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CibbuanoTigers 'took a big step backwards': Wallace
June 2nd 2008 01:38
RICHMOND took a sizeable step backwards after being thumped to the tune of 82 points by Sydney at the SCG on Sunday, according to coach Terry Wallace.
"It couldn't be more disappointing," Wallace said after the game. "We came up here really keen to see if we could get our season really alive. We thought we'd taken some real strides forward and then to be clinically taken apart like we were in the first half was unacceptable.
"We're really disappointed as a group in ourselves … we certainly today took a big step backwards."
Richmond captain Kane Johnson injured his left knee early in the third quarter and did not return. Early reports indicate a grade one medial ligament strain, which puts him in doubt for the clash with Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday.
Wallace said it was important for the Tigers to bounce back quickly and not let the rest of the season go to waste.
"You can lose six or seven weeks very quickly and that's what I spoke to the players about, that we just can't afford to lose the six or seven weeks of really good footy in one display," Wallace said.
"That's, I suppose, going to be our task and my task over the next six days — to make sure that some of the things that happened in the first half aren't repeated in six days time."
"It couldn't be more disappointing," Wallace said after the game. "We came up here really keen to see if we could get our season really alive. We thought we'd taken some real strides forward and then to be clinically taken apart like we were in the first half was unacceptable.
"We're really disappointed as a group in ourselves … we certainly today took a big step backwards."
Richmond captain Kane Johnson injured his left knee early in the third quarter and did not return. Early reports indicate a grade one medial ligament strain, which puts him in doubt for the clash with Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday.
Wallace said it was important for the Tigers to bounce back quickly and not let the rest of the season go to waste.
"You can lose six or seven weeks very quickly and that's what I spoke to the players about, that we just can't afford to lose the six or seven weeks of really good footy in one display," Wallace said.
"That's, I suppose, going to be our task and my task over the next six days — to make sure that some of the things that happened in the first half aren't repeated in six days time."
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