Meaningless wins in season junk time don't build a winning culture and never have, whether you're wooden spooners or premiers, once the new season begins, the past is another country. How many times have we finished strongly after the season's shot only to fall in the same old poo heap the following year? All we do is get ahead of ourselves again, gloss over the real problems and take it easy in the off season again. Playing well when the pressure's off has never been our issue.
Rest of this year should be about finding out about the whole list and planning for next year and beyond. , Melbourne & Port have shown that you can change things almost instantly simply with better coaching, smarter list management and above all demanding higher standards, regardless of how many games you won the year before.