In the euphoria of another great victory one thing that wont be mentioned is the victory of the pure footballer over the athlete and structure.We had to sit through another 20 minutes of Burgess sisters drivel again last night lauding 4 blokes who,other than Sam,could not throw a pass if they tried.Frankly,2 of them are reserve graders. Add the sisters to a pack containing Tyrrell, Asotasi, Lima and you see a machine that has no finesse and no ability to adjust.
Compare that to a team containing blokes like Jamie Lyon, Glen Stewart, Daly Cherry Evans, George Rose, Jamie Buhrer, Mark Horo-they look nothing like the prototype of players in their position but they are footballers as are basically our entire side.
They think on their feet and it was so obvious last night as Maguire's structure ran out of ideas. Bellamy got away with it because he has had 3 or 4 greats of the game, Maguire will now need to prove he is more than a one trick pony because he has no such luxury.
The greatest example of a footballer over athlete last night was Gift. His start resembled Steve Mavin yet he did what only a footballer can do and he found a way, something Souths simply couldn't match.
If only we could see more of this footballer dominance, then throw in some interchange changes, ruck interpretation like we have seen in these semis and we could have our great game back with football clubs like us continuing to dominate and fans not feeling the frustration I do each week.
Half way through this season I did not think we had the team to win the GF the way the modern game is played and refereed.
Once again this great team has proved me wrong.
Compare that to a team containing blokes like Jamie Lyon, Glen Stewart, Daly Cherry Evans, George Rose, Jamie Buhrer, Mark Horo-they look nothing like the prototype of players in their position but they are footballers as are basically our entire side.
They think on their feet and it was so obvious last night as Maguire's structure ran out of ideas. Bellamy got away with it because he has had 3 or 4 greats of the game, Maguire will now need to prove he is more than a one trick pony because he has no such luxury.
The greatest example of a footballer over athlete last night was Gift. His start resembled Steve Mavin yet he did what only a footballer can do and he found a way, something Souths simply couldn't match.
If only we could see more of this footballer dominance, then throw in some interchange changes, ruck interpretation like we have seen in these semis and we could have our great game back with football clubs like us continuing to dominate and fans not feeling the frustration I do each week.
Half way through this season I did not think we had the team to win the GF the way the modern game is played and refereed.
Once again this great team has proved me wrong.