by Dutchy » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:09 pm
Cheers REB, went to a 40th straight after the game with free p1ss....and did I drown my sorrows....only to turn up to see the Bays today with a hangover and go thru it all again....todays hurt more...
anyway, I feared the result could occur yesterday, in the 2nd 1/4 we missed 5-6 EASY shots and would have put some great scoreboard pressure on, Port even started to doubt themselves and sensed there was the opportunity but could put the score on the board, after that we were shot, we havent got any genuine game breakers at the moment and against the best 2 sides we have been found out however against 13 other sides our consistency across is more than competitive...
We failed to convert simple, Thomson and Jones are big holes and will straighten us up next year....9 players yesterday under 50 games and there is some great talent that didnt play yesterday like Thomas, Campbell, Adams, Ross, Hansen...with Simpson the only likely retiree over the next 2 years, things aint looking so bad for the officially ranked 3rd best team this year....that was also the hot favourite for the Spoon
I will add that there is no purpose going defensive in blow out games like Port and Geelong when its a final as % doesnt matter....you have to keep attacking and that leaves you vunerable on the turnover....
Kudos to the Port players for the respect shown to Arch, was a small highlight to see his last game....and to the Port fans that Booed him during the game.....you dickheads...