I was bitterly disappointed. I was also left with a feeling of great apprehension for this week and beyond. Yes, we got the points. But a 3 goal win at home against the hapless Suns is nothing to celebrate. It's even more of a concern considering we kicked the first 6 goals. At that point I was thinking we could do what the Bombers did to the Suns earlier this year. Yet our pressure dropped, our kicking efficiency fell and the Suns (to their credit) played some good football.
As for the pun well at least it's better than 'Eagles Burn Suns' which is both facile and innacurate. We did nothing of the sort.
Our second half was especially poor. After holding a 5 goal buffer at the half, the Suns outscored us in the second and we barely held on.
After the game, Worsfold admitted as much:
"They looked [tired] … the last five or six weeks, it's been pretty full on. They certainly weren't running as well and didn't look as sharp after half-time."
If this is the case, God help us all. Is this the side effect of a high pressure game plan? Is it like selling your soul for a doughnut? Sure, it's nice in the short term but then the devil/fatigue comes a knockin'.
So what does this mean for the remainder of the season. Well, we are 6th on the ladder; 2 wins ahead of 9th spot. I don't know if we rest players or what but we must somehow find a way to re-energise. This week we face Adelaide and that's a must win. The Crows have been awful. It's at AAMI though and we have AAMI issues, despite our win earlier this year.
On an unrelated matter, the Eagles apparently face a dilemna. That's right a dilemna.
Oh by the way Ablett had his 200th on Saturday:
P.S Cox was amazing.
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