Attitude, endeavor, mindset, weathering the storm, changing the game, playing on our terms etc. etc.
This comes down to LEADERSHIP.
That's when you see the cream rise. Selwood @ Geelong
Watson, Hodge, etc. and the more good leaders you have the less likely these things will happen.
It's clears our leaders are still developing.
Cotchin is still learning the role but he has to learn to get the team to follow him with acts of brilliance. He needs to show all the others whats required. I don't know the team is following
Deledio struggles to shake a tag. Until he can gut run and basically exhaust his opponent he will never get over this. He has to prepared to mentality and physically break them. I don't know if he ever will.
Reiwoldt must find a way to influence a game when its not happening for him up forward. I don't see him running enough. I'd like to see him prepared to run like his cousin does. Defenders are definitely too exhausted to spoil because they can't keep up.
At the moment it seems our leaders just except its not working for them today and stop trying. That sort of attitude filters right throughout the team. No one runs, no one works hard, no one creates, no one fights.
Our leaders aren't mentally or physically capable enough IMO