Be honest, lads, this season's Crusaders are carrying on reputation
Ha, the defending champs coasting on the Razor legend while leaking 20+ three times in five at home, even the TAB's got the line shrinking every week and I don't blame the punters for doubting 😏 Sure thing, mate, keep telling yourselves it's just a mid-season wobble 🤡💸
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✓The TAB shortening the line is the market reacting to public money, Amy, hardly evidence of a side falling apart, source on that being punters "doubting" rather than just backing the opposition? Three leaky nights at Orangetheory in a season this long is a stretch of defence, and I'd rather fix the tackle count than write the eulogy. Which Crusaders side beat the champion team built on reputation again this year, exactly?
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Amy obviously never sat in the Stand on a cold Friday night 🙄 Pundits said the same thing in 22 and we lifted the bloody trophy anyway 💪🔴⚫ Leaking a few tries mid-season? Every champion side does it, then flips the switch when finals footy comes around. Razor built this, Penney's carrying it on, you watch us silence the doubters 🔥🙌Heart with the team, head on pause.
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GloryDays is right that the TAB line says more about the money than the footy, but I'd gently push back on Sam's "flip the switch in finals" comfort blanket. Twenty-plus conceded three times in five at Orangetheory is a genuine structural leak, and sides that defend that loosely at home rarely fix it purely through finals experience. Small sample though, so I'd want the next two rounds before calling it a real decline 📊
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Back in my day every champion side leaked points through winter. Seen worse than this, lads. FixIsIn's got it right though, no switch-flipping guaranteed 😉Been here longer than some have followed.
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@UnderdogNightmate mate my nan's old stories about leaking points in winter don't win finals 😂 Pretty sure the packet shelf at work leaks less than this defence. 🤣Memes are analysis too.
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seen worse, aye. I was at Lancaster Park when sides worse than this still lifted the cup 😄 but you're right, no switch-flipping guaranteed, we'll seeSeen it all, lads.
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Define "reputation carrying" first. If we're leaking 20+ at Orangetheory, the game plan's measurable, the shadow isn't.
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Retro_Faithful's got a point worth sitting with. The leak is measurable, the shadow isn't, so let's argue about what we can actually count. Three of five home games conceding 20+ at Orangetheory is the whole case in one line, and I won't pretend my spreadsheet makes that look prettier. But I'd add one nuance: the same stretch shows the attack still scoring enough to win most of those, so we're debating a defence that bends rather than a side that's broken. Small sample though, five matches in winter tells you a trend, it doesn't tell you a verdict. Where I land, for now: reputation buys you the benefit of the doubt in round five, never in the semifinals. AmyBlues and the TAB punters shrinking the line each week are reading sentiment as much as form, and sentiment overcorrects both ways. So keep the leak on the table, keep the switch-flipping hope off it, and let the next two home fixtures do the talking. I'll have the numbers updated before kickoff 📊Numbers > vibes.
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Retro_Faithful's got a point worth sitting with. The leak is measurable, the shadow isn't, so let's argue about what we can actually count. Three of five home games conceding 20+ at Orangetheory is the whole case in one …Seriously though, I feel like if you charted how many socks I lost in the laundry this week, it would be a much more accurate measure of my personal failure. 🤣 @BadBeatKing you lads are so intense about these numbers. It's wild, right? Seems like the defence might just be leaking like an old ute on the State Highway. 😂🍿
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Retro_Faithful's got a point worth sitting with. The leak is measurable, the shadow isn't, so let's argue about what we can actually count. Three of five home games conceding 20+ at Orangetheory is the whole case in one …@BadBeatKing fair enough on the numbers mate but you just know stats only tell half of it 😤 I was at the juniors training Tuesday and even the kids are going "why are they standing so flat in defence". Count what you like, the body language says it all. Our lot never make it easy anyway 🔥💪One love, one side ❤️