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CibbuanoEagles were 'diabolical': Lynch
June 1st 2008 02:54
WEST COAST needs to figure out how to play four quarters of consistent football, according to key forward Quinten Lynch.
The Eagles snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 50-point win over Adelaide last weekend and were in the contest against Collingwood in the second term yesterday before falling away dramatically after half-time as the Magpies piled on 15 goals to three to record a 100-point win.
Lynch labelled the performance as "diabolical" and said the Eagles can't afford to drop their level of intensity if they want to be competitive.
"It's a very disappointing day – we'll go back and view our game, the second half was diabolical, really," he said.
"It's something we can't afford to do. We'll have to go back, put out heads down, work hard and make amends for it next week.
"We'll go through the game during the week and work out why we went so far off the boil. I suppose you've just got to have intense pressure at the ball, and I think that dropped off after half time.
"To half-time we were level with them, we were maybe three or four goals behind on the score board, but I still think we had the intensity at the ball, but after half-time we just dropped off considerably.
"You can't afford to do that in the AFL, you get found out very quickly, as happened today."
The Eagles snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 50-point win over Adelaide last weekend and were in the contest against Collingwood in the second term yesterday before falling away dramatically after half-time as the Magpies piled on 15 goals to three to record a 100-point win.
Lynch labelled the performance as "diabolical" and said the Eagles can't afford to drop their level of intensity if they want to be competitive.
"It's a very disappointing day – we'll go back and view our game, the second half was diabolical, really," he said.
"It's something we can't afford to do. We'll have to go back, put out heads down, work hard and make amends for it next week.
"We'll go through the game during the week and work out why we went so far off the boil. I suppose you've just got to have intense pressure at the ball, and I think that dropped off after half time.
"To half-time we were level with them, we were maybe three or four goals behind on the score board, but I still think we had the intensity at the ball, but after half-time we just dropped off considerably.
"You can't afford to do that in the AFL, you get found out very quickly, as happened today."
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