John Longmire is aware of he has about 48 hours to mope round his home after Sydney’s AFL season ended with their six-point elimination closing loss to Sydney.
Then it is again on the horse for the person nicknamed “Horse”.
Longmire was left lamenting a poor second time period and dangerous goalkicking after the Swans recovered from a poor begin to almost overrun Carlton on Friday night time on the MCG.
But spouse Shelley will ensure that Longmire is not lamenting for lengthy.
“The game forces you to get back to work – the game and my wife,” Longmire stated after the 11.8 (74) to 9.14 (68) loss.
“I sit at home and feel sorry for myself for a day or two and I soon get the message to get out there and get on with it.
“Everyone’s laughing, everybody is aware of how that feels – get on with life.”
While they had four more scoring shots, Sydney kicked a wasteful 9.14 against Carlton.
As Longmire places it, they had been additionally “smacked” in contested possessions during the second quarter and the Blues led by nearly five goals at the main break.
But after Geelong thrashed them in last year’s grand final, Sydney recovered from a horror run of injuries and a poor start to the season, eventually making the top eight.
They have a solid group of younger players and look in good shape.
Longmire knows all about adversity, going through plenty of setbacks as a player before playing in North Melbourne’s 1999 premiership side.
He says finals heartbreak could serve the Swans well.
“I used to be there as a participant, I realized some onerous classes within the early ’90s, some actual powerful ones – some actual heartache,” he stated.
“You can discuss it and attempt to share your experiences, however generally the lived experiences are those you be taught essentially the most out off.”
Longmire added that he would much rather Sydney have lost the elimination final than not make the top eight.
“What I’d slightly do is attempt to climb the mountain and fail, than by no means get to the bottom and never have a crack at it,” he stated.
“If we fail – I should not name it ‘fail’ – if it does not work, or we attempt to get excessive and we do not find yourself succeeding, we stand up subsequent week and check out once more.
“I’d rather do that than not have a crack at all.”
He stated Sydney are making stable progress as they alter to life with out star ahead Lance Franklin, who retired close to the top of the season.
“We’re going okay. You never replace a Lance Franklin, everyone knows that,” he stated.
“We need another pre-season where we’ll have a go at the young key forwards we have.
“It takes a little bit of time.”
He also noted that about half Sydney’s team against Carlton were aged 24 or under.
“We’re nonetheless a younger staff. We have not received every part proper but,” he stated.
“It’s nonetheless a constructing group. They’re studying – powerful classes, no less than they’re studying them in finals.”
Apart from Franklin, ruckman Tom Hickey additionally performed his final sport on Friday night time.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
