GT: St Kilda players feeling sorry for themselves

[Thinline]

And all eventually ran out of legs.

[Ice Wolf]

Keeping players switched on after successive Grand Final losses is something GT never had to deal with himself

Exactly.

Heard a story the other day about a bloke who lunched with GT at Vlados, shared a few sherbets with him, eventually, when the booze kicked in, they got talking about THAT season and THAT prelim v Port Adelaide. Question was asked of GT 'You had a great side that year, could have won it given how Brisbane were travelling, but you just could implement a Plan B to stop the rot when Port charged. What was the thinking?"

Thomas said: "Listen, mate. Anyone who reckons anyone's got a Plan B is a f***** idiot. There is no Plan B's. Never was.'

I vote for true.

Paul Roos and Leigh Matthews believe the same thing. As does Mark Thompson.

They also seem to believe that a good defence wins premierships.

[Johnny Member]

Keeping players switched on after successive Grand Final losses is something GT never had to deal with himself

Exactly.

Heard a story the other day about a bloke who lunched with GT at Vlados, shared a few sherbets with him, eventually, when the booze kicked in, they got talking about THAT season and THAT prelim v Port Adelaide. Question was asked of GT 'You had a great side that year, could have won it given how Brisbane were travelling, but you just could implement a Plan B to stop the rot when Port charged. What was the thinking?"

Thomas said: "Listen, mate. Anyone who reckons anyone's got a Plan B is a f***** idiot. There is no Plan B's. Never was.'

I vote for true.

Paul Roos and Leigh Matthews believe the same thing. As does Mark Thompson.

They also seem to believe that a good defence wins premierships.

Definitely.

[dcstkfc]

I agree to a point.

We've certainly dropped off mentally. Some would say that cracks are appearing.

Body language, discipline on-field and off, and on-field effort clearly shows we're not 100% mentally switched on.


Whether that is solely the reason for us being winless and so insipid last week, I'm not sure. But I firmly believe it's a big part of it.

+1

It's not the only reason. But I feel that we aren't good enough to win games of footy when not pretty close to 100% mentally switched on

[Dr Spaceman]

It's gonna be tough fronting up to consecutive interstate games but there is absolutely no doubt that this bye could not have come at a better time.

Time for a big reality check; a heart to heart; a couple of tough weeks on the track and then attack a new 19 game season.

Go Saints!

[asiu]

gt and kevin , back in 11

that'll liven the joint up