Quote Originally Posted by stopper2 View Post
You do realise that Suns and Kotara have been around for years, this is only Croatia's fourth year back as a club yet you expect us to be as strong as them across 3 grades. Don't worry about our culture mate, in those 4 years we have built a strong winning mentality in 1st grade...everyone when they play against us lifts and want to beat us which makes us raise our standards even higher.
Lastly it's kind of funny that you mentioned the results against the Suns. Now wouldn't you think that because we accounted for the Suns so easily in 1st grade as did they on our Reserve grade team that possibly they have Reserve grade players that should be playing 1st grade Lol?
Ultimately a club lives and dies (regarding pro/rel) by it's 1st grade results so you can keep analysing why Croatia's lower grades aren't in your opinion as strong as they should be.
Well no because if Suns 1sts played their own ressies they probably win by 3 goals. However if Croatia 1sts played their own ressies you would put double figures past them.

At the end of the day you have done what you needed to do and that is get first grade up to standard for promotion. So congratulations on that. However really by the standards your firsts have set your lower grades should not only be playing finals football but be right in the hunt for premierships as well. From the outside looking in and going off results it just seems as though all focus has been on firsts and the rest of the club has been neglected. Therefore I think other clubs have a better culture especially amongst the playing group.