Leigh Matthews
Leigh Matthews
Leigh Raymond Matthews AMis a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football Leagueand coached Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions...
certain early mind team
I have not formulated a team in my mind yet so it is too early to be certain of those things.
fit player playing travel
Every player who is fit and well is playing particularly when we don't have to travel for the first week.
early good guys looking main seen
That's what you're looking for the most in the early games. The main thing is there were good performances from guys we haven't seen much of.
emotional emotions love media weekend
You want the emotional roller-coaster ... that's what we love about our sport. In the media you know what your weekend and your emotions are going to be.
bad couple initial misses
My initial thought was that it is not that bad, but bad (enough) that he misses a couple of weeks.
morning richard symptoms
Richard will have scans in the morning but it's got all the symptoms of another reconstruction.
broken doctors exactly heard matches mean terms
We don't know exactly what that will mean (in terms of how many matches he will miss) - all I've heard from the doctors is he may have broken his thumb.
good playing
It's just good to have Jared Brennan playing again.
balance coin nice period side team
A lot of really nice things have been said about us and our team (over the years) and if things aren't going so well then the other side of the coin will balance it up over a period of time.
cold move proof richard
I know it's cold hearted, but once you've got (medical) proof of what's happened, you move on and Richard will move on.
choice draft glad good
We are glad we got him and you think 'yeah that is a good draft choice'.
adds afternoon decisions few happened previous saturday seen totally
You don't make decisions totally on what happened on Saturday afternoon it only adds to what you have seen over the previous few weeks.
damage determine
He'll have X-rays to determine if there's any damage that you can't see.
foot hoping means sore start stress
He (Keating) has a sore foot and they (medical staff) are hoping it is not the start of a stress fracture, so what that means about his availability I am uncertain.