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CibbuanoSaints out to regain respect
September 7th 2008 21:36
ST KILDA coach Ross Lyon admitted his team lost 'respect' on Sunday following its 58-point loss to Geelong in the first qualifying final at the MCG.
But Lyon said his side had earned the right to get a second week and that they were determined to regain respect in next week's cut-throat semi-final against Collingwood at the MCG.
"We are not going to throw the baby out with the bath water," Lyon said.
"Over the last ten weeks (before Sunday) we had been number two (in the AFL) for defence and number seven for attack so those numbers are reasonable."
"So we have to learn our lessons, we earned the right to get a second week and we look forward to that."
Lyon said the Saints were outclassed in all areas by the Cats.
"We'd like to be perceived as harder at the ball than that, like to be perceived as being able to defend better than that and compete against the quality teams better than that," he said.
"But we have to look at the reasons why we didn't and go forward next week."
Lyon also admitted his side will go in as underdogs against a Collingwood side that will have an extra day's rest than the Saints.
"We will go in the underdogs and we will have to work hard to get the respect back that we gave up today," he said.
"We get to go away and re-group and earn some respect back and that is the aim."
But Lyon said his side had earned the right to get a second week and that they were determined to regain respect in next week's cut-throat semi-final against Collingwood at the MCG.
"We are not going to throw the baby out with the bath water," Lyon said.
"Over the last ten weeks (before Sunday) we had been number two (in the AFL) for defence and number seven for attack so those numbers are reasonable."
"So we have to learn our lessons, we earned the right to get a second week and we look forward to that."
Lyon said the Saints were outclassed in all areas by the Cats.
"We'd like to be perceived as harder at the ball than that, like to be perceived as being able to defend better than that and compete against the quality teams better than that," he said.
"But we have to look at the reasons why we didn't and go forward next week."
Lyon also admitted his side will go in as underdogs against a Collingwood side that will have an extra day's rest than the Saints.
"We will go in the underdogs and we will have to work hard to get the respect back that we gave up today," he said.
"We get to go away and re-group and earn some respect back and that is the aim."
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