Josh Kelly says GWS Giants are in finals mode are fortnight early, with back-to-back wins possible essential to earn their means contained in the AFL prime eight.
Riding consecutive losses, they battle fellow top-eight contenders Essendon on Saturday and red-hot Carlton per week later as they bid to cap a formidable debut season below first-year coach Adam Kingsley with a finals look.
Kelly admitted they have been discovered wanting in opposition to Port Adelaide in a 51-point thumping final weekend, however hoped the loss may act as a well timed reminder of the extent they should get to in the event that they need to compete in September.
He demanded his facet carry their stress in opposition to the Bombers, suggesting it was sorely missing within the Power loss.
“Definitely a disappointing performance, there were a lot of areas of our game plan, the way we want to play, that we didn’t execute,” he mentioned.
“Everyone’s still excited about what’s ahead, so we’ve got to generate that momentum and turn things around from our performance on the weekend and get going again.
Our pressure probably wasn’t at the level we’ve really prided ourselves on for the year.
“We need to base our recreation off that, deliver good warmth, deliver good stress on the supply across the grounds, and we did not execute that.”
The Giants will regain Toby Bedford and Brent Daniels from suspension, but the presence of the two pressure forwards doesn’t excuse others from lifting their own standards in that area, Kelly said.
The log-jammed ladder means not even two wins guarantee the Giants a finals berth, but they’d certainly miss if they drop another game on the run in.
“We’re actually conscious of that, we turned our consideration to this week fairly shortly,” Kelly mentioned.
“It’s an elimination last for us, we expect our greatest footy is succesful however we have simply bought to deliver that.
“If we don’t play up to the level then you’re going to get found out and we did on the weekend.
“So it is a good little reminder and it is good we have got two video games left, two video games we have to win to be within the hunt.”
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