Shane Edwards [merged]

[WA Tiger]

So how do we think our "elite" player went today, when the "elite" should stand up??

[WilliamPowell]

So how do we think our "elite" player went today, when the "elite" should stand up??

poor WAT

Don't single him out. He had plenty of mates

So if you're going to whack him suggest you go to a number of other threads and do the same to all the others who didn't show up

[WA Tiger]

So how do we think our "elite" player went today, when the "elite" should stand up??

poor WAT

Don't single him out. He had plenty of mates

So if you're going to whack him suggest you go to a number of other threads and do the same to all the others who didn't show up

Yeah I know mate, god, what a day. I actually think he played better than most but he is clearly not at the level his stats indicate, that's what I was aiming my post at more so... 

[WilliamPowell]

I thought he was poor but I thought most of them were with half a dozen being nothing but shocking

[WA Tiger]

I thought he was poor but I thought most of them were with half a dozen being nothing but shocking

Yeah agree, they really just didn't come to play...I think fatigue has a lot to do with it to. After doing what they did for 9 weeks and the wins they achieved they just looked a bit burned out.

[Eat_em_Alive]

So how do we think our "elite" player went today, when the "elite" should stand up??

poor WAT

Don't single him out. He had plenty of mates

So if you're going to whack him suggest you go to a number of other threads and do the same to all the others who didn't show up

Reckon the majority of the team lay down and gave up before we started.
Agree with WP cant single titch out

[Judge Roughneck]

At least sedwards had the pace and guile to chase and at least get close to the port player in possession and put on some kind of pressure to disrupte the chains

Unlike the white plodders that jogged 15 Meyers behind

[Chuck17]

Extremely poor form to single one player out on that performance

[eliminator]

At least sedwards had the pace and guile to chase and at least get close to the port player in possession and put on some kind of pressure to disrupte the chains

Unlike the white plodders that jogged 15 Meyers behind

Agree. His disposal was okay as well. Thought he tried. Not the worst player on the field.

[Diocletian]

Trade whilst his value is highest. Same goes for Conca.

[Andyy]

Edwards never called himself elite. Some peanut at a newspaper did.

He's just an honest B grade footballer...

[Penelope]

I thought he was poor but I thought most of them were with half a dozen being nothing but shocking

Yeah agree, they really just didn't come to play...I think fatigue has a lot to do with it to. After doing what they did for 9 weeks and the wins they achieved they just looked a bit burned out.

For once WAT i agree with you 100%

You have nailed it precisely. I half expected this to happen, whether it was this week or next, or whenever. somewhere the hard grind of the past 2 months was going to catch up with us.

There was an article published (earlier in the year i think) that highlighted how teams performed poorly the week after travel.

This year we have been very flat each game after travelling, but have been lucky to come up against bottom sides, which obviously doesnt happen in finals.

After that hard slog in the wet against sydney and a run of 9 straight wins, i didnt build my hopes up with high expextations.

dissapointed? yes, but not surprised, nor devastated.

[WA Tiger]

I thought he was poor but I thought most of them were with half a dozen being nothing but shocking

Yeah agree, they really just didn't come to play...I think fatigue has a lot to do with it to. After doing what they did for 9 weeks and the wins they achieved they just looked a bit burned out.

For once WAT i agree with you 100%

You have nailed it precisely. I half expected this to happen, whether it was this week or next, or whenever. somewhere the hard grind of the past 2 months was going to catch up with us.

There was an article published (earlier in the year i think) that highlighted how teams performed poorly the week after travel.

This year we have been very flat each game after travelling, but have been lucky to come up against bottom sides, which obviously doesnt happen in finals.

After that hard slog in the wet against sydney and a run of 9 straight wins, i didnt build my hopes up with high expextations.

dissapointed? yes, but not surprised, nor devastated.

Where is al and what have you done with him...

Yep I was exactly the same going into this game and I wasn't surprised at the loss or the margin either. Likewise I didn't build myself up either.

[Willy]

Port travelled to Perth and played a close, finals-like game against Freo the week before.

[Penelope]

rnd 1 Richmond travelled - following week fell over the line in a game reminiscent of a game held in a special school yard.

rnd 5 travelled - following week were totally flat a bereft of run. worst game of the season (up till then) and smashed by a side we had a good record against in recent times.

rnd 10 travelled- the following week played our worst game in 3-4 years. were flattered by the scoreboard in what as a sickening display that bought back memories of the capitulations under Wallace.

rnd 18 travelled- the following week fell over the line against a bottom side who were on the road themselves. another very flat performance.

rnd 21 travelled = the following week did the bare minimum against a bottom side. showed glimpses at times during the game, but overall another flat performance.

rnd 23 travelled- following week...well no need to expedite on that, but you could see early on they were very flat.

see the pattern?

also that article i mention, didnt say that teams that travelled lost the following week each time or were always poor, just that there was a trend towards it.

Port had their flat spot during the middle of season and were building momentum heading towards the finals, probably playing better footy than at the start.

we played pox at the start and were on a record winning streak. winning streaks nearly always come to an end and fatigue was always going to be a factor somewhere along the line, and history shows when it happens in finals it generally isn't pretty.

there was no way i was getting my hopes up. i was hoping the fall would a bit later and be not so spectacular, for want of a better word, but i was expecting it.