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CibbuanoNear enough not good enough: Eade
May 23rd 2009 00:39
THE Western Bulldogs may have put in their best performance of the season on Friday night against Geelong at Etihad Stadium but near enough enough is not good enough according to coach Rodney Eade.
The Bulldogs were denied what would have been a fairytale win in Jason Akmeranis' 300th game when skipper Brad Johnson missed a set shot after the siren.
"We didn't come here to have an encouraging loss and push the top side who have belted everyone, we came here to win," Eade said.
"Honourable losses don't really count for anything on the scoreboard do they?"
"Playing a great shot in cricket and getting caught an inch off the ground doesn't mean you played a good shot, it means you're out."
Eade refused to blame Johnson for the loss and said it was his side's inability to play consistent football for the full four quarters which cost it victory.
"He was beating himself up a bit, he takes it personally but it's not just one act which wins or loses you the game," he said.
"I thought for the main tonight, in 120 minutes, 105 minutes of it was pretty hard (and) intense."
“Individually and as a team we worked extremely hard but probably a couple of 10 minutes bursts cost us.”
"I don't think we've got as many stars as other teams - what I'd call A-graders - but we are a pretty even side and we need a consistent effort across the board from every player and I think we got that in the most part tonight."
Eade also lamented his side's poor kicking for goal in the third term.
“They were 37 [points] up and we kicked 3.5 for the rest of the quarter, four of those were set shots,” he said.
“We’ve just got to be able to kick those. We [also] hit the post a few times [four] but you can’t change that.”
The Bulldogs were denied what would have been a fairytale win in Jason Akmeranis' 300th game when skipper Brad Johnson missed a set shot after the siren.
"We didn't come here to have an encouraging loss and push the top side who have belted everyone, we came here to win," Eade said.
"Honourable losses don't really count for anything on the scoreboard do they?"
"Playing a great shot in cricket and getting caught an inch off the ground doesn't mean you played a good shot, it means you're out."
Eade refused to blame Johnson for the loss and said it was his side's inability to play consistent football for the full four quarters which cost it victory.
"He was beating himself up a bit, he takes it personally but it's not just one act which wins or loses you the game," he said.
"I thought for the main tonight, in 120 minutes, 105 minutes of it was pretty hard (and) intense."
“Individually and as a team we worked extremely hard but probably a couple of 10 minutes bursts cost us.”
"I don't think we've got as many stars as other teams - what I'd call A-graders - but we are a pretty even side and we need a consistent effort across the board from every player and I think we got that in the most part tonight."
Eade also lamented his side's poor kicking for goal in the third term.
“They were 37 [points] up and we kicked 3.5 for the rest of the quarter, four of those were set shots,” he said.
“We’ve just got to be able to kick those. We [also] hit the post a few times [four] but you can’t change that.”
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