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CibbuanoGeelong clash massive for Roos, says Brayshaw
June 5th 2008 05:53
NORTH MELBOURNE chairman James Brayshaw says Friday night's clash against Geelong at Telstra Dome is a massive game as the club continues to build on its recent momentum.
Brayshaw said the the Kangaroos needed to make the most of their limited opportunities on the Friday night stage.
"It's a massive night for us. Friday night football is huge. We like to think we put it on the map," Brayshaw said on Thursday at a sponsor's function in St Kilda.
"We don't get too many cracks at it these days so we want to make a big impact when we do."
The Kangaroos were thumped to the tune of 106 points by Geelong in last year's first qualifying final, and Brayshaw said he expected a more a committed effort from the 22 players who take the field this weekend.
"We were humiliated by Geelong in the finals last year. They were much better than us," Brayshaw said.
"They obviously played much better than us. One-hundred-point (defeats) are not good enough in September."
"Friday night it's a huge stage, there'll be a huge crowd there. Really, we've got to measure up."
Brayshaw, who was praised earlier in the week by AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou earlier in the week for his role in turning the Kangaroos' fortunes around, said the the club was making good progress but still had a lot of work to do to secure their future.
"Andrew was very complimentary during the week. They are the people who run the competition and we need their support," Brayshaw said.
"It was very nice to hear what he said but I don't want anyone to think we don't have a huge amount of work to do."
"We've got 30,000 members. We need that for another four years and then we can really bed down long-term sponsorship support."
"We need to get a much better stadium deal than we've got at the moment."
"We've still got a huge amount to do but it's nice to have them saying nice things."
Brayshaw said the the Kangaroos needed to make the most of their limited opportunities on the Friday night stage.
"It's a massive night for us. Friday night football is huge. We like to think we put it on the map," Brayshaw said on Thursday at a sponsor's function in St Kilda.
"We don't get too many cracks at it these days so we want to make a big impact when we do."
The Kangaroos were thumped to the tune of 106 points by Geelong in last year's first qualifying final, and Brayshaw said he expected a more a committed effort from the 22 players who take the field this weekend.
"We were humiliated by Geelong in the finals last year. They were much better than us," Brayshaw said.
"They obviously played much better than us. One-hundred-point (defeats) are not good enough in September."
"Friday night it's a huge stage, there'll be a huge crowd there. Really, we've got to measure up."
Brayshaw, who was praised earlier in the week by AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou earlier in the week for his role in turning the Kangaroos' fortunes around, said the the club was making good progress but still had a lot of work to do to secure their future.
"Andrew was very complimentary during the week. They are the people who run the competition and we need their support," Brayshaw said.
"It was very nice to hear what he said but I don't want anyone to think we don't have a huge amount of work to do."
"We've got 30,000 members. We need that for another four years and then we can really bed down long-term sponsorship support."
"We need to get a much better stadium deal than we've got at the moment."
"We've still got a huge amount to do but it's nice to have them saying nice things."
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