Wings Clipped
About a month ago I was tentatively predicting a West Coast demise. Surely now even the strongest of supporters must be worried.
A near 100 point loss could have been so much more if Port Adelaide had kicked straighter.
I caught most of the last quarter and it looked like one of those day when nothing worked. As if they were in quicksand, they more they fought the deeper they got. Even Premiership player, Adam Selwood, was making uncharacteristic errors. One in the forth quarter led directly to a simple Port goal.
Yes, the Eagles are undermanned having only 26 players to choose from, this is a real test of their depth. Chris Judd played but was still hampered by a groin complaint and had little impact on the match.
A trend I have noticed though is that teams bounce back from big losses while the winners are usually a bit flat the next week. So guess who the Eagles are playing this week?
mmmm.... dammit it's my team, Sydney, and it's played at Subiaco. Maybe we'll be the setters of a new trend.
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Hopefully it'll be a pearler of a game this weekend. Good luck - just not too much. :P
(On the Port game, I don't reckon "test of depth" is quite accurate. To test depth, the second-stringers who usually come in when first 22 players are injured need to be fit.)
Hi Tim,
(off-topic)
Just letting you know that The AFL Player Spectator has re-located:
http://the-speccy.blogspot.com
Cheers,
-Greg.
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