Gary Learmonth after Redan's Round 4 win
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00:00Point here, point there all day. What did you do the first 15 minutes of that last quarter to get that break?
00:05I think Cassidy going off helps, he's a star.
00:10We were a bit cleaner, we used the ball a bit better, a bit more composed.
00:15Now pressure was fantastic all day, but I think for that 10-15 minutes where we got a bit of a run on,
00:20the game was all momentum, they had plenty of it at times and probably kept us in it.
00:25They missed a few goals which they really, looking back, they think they would have kicked.
00:29Just our belief and probably our young kids who have got a bit of fitness.
00:34Bailey Carroll is probably one of them which gave him a game out and take his chances when he had them presented.
00:41You told me earlier in the week you were going in sort of a mosquito fleet today.
00:46How important was the ruck? I heard you gave the ruck a bit of...
00:49Billy Douglas was six foot just probably, playing in the ruck.
00:53Sean Grigg type?
00:55Yeah, we've gone from Taj is 204cm and Billy just competed and we knew that's what we'd get from him.
01:01We probably broke even the stoppages and that was what we were hoping to do really with them having a dominant ruck.
01:10We loved his game and we think he's contributed certainly very well to today.
01:17You've got yourself back into the season now.
01:19It's a bit hard to come back from 1-3, but 2-2 you're right in the mix now.
01:25Yeah, it's a pretty even, well it is an even competition.
01:28If you don't come ready to play against anyone you're in trouble.
01:31We were in a similar position against Ballarat.
01:34Three goals up and got overrun. We could have got overrun again today.
01:38It's really good belief for the guys that they can win the close ones.
01:43We're going to have a massive challenge next week against Darley.
01:47We know we need to step up again but it's something that our boys thrive on.
01:52They want to play against the best players and test themselves.
01:54You're talking about the clearances breaking even.
01:57That last clearance, you've gone down and kicked a goal.
02:00They could have easily done it the other way.
02:02Who was the one that stood out for you and what happened there?
02:05We spoke after the game. We probably let the ball out at times.
02:09Kai Jess and Liam Farnsworth were able to hold the ball up and get us another stoppage rather than let the ball out.
02:18That was where Sebas were able to get us a few times.
02:21Reset and able to get the ball moving forward.
02:25Marty Boy is a good player.
02:27If he gets a footy inside 50 or just outside 50 it's dangerous.
02:31He was able to pick the right option to Liam.
02:34We're pleased with that one.
02:36As you say, Darley next week. Did you get any injuries early on?
02:39Daniel Bond hurt his ankle.
02:41We're not sure what that means but he's probably unlikely.
02:45We'll have to bring another under-17, under-19.
02:50You keep losing one, don't you?
02:52Yeah, that's what it is.
02:54We started with guys out so we haven't had those.
02:59Do you still have another month to go for some of those guys?
03:01Yeah, Lockie Bond's probably another three weeks.
03:03Joe Black's probably the same.
03:05Lockie McLean's probably the same.
03:07Might get Link Barnes available.
03:10So he was an emergency this week.
03:13We'll just see what happens.
03:15It doesn't matter. It's a big test next week, here or there.