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...
ball decision execute great hands quarters skill
You've got to get the ball, but then you've got to make a decision with the ball in your hands and execute the skill and we're not great in any of those areas, on average, over the 16 quarters we've played.
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.
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.
damaged initially months poor
The poor bugger. It's been 12 months (since he initially damaged his knee).
behind eight far goals hard kicked morale scoreboard scoring seven
We really haven't been scoring enough. There is nothing like scoreboard pressure. It's one thing to be seven goals behind but, if you have kicked eight and they have kicked 15, for instance, you have at least done some scoring. But if you are that far behind and are not scoring, it is really hard to keep morale up.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.