Posted November 03, 2024 22:34
· last edited November 03, 2024 22:41
being based in Melbourne and seeing completely shark the bed each time they come regardless of how good or bad the opponent is at the time, it does feel like a mindset issue.. When you talk to Victory or city fans here about the Nix, the general vibe is "Ah, they're the loveable losers". No one really has any negative feelings towards the club as deep down they all know we wont challenge team. Even last season, many on social media were like "Wait till the finals, they will choke" or "cant wait for them to lose when it matters" Ultimately, winning breeds respect among your opponents and oppositions fans, and until the Nix start winning when it counts, they will always be the loveable loser who are just nice, they have nice players, nice coaches, really nice fans who can occasionally have good seasons but you know deep down, wont get over that hurdle...
Jazzy Jeff
This one hits hard because it doesn't feel like that long ago that we were completely deflated by the Victory loss. It's just so frustrating. Lots of people have been saying that we always blow it in the big games, and it always feels like that for all fans when they lose an important match - but for us we genuinely always do. What makes something a big game is hard to qualify, but I had a look at the stats for finals games and finals qualification for all teams across the league over the last 10 seasons and this is how it looks:finals 2.png38.05 KBWe're 5th out of 12 for number of times we've made finals (obviously Macarthur and Western haven't been around for 10 seasons yet), but also 5th for the average point total at the end of the season. Really healthy numbers and shows that mostly, over the last decade, we've been competitive in the league.Finals 1.png55.58 KB Finals 3.png47.45 KB But when it comes to finals games, it's insane how bad we are, even comparatively across the league. It's shambolic that we haven't had a single win in the finals in the last 10 years (only club that can say that), especially given we've played a pretty healthy number of total finals matches. Not only have we not seen the Nix win but we've barely even seen a finals goal. Our goals per game in the finals is beyond belief.
I don't really think I buy into it being a club mentality thing, but it's also SO bad that I don't know if it's just plain unlucky.
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being based in Melbourne and seeing completely shark the bed each time they come regardless of how good or bad the opponent is at the time, it does feel like a mindset issue.. When you talk to Victory or city fans here about the Nix, the general vibe is "Ah, they're the loveable losers". No one really has any negative feelings towards the club as deep down they all know we wont challenge team. Even last season, many on social media were like "Wait till the finals, they will choke" or "cant wait for them to lose when it matters" Ultimately, winning breeds respect among your opponents and oppositions fans, and until the Nix start winning when it counts, they will always be the loveable loser who can occasionally have good seasons but you know deep down, wont get over that hurdle...
Jazzy Jeff
This one hits hard because it doesn't feel like that long ago that we were completely deflated by the Victory loss. It's just so frustrating. Lots of people have been saying that we always blow it in the big games, and it always feels like that for all fans when they lose an important match - but for us we genuinely always do. What makes something a big game is hard to qualify, but I had a look at the stats for finals games and finals qualification for all teams across the league over the last 10 seasons and this is how it looks:finals 2.png38.05 KBWe're 5th out of 12 for number of times we've made finals (obviously Macarthur and Western haven't been around for 10 seasons yet), but also 5th for the average point total at the end of the season. Really healthy numbers and shows that mostly, over the last decade, we've been competitive in the league.Finals 1.png55.58 KB Finals 3.png47.45 KB But when it comes to finals games, it's insane how bad we are, even comparatively across the league. It's shambolic that we haven't had a single win in the finals in the last 10 years (only club that can say that), especially given we've played a pretty healthy number of total finals matches. Not only have we not seen the Nix win but we've barely even seen a finals goal. Our goals per game in the finals is beyond belief.
I don't really think I buy into it being a club mentality thing, but it's also SO bad that I don't know if it's just plain unlucky.
