Stuart Dew is aware of his Gold Coast facet cannot afford to maintain letting groups off the hook.
And, recent off an AFL hiding from Brisbane final weekend, the coach is aware of Sunday’s opponents North Melbourne will want no second invitation.
After wayward kicking price the Suns (1-4) in losses to Essendon after which Fremantle, Dew’s searching for polish and a dedication to their recreation plan he maintains is sound.
“We saw some things last week we liked that we need to do for longer,” Dew stated of the loss to the Dockers.
“We also need to take our chances; twice now we’ve let teams off the hook with our finishing.”
Dew earned a contract extension final 12 months after steering the facet from a 2-5 begin to inside two video games of a maiden finals look.
He admits the strain is squarely again on and needs to keep away from the necessity to repeat final 12 months’s mid-season revival.
“Our internal dialogue and urgency is right where it needs to be,” he stated.
“What we do need is to keep it on track this weekend and not project.
“Projections are for everybody else. They do not assist us within the quick time period.
“We expect to win this week. We’re certainly not sitting there waiting to replicate last year; we need to try and get one on the board this week.”
The Kangaroos started the season with two wins underneath new coach Alastair Clarkson earlier than tight losses to Carlton and Hawthorn.
The Lions have been trailing early earlier than a dominant win that featured a club-record 33 marks inside 50.
“I know what he’s like after a performance like that and he’ll have them worked up,” Dew stated of his counterpart.
He stated co-captain and ruckman Jarrod Witts remained doubtful with again soreness, whereas the membership had taken notes when the chips have been equally down final 12 months.
“I think we, as a footy department, maintained belief,” he stated.
“Sitting around having meetings and talking about it doesn’t fix it, it’s getting out there and doing the work.
“And narrowing the main focus.
“Last year we were 2-5 heading into Sydney and Fremantle who were flying … we were probably the only ones that backed us to win those two games and we got it done.
“We’ve proven we will do it, we simply want to ensure we have got that urgency this week.”
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