Quotes from Ernie when we were building towards the team we are now - from last season;
"It's about playing football and trying to stop the long ball playing out from the back and to their credit they were first class.
"Before you can improve with your feet, you've got to improve upstairs.
"I thought last week we should have ground out a draw and this week we did it, that's a big improvement regarding mental toughness."
http://www.sportal.com.au/football/a-league/wellin...
Obviously no player can be expected to be 100% accurate in any facet of the game - it doesn't matter how good they are; the ones that execute a higher percentage are the ones that earn the big bucks. However, if you don't think that when Roly stepped to take the penalty that Burns recent miss against City and the occasion of the game was likely in his mind; then I'm not sure what to say. There is a reason a guy like Kevin Muscat had a ridiculously high conversion rate from spot kicks; technical ability, and yes, mental strength.
Anyway, I don't think we're horribly bad in that regard anyway - I just think our confidence has been knocked a bit after losing a few against two top teams in Sydney and Melbourne. That's natural. It's how we back up next week that will be telling.