Who can put a positive spin on this?

[Elite_Pie]

That OP title sets a challenge, especially minutes after the final whistle, but here goes...

The only way I can see a positive out of Saturday and tonight is if some of our young players learn something from this bitter experience going forward. They do say you learn more in defeat than victory, but we need to see the evidence of that before much longer.

It could turn out to be a positive if our owners and head coach realise that stats and analytics that look good on paper are worth nothing if the other team wants it more. This result added to my worst fears, namely that we are trying to play a computer game rather than a football match. We have obviously done some very detailed research on formations and tactics, but have failed to do what teams with a fraction of our resources have done - assembled a team of battlers. That’s why I can’t join any bandwagons or “choo-choos”, we sometimes look pretty, but when the going gets tough, we roll over and allow limited players to dominate us.

[queenslandpie]

It could turn out to be a positive if our owners and head coach realise that stats and analytics that look good on paper are worth nothing if the other team wants it more. This result added to my worst fears, namely that we are trying to play a computer game rather than a football match. We have obviously done some very detailed research on formations and tactics, but have failed to do what teams with a fraction of our resources have done - assembled a team of battlers. That’s why I can’t join any bandwagons or “choo-choos”, we sometimes look pretty, but when the going gets tough, we roll over and allow limited players to dominate us.

Spot on Elite. I am happy to get on the bandgwagon so to speak and back the manager but I reserve the right to depart from it when we implode in these ways. Right now I am back at the bus stop! We have nice owners who employed a nice manager who employed nice players based on nice stats. The nice needs to stop. Hope IB can turn it around, can't see him being given more than a handful of games to do so.

[uysapie]

Spot on Elite. I am happy to get on the bandgwagon so to speak and back the manager but I reserve the right to depart from it when we implode in these ways. Right now I am back at the bus stop! We have nice owners who employed a nice manager who employed nice players based on nice stats. The nice needs to stop. Hope IB can turn it around, can't see him being given more than a handful of games to do so.

True, nice gets us nowhere in this league.