League Coach's Report - Rd 12 vs Swan Districts

It was a disappointing result on the weekend from the league team but in hindsight we have probably played the two best sides in the competition at the moment over the last two weeks and come up a bit short.  On both occasions we have certainly had our chances to win the games but we ourselves have just dropped off and we are not playing our best football consistently over four quarters Overall 7/8 player’s not impacting the contest leaves far too much for others to do and we have run out of options by the end.
Shaun Hildebrandt continues his good form as does Kyal Horsley, Marc Webb injured his shoulder early in the game and will miss the next couple of weeks and Jake Wooden made his debut for the club and showed a lot of promise. Luke Newick is getting more game time now as is Marty Smith, Raph Stack, Jordan Adamson-Holmes, Rory Muller, Josh Watson, Brad Stevenson and Ryan Sheehan who kicked 7 goals in the reserves victory on Sunday and is showing he can be a player of the future.
Most of these players have missed a fair bit of footy over the last two months. Jason Bristow and Abe Davey have been troubled with ankle injuries which have taken longer to recover but should be back in the next two weeks and Ben Heffernan-Roper has had hamstring problems and could be another couple of weeks as well. Rob Forrest has been working hard in the gym and will look to start running soon, after his knee reconstruction and will hopefully play a game of football before the season is over and Stephen Martin will be another month after straining ligaments in his knee. We have had a lot of impact injuries this year which is unavoidable sometimes in football but we keep a positive outlook for the remainder of the year and we are tracking to still play a major part in the competition at the right end of the season.
Looking forward to a big game this weekend.
Senior Coach
Chris Waterman