Jackson Merrett and Joe Carmody after East Point's win over Sebastopol

The Courier

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00:00What about the Jackson Merrick pocket in the right forward pocket at Sebastopol, mate?

00:03What a goal. Another one.

00:05Yeah, too bad. Two years in a row, but I think you can go down.

00:10Sometimes the harder they are, the less expectation you put on yourself.

00:13Just go back, relax, and kick it, and let the ball do the rest.

00:16You weren't kicking into a six-goal win, though, this time as well.

00:18Yeah, thankfully. The old legs were pretty tired at that stage of the game.

00:21They'd run it all day, but credit for the boys.

00:23We fought back and stuck fat in that last quarter and got some momentum

00:26and some front-half footy, and were able to capitalise there late.

00:28Did you get that one off the ground as well, was it?

00:31Ah, no, that was Slats. Oh, no, Slats and Matty Johnson.

00:34Matty Johnson, yeah.

00:35Two off the ground there late in the game, which was, yeah, credit.

00:38A couple of lucky ones. Sometimes it falls your way.

00:40Yeah, exactly right, mate. Tell me about the day itself.

00:43I mean, they threw absolutely everything at you guys,

00:46and you were probably a little bit flat today.

00:47Yeah, yeah, that's a fair comment, I think.

00:49I think you come to Sebastopol, you're going to be in for a pretty tough day.

00:52They play a pretty, you know, contested pressure game.

00:56So we knew that coming here, but it's something we've got to work on,

01:00I suppose, moving forward, coming up against some of the better sides

01:02in the back half of the year.

01:03You can't really, you know, give teams a sniff

01:06because they'll put you to the sword, as Sunbury and Daly did to us.

01:09So we'll keep working on that throughout the week

01:11and hopefully be able to wrestle momentum back

01:13and get some cleaner entries going inside 50

01:15and be able to just own the game a bit more would be nice.

01:18And, Joe, tell me a little bit about that last quarter.

01:21I mean, you were 10 points down at three-quarter time,

01:23but you could have been 30 points down at three-quarter time.

01:25I mean, you were just in the game.

01:27Yeah, it was really poor third quarter.

01:29We just couldn't get the ball in our front half,

01:31and, you know, the backs probably stood up pretty well

01:33considering the amount of inside 50 Sebastad.

01:36So once we were able to level it out in terms of territory,

01:40we were able to score a bit more often

01:42and put more scoreball pressure on them.

01:44There's a real belief in this team, though.

01:45I mean, this is second year in a row at this ground.

01:48You've been pretty much out of the match at three-quarter time

01:50and you've somehow found a way to win.

01:52I mean, how important is that to building the team?

01:54Yeah, like, the boys have got fantastic character.

01:56We know that.

01:57And, you know, we've responded every time.

02:00We've been challenged, you know,

02:01whether it's coming off a bad loss

02:02or whether it's been down at three-quarter time.

02:04The boys have really worked themselves back into the game.

02:07So, you know, we're able to get the job done today.

02:09We know we've got a lot of work to do, though.

02:11But these are the type of wins you bank

02:13and you're just grateful.

02:14You get the points in the end.

02:16Well, at the end of the day,

02:16you just want to be singing the song at the end of the day.

02:18You can't beat everyone by ten goals, as you said, in there.

02:21Yeah, that's right.

02:21Like, it is a hard place to win.

02:23And, you know, they were playing for their season.

02:25You know, they're still on the cusp of the six.

02:27So they were going to give everything,

02:30throw everything at us.

02:31And they've got some experienced guys in there

02:32who are top-line players.

02:34So to be able to, even though we didn't play well,

02:38there's a lot of credit that has to go to Sebastian as well.

02:40You're still manned down the bench.

02:41So Molan, ankle, what it looks like?

02:42Yeah, Molan did his ankle.

02:44We were hoping to get him back on.

02:46Just couldn't put any weight on it.

02:48So, fortunately, we'll have to probably get that scanned

02:50and see what that looks like.

02:52And, yeah, and then we'll...

02:54Hopefully two weeks might be...

02:55It'll probably be a three or four weeker, probably.

02:57He'd probably think so.

02:58The bye's going to help us with a few guys who've got niggles

03:00and then a few guys who've been missing as well.

03:02Mika's after the bye?

03:03No, Mika will miss the Sunbury game.

03:05And then he'll be back, further back as far.

03:08All right.

03:08And, Jaco, let's talk about Sunbury next week.

03:11Yep.

03:11They got you pretty convincingly last time.

03:14I mean, it's a week after next, obviously.

03:15But they got you pretty convincingly last time.

03:17I guess the build-up's already started for that one now.

03:19Yeah, 100%.

03:20I think, you know, credit to them.

03:22They play their home ground really, really well.

03:24They spread us in that last quarter.

03:26They're able to exit through front of stoppage from centre bounce

03:29and put our defence under a lot of pressure.

03:31We're unable to get some numbers back.

03:32And, as I said, the ground's so big,

03:34their forwards are able to dictate positions.

03:35So, hopefully get back to the Eastern Oval,

03:37where we play pretty well.

03:38A bit more of a contested game.

03:40And we're able to, you know, get the game on our terms.

03:42And we'll level a three-quarter time against them last time.

03:45They just ran away with it.

03:45So, I think we take a lot of confidence in that.

03:48They've got some super players.

03:49So do we.

03:50But we'll review today's game, see where we can get better.

03:52And maybe combine that with the Sunbury game from last time

03:56and train for that over the next two weeks.

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