That was heartbreaking. Sadly I think that is our season effectively done and dusted with no finals football this year. I am bummed about this for a few reasons - It wouldve been great to have built on last years momentum and support, it wouldve been great to have had another finals experience for the players to build on, and I genuine think we can compete with any team in top 8 on our day. But in this comp to succeed you need a lot to go your way, and this season it hasn't unfortunately. We have been chasing our tails since those first 2 losses.
I will say though that after losses this year I havent been frustrated or bummed about it like I have in the past, and that is largely because even with our losses we have put in a hell of a lot of effort. The Titans shitshow aside (maybe the Dragons game too), I genuinely felt like these guys cared and were giving it everything. That wasnt always the case in most seasons past.
Also what has kept my feeling positive about the club is that the future is bright! Take a look at Halasima as an example today! Our pathways will only get better and stronger but we now have some great local kids on the cusp of first grade. We also have a coach that genuinely cares as well but also one who is very astute (yes he will have his naysayers like the majority of coaches) and to me he is our man.
He was gutted in the press conference saying their were plenty of injured bodies "with tears and all sorts of stuff", so its going to be a rough run into the back end of the year. But the optimistic part of me says, this means we will have to give some of these exciting young bucks more game time which can only set us up well for the future.
Just on the game. I thought Capewell was massive out there. Showed his worth today. Also thought that shot on TMM not being called was just bullshit too.
Onwards and Upwards.
I will say though that after losses this year I havent been frustrated or bummed about it like I have in the past, and that is largely because even with our losses we have put in a hell of a lot of effort. The Titans shitshow aside (maybe the Dragons game too), I genuinely felt like these guys cared and were giving it everything. That wasnt always the case in most seasons past.
Also what has kept my feeling positive about the club is that the future is bright! Take a look at Halasima as an example today! Our pathways will only get better and stronger but we now have some great local kids on the cusp of first grade. We also have a coach that genuinely cares as well but also one who is very astute (yes he will have his naysayers like the majority of coaches) and to me he is our man.
He was gutted in the press conference saying their were plenty of injured bodies "with tears and all sorts of stuff", so its going to be a rough run into the back end of the year. But the optimistic part of me says, this means we will have to give some of these exciting young bucks more game time which can only set us up well for the future.
Just on the game. I thought Capewell was massive out there. Showed his worth today. Also thought that shot on TMM not being called was just bullshit too.
Onwards and Upwards.
