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CibbuanoWe're still on track: Wallace
August 3rd 2008 00:17
RICHMOND is heading in the right direction despite their ten-goal loss to Geelong at Telstra Dome on Saturday night, according to coach Terry Wallace.
The Tigers challeneged the Cats early but Geelong's class came to the fore as the match wore on, eventually thumping Richmond by 63 points.
Despite the loss Wallace remained confident that his side was improving.
"I still think that we are going in the right direction," Wallace said.
"Geelong has been a much better side than us over my period of coaching, but I think Geelong would be saying that they are getting more competitive games of footy against Richmond now than what we have had in the past."
"We have still got some things to clean up if we want to be the best and we know that and we understand that."
Richmond now finds itself half a game outside the eight and faces a relatively tough run home with matches against Adelaide, Hawthorn, Fremantle and Melbourne in the final four rounds.
Having played out a draw against the Western Bulldogs earlier in the season, Wallace knows that percentage will not come into the equation for the Tigers if they are to sneak into the finals.
"Percentage is no issue for us. If we lose to Geelong by two goals or ten goals, obviously we want to get as close to them as we can, but its going to make no difference to our outcomes at all," Wallace said.
"Winning and losing is going to make the difference to our outcomes and we have just got to put our best foot forward over the next couple of weeks."
"Its what you do in the three or four weeks after you play Geelong whether it puts you into your shell or whether you're prepared to get back on it and play your footy. We were five out of six leading into this game and now we are five out of seven and that is still pretty reasonable form for this time of year."
The Tigers challeneged the Cats early but Geelong's class came to the fore as the match wore on, eventually thumping Richmond by 63 points.
Despite the loss Wallace remained confident that his side was improving.
"I still think that we are going in the right direction," Wallace said.
"Geelong has been a much better side than us over my period of coaching, but I think Geelong would be saying that they are getting more competitive games of footy against Richmond now than what we have had in the past."
"We have still got some things to clean up if we want to be the best and we know that and we understand that."
Richmond now finds itself half a game outside the eight and faces a relatively tough run home with matches against Adelaide, Hawthorn, Fremantle and Melbourne in the final four rounds.
Having played out a draw against the Western Bulldogs earlier in the season, Wallace knows that percentage will not come into the equation for the Tigers if they are to sneak into the finals.
"Percentage is no issue for us. If we lose to Geelong by two goals or ten goals, obviously we want to get as close to them as we can, but its going to make no difference to our outcomes at all," Wallace said.
"Winning and losing is going to make the difference to our outcomes and we have just got to put our best foot forward over the next couple of weeks."
"Its what you do in the three or four weeks after you play Geelong whether it puts you into your shell or whether you're prepared to get back on it and play your footy. We were five out of six leading into this game and now we are five out of seven and that is still pretty reasonable form for this time of year."
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