Keep your head up Dingo, there's still 13 rounds to go and the competition is topsy-turvey.
No doubt it is, and I’ll always support the team and watch each week but if we just say “oh but the comp is so even” then we’re just begging to maintain mediocrity. Just because the comp is topsy-turvey doesn’t mean we should be blowing 16-0 leads to spoon contenders. Canberra are 11-3, there’s proof you can still be very strong in this close competition, and that’s what we should be striving for. Reality is we are still just not good enough, haven’t been for years and years and if we are going to make excuses by saying that the comp is so even down where we are sitting, then we are providing a way to avoid accountability to those who aren’t leading us in the right direction and we will continue an endless cycle where the club stays far from success.
I always think “oh well 9th isn’t too bad there are a few teams similar to us and we can get a few wins in” but that way of thinking is exactly why we don’t change. Gosh, imagine Melbourne were 9th, I can’t imagine the outrage. Why don’t we have that accountability? I see no reason why we can’t also be 11-3 right now.
If you fight for mediocrity you can keep mediocrity. If you fight for more than that, you can get more than that.
I appreciate you’re trying to remain positive, I want to as well, but I’m starting to realise that all it does is push the serious issues we have further under the rug.
Just the way I see it currently