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CibbuanoWe can beat Cats, says Williams
June 13th 2008 06:21
PORT ADELAIDE coach Mark Williams is confident his side can beat reigning premiers Geelong at Skilled Stadium on Sunday, despite the Power currently languishing in 11th place on the AFL ladder with a 4-7 win-loss record.
Williams said his side was capable of beating the Cats if they could string together four quarters of consistent football.
"Our best form will beat them and we really have to believe in that," Williams said.
"We have to see if we can get four quarters of our best form together and, if we can, we’re pretty confident we’ll win."
Williams said he was confident that star Chad Cornes, who has been battling a knee injury and a broken finger would play better than he did last weekend, when he was held to just nine possessions by Carlton youngster Bryce Gibbs.
"Chad was pretty down on what he could deliver last weekend," Williams said.
"But we’ve spoken, we’ve talked to the doctors and we fully believe he’ll be a lot better this week."
Williams said Port had spent more time than usual at training working on winning the contested ball and that Nick Lower could replace Nathan Krakeour in the selected side to add some extra grunt to the team.
"The amount of time that we spend on physical one-on-one and crash-and-bash training maybe isn’t always reflected in a game, but we’d like to think that the more you practise it, the better you get at it," he said.
"When you lose like that [against Carlton], everyone felt better after we trained like we did on Wednesday, which was much more that way [focused on contested ball].
"You always put a focus on something and this week it’s not inside 50m kicks, or kick-outs. It was more about winning the contested ball.
"We’re playing Geelong as well and we’re very mindful of how well they play in that area too. It’s a little bit about last week, but certainly about this week as well."
Williams said his side was capable of beating the Cats if they could string together four quarters of consistent football.
"Our best form will beat them and we really have to believe in that," Williams said.
"We have to see if we can get four quarters of our best form together and, if we can, we’re pretty confident we’ll win."
Williams said he was confident that star Chad Cornes, who has been battling a knee injury and a broken finger would play better than he did last weekend, when he was held to just nine possessions by Carlton youngster Bryce Gibbs.
"Chad was pretty down on what he could deliver last weekend," Williams said.
"But we’ve spoken, we’ve talked to the doctors and we fully believe he’ll be a lot better this week."
Williams said Port had spent more time than usual at training working on winning the contested ball and that Nick Lower could replace Nathan Krakeour in the selected side to add some extra grunt to the team.
"The amount of time that we spend on physical one-on-one and crash-and-bash training maybe isn’t always reflected in a game, but we’d like to think that the more you practise it, the better you get at it," he said.
"When you lose like that [against Carlton], everyone felt better after we trained like we did on Wednesday, which was much more that way [focused on contested ball].
"You always put a focus on something and this week it’s not inside 50m kicks, or kick-outs. It was more about winning the contested ball.
"We’re playing Geelong as well and we’re very mindful of how well they play in that area too. It’s a little bit about last week, but certainly about this week as well."
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