The One That Got Away

What a disappointment last Thursday night was for SFC and their supporters.

In a game where SFC were most certainly touted as the underdogs, the Annerly crowd was let down as the the Flatballers were most certainly flat.

On a cold winters night (Queensland standards), the Dojo Mojo asserted themselves right from the word go. Aggressively hucking to their A-Grade mismatches, while continually getting turnovers to their advantage either by way of a defensive playmake, or by way SFC unforced errors.

Internally we kept composed, we properly addressed the issues, and then continually got beat in the air, or made very similar looking mistakes. On a night when the Dojo were in top form, and we forgot to turn up at all... a very lopsided score was the end result.

Congratulations to my old club, the Dojo Mojo, whom have now repeated as Champions, all the while winning the Minor Premiership. To add to their trophy case, the Dojo have come full circle to win the Spirit, and Fatty came outta nowhere to win the MVP race.

SFC do still take some comforts in the game, and most certainly the season of which we are now putting behind us. A season which featured our first semi finals appearance, our first semi finals win, our first 7 game winning streak, our first time to have beaten every team in the competition. Many very exciting firsts.

We now look to the future, and begin to assess our losses and how we might move forward. With Jody gone, and Morgs gone for a year... we are left with two gaping holes in the roster. aL is not yet able to play and will in all likelihood miss at least one more season. Those were 3 integral parts to our success this year. But we are still confident that the system we're working in can recover, be competitive, and improve on this season by one more win.

Having aL, and Mike on our roster will work as recruiting gold. A chance to get some new players to step up, or to perhaps lure away members of opposing teams. We can work new talent into the system knowing that we'll get some of the states best players returning to us in one and two seasons time.

We are very aware of the difficulties involved in winning a championship, even getting back to the big game will be a hell fight. But that is our aim, and we will diligently work towards returning to the big show and redeeming ourselves. We still have our eye on the prize, and though change is abound, we know that it is for the better as Slamtown continues to move forward.

Eeeeere we go!