We came up a bit short but the mixed emotions continue. There is still a bit to get out of 2023, but is it wrong to start jostling for 2024 position? Time to Restump Podcast yesterday’s big effort but small loss to the Lions.

This intensity and effort we’ve delivered over the past two weeks has to be the base. It has to be the minimum level delivered going forward. If we produced that four-quarter non-stop intensity all year…. we’d be making waves in September.

The conversation has to begin…. Have we uncovered the missing piece of our midfield? Small sample size we know but the job Hayden Young has done the last two weeks in the middle, both offensively and defensively,… it is astonishing!

After LJ’s monster performance, do we need a special RUOK day? Let’s show some compassion and check in on the “we want our kitchen sink back” Luke Jackson critics. They can’t be doing too well.  

Three goals, that could quite easily have been five, in what was arguably his best game has us asking if the persistence and continuity we’ve been calling for, is paying Sam Sturt dividends? 

Sometimes when Freddy kicks miraculous goals, or when you see Sammy Sturt get amongst it, when Jackson puts in a belter and when Hayden Young does the unthinkable… you can a get bit complacent in terms of appreciation for a game such as the one Caleb Serong delivered. The good problem is he does it too regularly! 35 possessions, 14 contested, 10 clearances, 7 tackles…. and he went to another level in the last quarter. He simply cannot be human!    

We lost the game but it didn’t really feel like a loss. Sure, there were areas we still need to tidy up like mid / forward connectivity, the forwards all contesting for the same ball and selling teammates into trouble with unnecessary handballs at times in chains of play…. but we got plenty out of it to work with. As far as defeats go, and as far as we’re concerned, it was an extremely enjoyable contest.

So, enough of this drivel here, lets continue the drivel on the pod. We can’t promise you’ll come away enlightened or even entertained, but if you hold your ears in such low regard, then come along for the listen and join in the conversation. 

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