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Message: [QUOTE="lynx000, post: 3006724, member: 2065"] After reading the game post last night and then this one, I seem to be getting hit with a big dose of karma after my very negative post after our first round loss last year. From my perspective there was a lot to like about that performance last night, and I always thought that there were a lot of people posting on here that had unrealistic expectations. The facts are: 1. We were up against a side that had not lost a first round game for sixteen years. That is an awful lot of teams that have had their arses handed to them first up by Melbourne. 2. We were playing a clinical side with well developed structures and roles and everyone in their team played to that structure and fulfilled their respective roles. 3. We were playing one of the benchmark sides on their home ground where they are always more difficult to beat. 4. To the contrary of a well-settled and structured Storm, we had a disrupted off-season, and the early part of the pre-season was full of distractions. 5. We have a new coach who is introducing completely new structures which we are still trying to bed down. 6. Our chief play-maker was coming back from off-season surgery and had limited preparation time and it showed. Once again the rust was evident and he can only get better with more game time. 7. Two of our other key players (Bird and Matt Gillett) were coming back from extended injury lay-offs, and the rust showed for both. 8. We lost one of our key strike players in the first few minutes of the game and thereafter played a man down for the rest of the game. 9. We had to replace that key strike player with a young kid who would have less time in the role in training than Jimmy. 10. The manner in which the game was officiated better suited the game style and tactics of our opposition. In light of all of that, I thought that was a pretty good effort last night in the circumstances. What is more important is that there is a noticeable improvement next week and that progresses from week to week. So basically, my view is calm the **** down and enjoy the ride. [/QUOTE]

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