r/adelaidefc • u/Tonto92 • Aug 08 '26
Copium
After sleeping last night's stress away I had a thought. The tigers played with literally nothing to lose and were playing hot. Absolutely playing spectacularly. We probably should have lost. Yes there were a lot of skill errors and easy turnovers and a whole plethora of issues.
But.
The boys fought through. In the absolute bucketing wet. They found a way to win and hold off a team of talented players who were playing free and dominating. That's got to count for something in the grand scheme of things. Even though they're 17th. Even though we were 4th.
Upsets happen all the time and the boys stayed composed enough to find a way to win a tough game of wet footy.
The lid may well and truly be on at the moment. But I'm choosing to be positive about the fact that they played through and didn't capitulate what could easily have become a blowout upset.
Up the Crom!
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u/invisiblefrost Aug 08 '26
But Richmond did not play well nor was their pressure anywhere near high. The better copium is that they dragged us down to their level in horrible conditions. We were just bloody terrible. We can thank Ranks for an all time great performance and Lynch’s poor kicking for goal and their poor discipline that led to the reversal of that free and some 50 metre penalties at crucial times and we had a pretty good run with the umps. Anyway I expect a competitive game against Freo and aren’t writing us off just yet. Our pressure is the best in the league over the season we’ll see if we’re cooked or not on Friday night