By Nick Creely
SOUTH EAST FOOTBALL NETBALL LEAGUE
REVIEW – ROUND 6
Despite taking the four points in a result most would have predicted, Narre Warren coach Matt Shinners is the first to admit his side didn’t play that well in the 65-point win against the struggling Tooradin-Dalmore at Kalora Park.
The first term was full of uncharacteristic errors from the Magpies as the Seagulls pressured the undefeated powerhouse, and kept themselves in the contest to be down by eight points at quarter time.
It took until midway through the second quarter for the Magpies to finally get the match winning break after Cameron Brown slotted a massive goal for the visitors, with some smooth transition resulting in a much needed goal to skipper Dylan Quirk.
The captain’s goal seemed to provide the home side with its trademark spark, with two pieces of desperation by champion Michael Collins resulting in a straight forward goal to Nick Scanlon – the man that eventually broke the game with another goal only five minutes later.
Tellingly, the scoreboard started to become lop sided, with the Magpies running off the ground at half time holding on to a 43-point lead.
Although the Seagulls managed to snare three goals to seven to at least add a touch of respectability to the final margin in an effort that would have pleased coach Lachie Gillespie, Shinners said he expects more from his group going forward.
“We weren’t that good on Saturday – they came to play and it was always going to be a bit physical, and in the first five minutes we should have probably kicked three goals, and it would have been a different perspective on the game,” he said.
“If you don’t score, the opposition think they’re a chance – they were working us over pretty hard and we were coughing the ball up more than we have in the past, which put them in the game.
“We run deep, the opposition don’t, and we’re fitter and it worked our way, but we certainly didn’t have as much authority as we should have.”
While Nick Scanlon proved the match winner with his four goal display, and Col McNamara controlled proceedings off the half back line, Shinners couldn’t find too many aspects he could highlight as positives, and wants to quickly move on to the next task at hand.
“I spoke to the players after the game (about their performance), and at the end of the day, it is what it is – a lot of people would say we should be happy about an 11 goal win, I’m just happy we got the four points, but we just move on and park it in the shelf and away we go,” he said.
Narre Warren will face a massive challenge on Saturday, with a home game against Berwick, while Tooradin-Dalmore can look to pick up a second win of the season when they host Pakenham.
Tooradin-Dalmore 6.11 (47)
Narre Warren 16.16 (112)
