by sydney-dog » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:39 pm
I pulled this out of Grant Thomas's article in the age
"We have heard from Neale Daniher that Melbourne has been cruelled by injury. Use of the media to defend performance is something that may appease boards, sponsors and supporters in the interim, but the long-term effect on the playing group can be disastrous. I have no doubt sides can use the injury situation as an excuse and their effort suffers accordingly.
Melbourne is still good enough to deliver acceptable results. I'm not certain Demons fans are as disappointed with the results as they are in the manner they have come.
Adelaide, also, has significant injuries with 18 players out, but I have not heard any reference to its misfortunes.
It has a business-as-usual mentality, as opposed to a what-hope-have-we-got attitude. Victim mentalities don't survive in this competition. I learned that first-hand when I wasn't strong enough at a time last season when we were ravaged by injury. I had to revitalise my thinking before I could effect change in everyone else's mindset"
