have been disappointing especially last week and last night.

The club has been spruiking all preseason how we have been training on how to ice a game in the last 2 minutes when in front and they failed to execute the basic fundamentals of defensive mindset you learn in junior footy when I thought they'd been practicing it specifically beggars the questions on our mental application. Really unforgivable if you think about it.

Houli, you'd think he's learnt how to stand goal side of an opponent at a stoppage but continues to make the same mistake week in week out.

Are we dumb? What's the answer? 
Why can't we unearth very good, dour, smart footy players at pick 40+? 
Do we only expect that our first rounders will be any good?
Is our development up to standard? Have we recruited well enough?

Still a lot of unanswered questions so far.

[Gigantor]

just trying to re call what Leigh Matthews when coaching Brisbane once said about playing Richmond.Something along the lines of stay with them for the first quarter and then they almost always buckle.....Unfortunately the same still applies today.what a damning endictment on our football club

[Tigeritis™©®]

just trying to re call what Leigh Matthews when coaching Brisbane once said about playing Richmond.Something along the lines of stay with them for the first quarter and then they almost always buckle.....Unfortunately the same still applies today.what a damning endictment on our football club

Richmond are an egg, crack the shell and its all soft and gooey inside.

Leigh Matthews understood how mentally week we have been and continue to be now.

[Gigantor]

Ta Mr Tigra..I figured lethal had put it way better

[Gigantor]

People say we need more class etc ,and that's true,however I recall John Northey took a team of battlers and had them playing out of their skins ,unfortunately that side was snatched away from swooper by the peanut brigade who ran our football club at that time

[eliminator]

People say we need more class etc ,and that's true,however I recall John Northey took a team of battlers and had them playing out of their skins ,unfortunately that side was snatched away from swooper by the peanut brigade who ran our football club at that time

Agree. Look at the attitude of the players under Northey. Kellaway always stood up as did Broderick and Bond. We need to develop mental toughness and resolve

[Tigeritis™©®]

People say we need more class etc ,and that's true,however I recall John Northey took a team of battlers and had them playing out of their skins ,unfortunately that side was snatched away from swooper by the peanut brigade who ran our football club at that time

Cheers G. 

Actually the last time I recall us being a truly tough, hard, smash and crash footy team was in 94-95 seasons when Swooper was coaching us.

[Gigantor]

Mr Tigra and eliminator isn't that northey type of football what we want to see first and foremost beyond anything else.Get them playing that hungry football first and the rest is just slotting in the pieces

[Chuck17]

Once the media hype is cut through reality hurts doesn't it

[georgies31]

For me our biggest problem is that when the heat is on and pressure cooker we go to water and in our shell.We make stupid decsions ,panic and turn the ball over etc.As for leadership and senior players , I reckon the suns and giants have better players who stand up when the team needs them to and lead by example.

[tigs2011]

agree mentally fragile
things never change

port will flog us

disagree with the last part. I reckon we will beat Port (provided its not a nail biter) and flog Melbourne. We go to water against the good teams far too often though. Hawthorn last year we beat because they aren't a high pressure side. No idea why we have had the wood on Sydney.