Tigers continue their winning ways

By Rob Popplestone

IT WAS the David and Goliath battle, top of the table Foster taking on cellar dweller Morwell East. The expectation was that this might not end well for the bottom of the ladder Hawks having to face the force of the Tigers on their home ground, and so it was.

Sam Davies, Foster coach, “Second week in a row we have kept a team goalless in the first quarter and to two goals at half time which is a really big positive. Our contest work was really good, especially from our mids going up against big Jacobsen. We didn’t allow a dominance or clean takeaways from stoppage and gave our defenders every chance by putting pressure on their ball carriers.

It was nice to see our forwards get reward too.”

For the Hawks, it was frustratingly the same story, some patches of what you would like to see, but too much of what you don’t!

Depth is an obvious problem as coach Paul Henry does the very best he can with the talent he has at his disposal. Paul Henry, Morwell East coach, “Hey mate, just landed in Dubai. We took it up to the ladder leaders in Foster. They won comfortably in the end but we played some good footy. If we played like that in our previous weeks, we may have won a few more. The bye this week then Stony

Creek at home to finish the season off. Hopefully a win to finish!

For Morwell East the break and even the end of the season will provide a welcome reset, with plenty of work to do in the off season.