I don't need to re-iterate how bad a week we have had. Joel to the Roosters, Wiki to the Warriors, Statue to Wigan. It seems we could have kept Ruben if we bought him a car. :shock: Then we cop a mother of a hiding to a red-hot Panthers side.
Usual response - sharpen the knives. The players are shit, sack Judas, Elliott has to go.
The way I look at it, there are two ways to deal with adversity. There is the soft option - to fall apart. To start bickering, to start pinning the blame on people. To call for radical changes. To give up on the idea of 'patience' and act irrationally and reactively. I think on the field the Raiders did that last night. I hope that is not what is happening in the boardroom.
But I think that is happening amongst the fan base.
I say we choose the second way to deal with adversity - to face it and make us stronger. Use the fact that those players are leaving as motivation to send them out a winner. To see the silver lining that gun youngsters like Nathan Smith will fill the void. To HAVE FAITH that Elliott and co. will do the job.
Last night was not good but I think the only way to stay positive is to treat it as an aberration. Look at 3 weeks ago against Brisbane, one of the great wins in recent times. It can be done. We know we are better than last night's effort, and the key point is that unless the Raiders stay united you can write off more than this season. Never forget the old motto 'disunity is death.'
So get out there and go to a game. Go to several games. Scream your lungs out for the Raiders. Go and thank the players after a game, or go and say hi. Send an email of encouragement. Do something. Just don't get negative. Because its just a downward spiral from there.
Its easy to be negative. But are you strong enough to be positive??
Some of you may think I'm a gibbering idiot. But I will never let the faith that the Raiders can get the job done waver.
HAVE FAITH IN THE GREEN MACHINE!
Usual response - sharpen the knives. The players are shit, sack Judas, Elliott has to go.
The way I look at it, there are two ways to deal with adversity. There is the soft option - to fall apart. To start bickering, to start pinning the blame on people. To call for radical changes. To give up on the idea of 'patience' and act irrationally and reactively. I think on the field the Raiders did that last night. I hope that is not what is happening in the boardroom.
But I think that is happening amongst the fan base.
I say we choose the second way to deal with adversity - to face it and make us stronger. Use the fact that those players are leaving as motivation to send them out a winner. To see the silver lining that gun youngsters like Nathan Smith will fill the void. To HAVE FAITH that Elliott and co. will do the job.
Last night was not good but I think the only way to stay positive is to treat it as an aberration. Look at 3 weeks ago against Brisbane, one of the great wins in recent times. It can be done. We know we are better than last night's effort, and the key point is that unless the Raiders stay united you can write off more than this season. Never forget the old motto 'disunity is death.'
So get out there and go to a game. Go to several games. Scream your lungs out for the Raiders. Go and thank the players after a game, or go and say hi. Send an email of encouragement. Do something. Just don't get negative. Because its just a downward spiral from there.
Its easy to be negative. But are you strong enough to be positive??
Some of you may think I'm a gibbering idiot. But I will never let the faith that the Raiders can get the job done waver.
HAVE FAITH IN THE GREEN MACHINE!
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