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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 3147654, member: 1847"] I've been asking myself that question a lot - what happened during the covid break. Posted it here a while back. Big Pete suggested 2 things. Loss of key players like Bird which was massive, then Fifita, and also we came up against the best teams which exposed us badly. Lack of coordination at a time when we needed it most, building a new spine and Bird being a key element in that. Losing inspirational players progressively, like Fifita, then TPJ, Staggs, Turpin - all pivotal to getting things and keeping things together. A new coach. Players just had the stuffing knocked out of them, and building a coordinated team with all that happening is proving somewhat hard. Losing Bird was massive. He was ultra competitive and had a good football brain. Really needed him Seibold talks about a lack of resilience and he's 100% right. I think losing Macca was also significant in that with Bird and Turps out, we lost a key organising factor around which the team was built, like Macca or not. I think the real test of what we are made of comes when we have the full team back on the park. Changes until then can certainly help although they are not the answer yet until we see how go with everyone back [/QUOTE]

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