Did Glenelg even play on the weekend....
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:11 amI know I shouldn't be surprised but the words "Glenelg", and "John Hinge" are mentioned just once, and the "Bays" three times in an article where we won by 13 goals, so much for balanced journalism where all sides of the game are taken into account....
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Barich can not write for sh!t
from todays edition of The Advertiser.....
WEST Adelaide coach Wayne Weidemann has revealed he has given his players professional psychological help to resurrect the club after two-and-a-half disastrous years.
But it failed at the crucial moment on Saturday when, despite staying within three goals of Glenelg at the last break, West completely capitulated as the Bays slammed on 12 unanswered goals in the last term.
Weidemann says there is clearly a mental problem with his outfit, which since contesting the 2003 grand final has hit new lows, winning just one game from 14 this year. Against Sturt the previous week he identified three areas - West was uncompetitive, its skill level was low and decision-making was poor. But he knows the problems run deeper than that. "We've had people come in and talk about their mental states . . . maybe I'll have to sack them for not doing their job," Weidemann joked.
"But unless you can actually carry it out, that's where you get the true belief from. We haven't come back all year from being down and winning a game of footy.
"We can have people talk to the players and you can re-iterate it yourself but it's quarters like the first three that we have to build on. For three quarters we were as good as them. People will read the paper and think 'geez, they got belted', but the score didn't reflect our application for the rest of the game."
Weidemann's hope that the mind sessions had worked flickered briefly when his players showed remarkable fortitude to stay with the Bays when they threatened to blow the game open in the third term.
"I thought the game might have gone then but to come back to within two goals showed character," Weidemann said. "But the last quarter was just a total capitulation."
The players' fragile mental state appeared to hinge on whether Luke Jericho could nail his goal in the first five minutes of the last term, before the Bays' onslaught started.
Jericho battled hard all day on John Hinge and Weidemann by no means blames him but the ball sailing a few inches the other way could have given them a wet sail home.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Barich can not write for sh!t
from todays edition of The Advertiser.....
WEST Adelaide coach Wayne Weidemann has revealed he has given his players professional psychological help to resurrect the club after two-and-a-half disastrous years.
But it failed at the crucial moment on Saturday when, despite staying within three goals of Glenelg at the last break, West completely capitulated as the Bays slammed on 12 unanswered goals in the last term.
Weidemann says there is clearly a mental problem with his outfit, which since contesting the 2003 grand final has hit new lows, winning just one game from 14 this year. Against Sturt the previous week he identified three areas - West was uncompetitive, its skill level was low and decision-making was poor. But he knows the problems run deeper than that. "We've had people come in and talk about their mental states . . . maybe I'll have to sack them for not doing their job," Weidemann joked.
"But unless you can actually carry it out, that's where you get the true belief from. We haven't come back all year from being down and winning a game of footy.
"We can have people talk to the players and you can re-iterate it yourself but it's quarters like the first three that we have to build on. For three quarters we were as good as them. People will read the paper and think 'geez, they got belted', but the score didn't reflect our application for the rest of the game."
Weidemann's hope that the mind sessions had worked flickered briefly when his players showed remarkable fortitude to stay with the Bays when they threatened to blow the game open in the third term.
"I thought the game might have gone then but to come back to within two goals showed character," Weidemann said. "But the last quarter was just a total capitulation."
The players' fragile mental state appeared to hinge on whether Luke Jericho could nail his goal in the first five minutes of the last term, before the Bays' onslaught started.
Jericho battled hard all day on John Hinge and Weidemann by no means blames him but the ball sailing a few inches the other way could have given them a wet sail home.
