SABRE wrote:Normally I couldn’t give a finger load of snot for problems in the Artificial Football League, but I can’t help wondering if
too many foreigners in our plastic teams are the reason for such dismal results. When the fledgling Crows in their very
first battle were thrown up against eventual premier Hawthorn, our locally grown boys stuck it up ‘em like a vet’s
thermometer up a shaky Shih Tzu. The Vic’s didn’t know what hit ‘em, you could hear their clackers clicking at Bordertown.
So that leaves 3 questions …..
1) Do imported players REALLY bleed for the jumper and give 110% at all times for the club AND South Australia ?
2) What is the ratio of home grown/mercenary players in the Crows/Power line-ups ?
3) Could this be the REAL performance problem ?
That first game in 1991 was an aberration. It was a clash between a team who had been pumped up for 6 months for one game, and a team just playing round 1. The Crows were playing for their future that evening and, as history tells us, were not able to sustain the effort .. even for the next match.
Now look to how those home grown lads played against Carlton in round 2.
