In Toronto, we have all the major sports and there are always games to watch.
Talent comes and goes from season to season. You hope to take title opportunities when you have a strong team, and play every game tough even when you are the underdog.
Effort, over a long season, can vary. Players are human and get tired like anyone else, plus are often dealing with minor injuries that affect their play.
But, then there are mental mistakes. One of our baseball commentators always says "look at the scoreboard, it tells you everything you need to know". So, when it's 1-1 and your team is on the ropes a bit in a presumptive six-pointer with 10 minutes gone in the half, it's pretty clear that it is not the time to head butt someone. So very stupid of LC.
And, when you look at the scoreboard in the 85th minute and see 1-1 and one man down, the keeper should become the king of shithousery. Fall on the ball. Roll around like you've been shot. Get up and hoof it into the stands. Neto already was on a yellow, he wasn't getting a second one for timewasting. The scoreboard clearly tells you not to play out from the back with a killer pass up the middle ..... quickly!!
These are mistakes that cost us a point or three in a season where it appears (surprisingly to me) that we are in a relegation fight.
I hate mental mistakes!!