So I read many disagreeing with my opinion of our leaders this game.
This game was finals like. We we favourites to win and we were playing at a place against a team that has bullied us for more than 30 years.
We needed our leaders to stand up and they failed.
Am I wrong to state that Cotchin hasn't been able to win us an important game yet let alone a final? Show me a great captain and I'll show you one that leads his team to victory.
Rance has won us games but fact remains he failed yesterday and these finals type games a leader needs to stand and win. Riewoldt too failed today.
These blokes failed the team and couldn't produce the goods to inspire their teammates and give them the lift they need.
Reputations are won and lost in finals and these blokes haven't achieved diddly squat unless they can deliver a finals win. Yesterday was a test and they failed it. Simple.
What you say is true but it isn't as simple as you put it. We lost a bit at the selection table. We lost Caddy in the first quarter and that unbalanced us. We allowed their mids to run through without enough of our usual pressure and that mad them able to direct passes at will to Taylor. We weren't coached that well either but the players also didn't respond.
I think your right about selection. Keeping Soldo in the team was a mistake. Nankervis was in effective in his role.
Your right about being out coached too. How they used Dusty was poor and why they didn't change Rances role was silly.
We had a chance to end the hoodoo and stand up against a perennial bully but they failed the test.
A test was presented on the eve of the finals to make a statement, to instill belief and to cement a top two finish and a home final, the three leaders failed in that test. No excuses are necessary.
Teams look at this game and all know how easy it is to make us crumble.
Our leaders have a responsibility to not allow that to happen and show the rest of them that no matter what they'll excel amidst extreme adversity and lead us to victory. Champions do this especially in finals. Unfortunately none of our leaders have been able to produce the goods when it really counts.
