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...
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.
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.
morning richard symptoms
Richard will have scans in the morning but it's got all the symptoms of another reconstruction.
bad couple initial misses
My initial thought was that it is not that bad, but bad (enough) that he misses a couple of weeks.
good playing
It's just good to have Jared Brennan playing again.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
damage determine
He'll have X-rays to determine if there's any damage that you can't see.