You beat me to it DieHard
They spent a fair bit of their ‘bickies’ early, if you spend them early you tend to get rewarded. Where we’re at with the narrative and demand, our players are learning a lot about high-pressure football. I thought they were harder overall, not dramatically but just at a few clinches I thought they were harder. So, we’d like to be harder for a bit longer.
[R Lyon, post match press conference, R6, 2018, extract]
Not sure what 'narrative and demand' means.
Can't argue with his last sentence.