Time is operating out for Geelong of their quest to play finals soccer this yr, however coach Chris Scott stays resolute in his religion that the Cats can end within the high eight.
Friday evening’s loss to Collingwood shrunk Geelong’s margin for error significantly. They will now must win their last two video games towards St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs if they’re any hope of that includes within the September motion.
“With the football we’re playing, yep I do,” Scott mentioned when requested if he thought Geelong may make the finals.
“I think we can play better, no doubt about that, but two games to go, do I think we can win them? Yep.”
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When additional pressed on what made him assured that the Cats may flip issues round within the last fortnight, Scott grew to become a bit prickly.
“I just think it’s a really logical answer to say we’ve got two games to go and we think we can play well enough to beat any team in the comp when we play our best,” he mentioned.
“What would be the other answer? We’re just not going well enough? Is that what you want to hear? We just don’t think we’re going well enough so we’ll throw the towel in? You tell me what you’re after and I’ll give it to you.
“I’m an optimist, so that could be misplaced, but not at this stage.”
Controversy struck within the last quarter of Friday’s conflict when Jeremy Cameron kicked his sixth aim after accepting a handball from Brad Close outdoors the boundary line and the boundary umpire did not name for a throw-in.
But regardless of not seeing the incident, Scott was in little question that the aim was authentic.
“People that know the game well say that it wasn’t outside the boundary,” Scott mentioned.
When a reporter informed Scott that the ball was out of bounds, Scott responded: “You must have a different view to some of the other people that know the game well that said it wasn’t … you seem confident.”
Scott felt like his workforce has taken “two steps forward and one step back” all through a irritating season, which sees Geelong at grave danger of turning into the fourth reigning premiers to overlook the finals in 15 years.
“It does feel like we’ve had periods where we’ve got it back up and going and some of the guys that have been sore, or missed a lot of footy, looked like they were close to playing their best footy and then something went wrong again,” Scott mentioned.
“It has felt a little (like) two steps forward (and) one step back, and in a really tight comp, that’s not good enough.
“I think Jeremy (Cameron) and (Patrick) Dangerfield were probably good examples tonight (against Collingwood). We just haven’t quite seen them even moving that way for long enough this year, but they did tonight, and they can next week and the week after and the week after.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
