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CibbuanoDockers are confident, says Harvey
June 19th 2008 03:50
FREMANTLE has arrived in Melbourne confident it can all but end St Kilda's finals hopes at Telstra Dome on Friday night.
The Saints have lost their past two games to the Western Bulldogs and Sydney and are a game behind eighth-placed Carlton .
The Dockers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 53-point win over the Kangaroos at Subiaco Oval last Saturday, and coach Mark Harvey said confidence had been restored within the group and that they were looking forward to putting a serious dent in St Kilda's finals aspirations.
"They have set themselves to play finals St Kilda and hopefully we can dismantle that," Harvey said, as the Dockers trained at Princes Park on Thursday morning.
"It just makes a lot of difference to the group when you talk about confidence," he said.
"Sometimes that can follow on into your game and therefore your players are running with a bit more freedom and a bit more than they would if they were still going through that down patch."
Harvey said the Dockers believe the ruck is its best chance to exploit the under pressure Saints.
With Michael Gardiner sidelined with a hamstring injury and Justin Koschitzke doubtful, debutant Ben McEvoy is likely to help teammate Steven King in the ruck.
Harvey suggested that McEvoy will come in for plenty of attention.
"He will certainly know he is playing his first game," Harvey said.
"That ruck strength is something we haven't had because we haven't had Warnock and Sandilands together a lot and it will be interesting to see how that pairing evolves over the last eight to 10 weeks."
The Saints have lost their past two games to the Western Bulldogs and Sydney and are a game behind eighth-placed Carlton .
The Dockers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 53-point win over the Kangaroos at Subiaco Oval last Saturday, and coach Mark Harvey said confidence had been restored within the group and that they were looking forward to putting a serious dent in St Kilda's finals aspirations.
"They have set themselves to play finals St Kilda and hopefully we can dismantle that," Harvey said, as the Dockers trained at Princes Park on Thursday morning.
"It just makes a lot of difference to the group when you talk about confidence," he said.
"Sometimes that can follow on into your game and therefore your players are running with a bit more freedom and a bit more than they would if they were still going through that down patch."
Harvey said the Dockers believe the ruck is its best chance to exploit the under pressure Saints.
With Michael Gardiner sidelined with a hamstring injury and Justin Koschitzke doubtful, debutant Ben McEvoy is likely to help teammate Steven King in the ruck.
Harvey suggested that McEvoy will come in for plenty of attention.
"He will certainly know he is playing his first game," Harvey said.
"That ruck strength is something we haven't had because we haven't had Warnock and Sandilands together a lot and it will be interesting to see how that pairing evolves over the last eight to 10 weeks."
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