I joke with mates every year that the Easter Fri game vs Souths is always the annual get ass-raped by refs game. It happens without fail, every.single.year. It's the same guy and it's the same story. So as a club we either shrug our shoulders and say oh well or we actively address it. In the lead up, in the post game, whatever. Fines be damned, bring attention to it because it's turning into a pisstake now just like the club itself.
Of course the officiating is just one part of it. The other part is this team has zero mental resolve. Something goes against them and they all fold like origami. The next 6 weeks will really tell the tale. There have been glimpses despite the smashings and believe it or not it is something we can build on if the team have properly bought into what the coach is selling. If not, then Gus needs to make the hard call and hire a coach that is an actual leader of men and not someone who's probably better suited on a Fox panel worrying about his make up instead of how to galvanize a struggling footy club.