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CibbuanoWe will bounce back: Eade
April 27th 2009 04:36
WESTERN BULLDOGS coach Rodney Eade is confident his side can bounce back after suffering a 43-point loss to Carlton at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
It was the Bulldogs' second straight loss after starting the season with three straight wins.
The Dogs did not lose three matches in a row during the run to the preliminary final in 2008 but face a huge challenge next weekend against an undefeated St Killda side that is only the second team since 1911 to have a percentage greater than 200 after five rounds of the season.
"I think we have shown ourselves to be a fairly resilient group," Eade said.
"But it's going to be an enormous challenge next week against a team in white-hot form but I have got every confidence that we can bounce back."
Eade refused to blame the performance against the Blues on the club's tough schedule which has seen it play in Perth twice in the first month of the season and said poor kicking for goal cost his side.
"We missed five or six within 30 metres and that is not counting Brian's horrendous decision in the goalsquare," he said.
Eade was referring to full-back Brian Lake's decision in the dying stages of the third term to play-on after marking just 20 metres from goal.
A goal would have reduced the deficit to just 20 points but instead Carlton went into three-quarter time with a 27-point lead and effectively put the result beyond doubt when Eddie Betts kicked truly one minute into the final term.
It was the Bulldogs' second straight loss after starting the season with three straight wins.
The Dogs did not lose three matches in a row during the run to the preliminary final in 2008 but face a huge challenge next weekend against an undefeated St Killda side that is only the second team since 1911 to have a percentage greater than 200 after five rounds of the season.
"I think we have shown ourselves to be a fairly resilient group," Eade said.
"But it's going to be an enormous challenge next week against a team in white-hot form but I have got every confidence that we can bounce back."
Eade refused to blame the performance against the Blues on the club's tough schedule which has seen it play in Perth twice in the first month of the season and said poor kicking for goal cost his side.
"We missed five or six within 30 metres and that is not counting Brian's horrendous decision in the goalsquare," he said.
Eade was referring to full-back Brian Lake's decision in the dying stages of the third term to play-on after marking just 20 metres from goal.
A goal would have reduced the deficit to just 20 points but instead Carlton went into three-quarter time with a 27-point lead and effectively put the result beyond doubt when Eddie Betts kicked truly one minute into the final term.
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