My daughter was sitting with me to watch the game yesterday (she has a bit of a thing for the Morris boys - so the perfect game for her to watch). As the dogs were nearing the line I said to her "they'll go in here". She said "how do you know? They seem to be defending OK". " I said "I just know". Sure enough, 2 plays later, they went over. After the first try I said to her "The bulldogs will score alot of points today".
It was evident from the outset. There was no heart and no commitment.
What disappoints me is the lack of camaraderie in the team. There's no support, no talking or fire in the team throughout the game. It's like not one of the players wants to play with the rest of the team. There's no congrats after a good job, there's no vigorous back slapping after a good tackle, there's just no 'team' in the team. It's like a bunch of individuals who don't know each other turn up on the day to play a game of footy.
There is something definitely missing.