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CibbuanoFinals not a priority, says Worsfold
May 30th 2009 00:45
WEST COAST coach John Worsfold says finals aren't really a priority for the club at the moment.
The Eagles' 41-point loss to Carlton at Etihad Stadium on Friday night was their third loss in a row and with just three wins to their name they face an uphill battle to make the finals.
However finals aren't a focus for West Coast at this stage with Worsfold saying he is keen to continue developing his side's younger players.
“On current form, finals aren’t really a priority for us,” Worsfold said.
“Consistency of effort and improving our skills and decision making are what we’ll be really working hard on throughout this season and also [putting] more games into players.”
Worsfold said he was pleased with how his side fought out the match after a disastrous second quarter in which the Blues kicked 4. to 0.2.
“[That aspect was] definitely encouraging,” he said.
“We’re still nowhere near where we want to be at, but we can’t get Swift up to 45 games in the next week … some parts of what we want to improve on will take time.
“Other parts, like the attitude [were good]. I thought the boys fought on very strongly.”
The Eagles coach admitted his team needed to improve its skill level before it can challenge for a premiership once again.
"We are still well short of what we have to get to in terms of skill errors," he said.
"That is what really hurting us our skill level while under pressure and in particular when under no pressure."
Worsfold was impressed with the debut game of youngster Tom Swift and also praised Mark LeCras who booted six goals.
In some good news for the Eagles, Worsfold said he expects to regain midfielder Matt Priddis for the round 11 clash against Geelong at Subiaco Oval while highly rated young ruckman Nicholas Naitanui will come under consideration for his first game if he can again perform well in the WAFL for Swan Districts.
The Eagles' 41-point loss to Carlton at Etihad Stadium on Friday night was their third loss in a row and with just three wins to their name they face an uphill battle to make the finals.
However finals aren't a focus for West Coast at this stage with Worsfold saying he is keen to continue developing his side's younger players.
“On current form, finals aren’t really a priority for us,” Worsfold said.
“Consistency of effort and improving our skills and decision making are what we’ll be really working hard on throughout this season and also [putting] more games into players.”
Worsfold said he was pleased with how his side fought out the match after a disastrous second quarter in which the Blues kicked 4. to 0.2.
“[That aspect was] definitely encouraging,” he said.
“We’re still nowhere near where we want to be at, but we can’t get Swift up to 45 games in the next week … some parts of what we want to improve on will take time.
“Other parts, like the attitude [were good]. I thought the boys fought on very strongly.”
The Eagles coach admitted his team needed to improve its skill level before it can challenge for a premiership once again.
"We are still well short of what we have to get to in terms of skill errors," he said.
"That is what really hurting us our skill level while under pressure and in particular when under no pressure."
Worsfold was impressed with the debut game of youngster Tom Swift and also praised Mark LeCras who booted six goals.
In some good news for the Eagles, Worsfold said he expects to regain midfielder Matt Priddis for the round 11 clash against Geelong at Subiaco Oval while highly rated young ruckman Nicholas Naitanui will come under consideration for his first game if he can again perform well in the WAFL for Swan Districts.
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