I needed a break after that game but have just caught up on everything.
You know, I kept saying in the lead-up to the game that I actually felt really optimistic, and I thought the guys would turn up, emotional and fired up, and actually put out a decent performance, building on the Sharks game. Well, never again. I get my hopes up and this team just absolutely breaks my heart. Never again will I be optimistic about a game or believe we can do it until they really start to show something. Until then, they can get f**ked. I'm so off them right now, so off them.
That really was a horror night. We knew it was going to be tough and be a huge mountain to climb so I would have taken a loss where we still played well, put in some real effort but just got outclassed. But what happened couldn't have been further from that. We did that for probably 20 minutes of the game, but the other 60 can only be described as diabolical. I have never seen such a lack of effort or application in a defensive line before. No attention to detail, no one putting their bodies on the line, it was like no one cared. The missed and ineffective tackle count is just mind-blowing. I have said in past games this year that we hold the ball and complete okay, our defence is much better. Well, you certainly can't say that for this one. We held the ball but still just folded like a turnstile. So disappointed, I really thought we'd begin to show something.
Our attack was actually okay. As I mentioned before, we actually completed okay and managed to crack them a number of times. We looked really good down the left and asked plenty of questions. The period in the second half where we fought back was magnificent, honestly some of the best Footy we've played this year. But I thought to myself, what's the bet someone will do something, and the momentum will flip. You can read this side like a f**king book and that's exactly what happened.
As bad as it gets really, and we have now hit rock bottom surely. The thing is, it was all the exact same problems that have been happening for a year now. I can't take it anymore and I've had enough. Even Anzac Day couldn't get the players up. What a disgrace.
I was absolutely shattered on Thursday night and I still am. That really hurt and it doesn't get much worse. What the f**k has happened to our great club? Seriously. I don't even know what to say anymore.
