Losing streaks begin before a team starts losing. Even when we were winning - and before the vets that certain so-called "fans" are so desperate to trash returned - one could see the defence was starting to crumble. There were more giveaways, more missed breakouts and more times where Brodie or Gio had to dance their way out of tricky situations during the last home stand because guys were starting to regress.
The return of the vets is coincidental to that. We lost our mojo because everyone loses their mojo at various points in the season, and because we are a rebuilding squad. That, and it would have been foolish to think players like Josh Jooris were going to stay on a 30-goal pace forever.
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