Roos masterclass for visiting Pies

AS IMPORTANT as winning is at any time in sport, there comes a time that “how” you win starts to play a far more important role, and that time of “how” is starting to edge closer now as we fast approach the last handful of games of the home and away season.

Fish Creek have been around long enough and won far more than their share by knowing when and how to be at their very best.

Nurturing the players that need some in season rest, developing those in games that won’t compromise results, and testing others in unfamiliar roles to have in the back pocket for a rainy (or finals) day.

Having the depth and talent to do all of these things is a big part of what makes this great Victorian country team so good, and Toora was the most recent team to witness firsthand.

The Magpies handed a footballing lesson by forty-three points.

“A strong performance from us, Toora came to play and made it a strong contest all day,” Jarrod Walker, Fish Creek coach said.

“Pleasing to see us getting the game on our terms at times and moving the ball the way we want to.”

It was more of the same for Fish Creek, the league leaders have some breathing space between themselves and a few teams just below, but there is no doubt the pressure remains to perform.

The flip side of that is that sides that perform are becoming increasingly frustrated with not achieving the results desired from the efforts given.

“The competitor in us all is getting tired of being in games against good sides for long periods of time,” Jack Weston, Toora coach said.

“We perhaps addressed our slow starts to be even at quarter time, but fell away for fifteen minutes in the second and credit to Fish Creek they put on a match winning burst. A big weekend for the club against Yinnar next week.”

The Magpies will indeed get another chance, yet again against another quality opponent, in front of an expected healthy crowd for the Carlton Draught round.