Fitness should not be a factor. Every team should be fit
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Sydney were down a rotation for at least the entire second half. Last week was just a slogfest, something that suits our plodder side.Don't think fitness is the issue. We ran down two good sides B2B.
It’s also how fatigued we look despite running less km’s.West Coast clocked up 9 more kilometres than us. That makes 5 out of 6 games where the opposition has had a higher distance covered, the only exception being round 1 where we blew Brisbane out of the park with 15km more than them.
It is a bit concerning...
Fitness is partially between the ears.It's never been about physical fitness.
Saw Stuart Graham walk out with Ken at 3 quarter time and thought, we wont run out of legs today, but are we tough enough and skilled enough to win??
Early in the year its was about our mental weakness that has been a huge issue.
We have learnt to win the close ones, as we hardened up.
We didn’t win last night because we were fit enough, we won because umpires paid Ollie an in the back free kick in the goal square and then Rioli molested Dureya…Daddy tell me the story again of how Port ran so far in the Hawthorn game they couldn't possibly run that hard in the Bulldogs game. It's funny.
Our fitness wasn't the problem early, we just hadn't managed the balance of our attacking and defensive games. We have now.
Trial games, bah. Rubbish designed to practice what you learned over summer. Way too much emphasis on their importance.
I think this is a big way in which we play our game.Daddy tell me the story again of how Port ran so far in the Hawthorn game they couldn't possibly run that hard in the Bulldogs game. It's funny.
Our fitness wasn't the problem early, we just hadn't managed the balance of our attacking and defensive games. We have now.
Trial games, bah. Rubbish designed to practice what you learned over summer. Way too much emphasis on their importance.
Fitness is partially between the ears.
If the will is strong enough, the legs will follow.
I saw Billy Ocean being interviewed the other day, prior to him departing the UK for his Oz tour. He wrote and sang about the right mindset needed;A lot of it at this level is between the ears.
Imagine you've just run a marathon and theoretically have nothing left in the tank. You cross the finish line, are completely spent and then see a tiger coming up behind you. You bet your arse you'll find something to keep going.
Our bodies are capable of a lot more physically than what the mind "thinks" we are capable of.
Good job to the players this past 10 in particular for keeping on going when it gets tough.