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CibbuanoStill room for improvement: Eade
August 23rd 2008 03:15
WESTERN BULLDOGS coach Rodney Eade was satisfied with his side's performance against Essendon at Telstra Dome on Friday night but says their is still plenty of room for improvement.
Despite losing several key statistical categories the Dogs thumped the injury-ravaged Bombers by 46 points.
The Bombers had more inside 50's (56-53), more clearances (34-31) and won the tackle count 57-37 and Eade admitted his side needed to improve in all three areas if they are going to have an impact in the finals.
"Clearances is an area we need to obviously look at," Eade said.
"It was reasonable earlier in the year, but in finals footy, every little bit counts. It's a game of inches and we can't afford to relax like we did tonight."
Eade also said he was pleased with some of the aspects of his side's performance against the Bombers.
"Our execution early was poor but I thought our effort was good," Eade said.
"I was pleased with that, and I thought our energy levels were good and we broke the game open once we started to make the passes and hit the targets like we should."
Lindsay Gilbee and Farren Ray were late withdrawals after picking up a virus that had been floating around the club during the week but Eade said they should be right to play against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday.
Despite losing several key statistical categories the Dogs thumped the injury-ravaged Bombers by 46 points.
The Bombers had more inside 50's (56-53), more clearances (34-31) and won the tackle count 57-37 and Eade admitted his side needed to improve in all three areas if they are going to have an impact in the finals.
"Clearances is an area we need to obviously look at," Eade said.
"It was reasonable earlier in the year, but in finals footy, every little bit counts. It's a game of inches and we can't afford to relax like we did tonight."
Eade also said he was pleased with some of the aspects of his side's performance against the Bombers.
"Our execution early was poor but I thought our effort was good," Eade said.
"I was pleased with that, and I thought our energy levels were good and we broke the game open once we started to make the passes and hit the targets like we should."
Lindsay Gilbee and Farren Ray were late withdrawals after picking up a virus that had been floating around the club during the week but Eade said they should be right to play against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday.
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