No it wasn't. We kept them out for the bulk of the game. It's just the combination of fatigue and a supercharged, nothing to lose all out attacking team coming at us with options that stuck. It only needed one of those passes in the last 8 mins to find the ground and we were home. Just one pass, but on the night it didn't happen and we couldn't stop them. It happens every so often and it happened to us. So unless Pay sent a message out to stop trying then I can't see how you can link what happened to him being a shit coach. Of course he is going to look for a positive in public. he doesn't have the benefit of being a nark on the keyboard, he has to pump them up for the next game. Tell me, how many comps has Ricky won in the last 15 years by telling the world his players are shit? Seems like he is on the same score as Pay. If the team was good enough to get 14 in front I can't see how it is a shit team.
For mine, the past 2 weeks have been the most enterprising footy we have played in 5 years and if it keeps building we will be a force sooner rather than later. Yes there is still plenty to be done but for the first time in a long time we are showing signs of improvement and I for one am not going to knock it.