well i went to the game believeing we'd win or at worst lose in a close game
as we'd get that same full four quarter effort we saw against norwood, first half i thought we had as much of the ball as central but they did it a lot smarter, cleaner & with confidence than us, in hindsight perhaps boyds goal (cd's 2nd i think) when he hi fived a spectator was the writing on the wall, anyway by halftime i actually thought we could still win given i thought we had got enough of the ball but burnt it way too often & central didn't have a bench, however we just rolled over & died, no spark no just have a crack, no anything just players going through the motions, i think we had one winner & that was ruory kirkby, while it is one game in a long season it proves that mentally we are beaten before we start & reading the snouts there is talk that a coaching panel member said we can't seem to be able to work them out even after watching them for a number of years.....ffs it is obvious what they do they work harder & go forward & bloody put in for an entire game with a never give in attitude, rather than just giving up
as for the ''main challengers'' as mentioned above we weren't beforehand & certainly not now, there is no doubt in my mind barring injuries that central will play wwt in the grand final they are clearly the best 2 teams & there is a gap to the rest headed by west, bays around the middle of the 'pecking order'
