East Point coach Joe Carmody talks after preliminary final win

East Point coach Joe Carmody talks after preliminary final win over Darley

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00:00Joe, you're in a grand final mate. What does that mean to you and these boys and everything

00:06to do with the club? Three grand finals in fact.

00:08Yeah, it's surreal really. All credit to Dali today, they were sensational. But our boys

00:14were able to find something that last quarter against the Brees and just gutted it out again,

00:18pretty much like last week against Ballarat. So they've been fantastic all year and just

00:23so proud of them. We just prepare and go in this week and have another crack at it.

00:29How did that run in that last quarter come out? You looked like you guys were out of

00:33your feet that three quarter time. Jaco kicks that goal out of his backside, let's be honest.

00:37It was not the way you were going to kick a goal today. Where did you get that run from?

00:42We're a pretty fit team and we're pretty young, so we know we've got run in our legs. So we

00:49just have to get a little bit more speed in the ball movement. Once we did that and once

00:53we equalised around stoppage, we were able to get the ball in with a little bit more

00:58danger and score in that last little bit. Even when it went back through the wall, that

01:04was seven points up at 28 minute mark to be able to draw that goal. It was an amazing effort.

01:08And then the extra time, Molan, bang, bang.

01:11Yeah, look, he's been great on the wing for us and we just need a little bit of pace down

01:15forward. He was fantastic. He's a super kid and a super player. We just wrapped and he

01:21was able to deliver today.

01:24We touched on this at the start, but are you really aware of how hard it is to get

01:29three teams all through a grand final?

01:31Yeah, it's been. The 19s, the seniors, they're so tight. It's such a united type of club

01:39and all the boys just work their backside off. But it hasn't sunk in that we're all

01:44in the granny next week.

01:46No one's going to miss out?

01:47No, no. So, yeah, fantastic effort by the club. All we can do is prepare and it's so

01:54exciting for everyone.

01:55Looks like you got through injury free as well?

01:57Yeah, a few sore boys.

01:58I'm not surprised. It wasn't exactly an easy game.

02:00Yeah, absolutely. So, again, we'll do similar to what we did last week. Recover really well

02:05and then get really excited by the weekend.

02:09Could you learn much from that Melton game? Give it a win?

02:13Yeah, little bits and pieces. We know Melton are a bit like Gali. They're a really well

02:17coach, well drilled. So, essentially, we've got to be at our best to beat them and we

02:24know they've got good players on every line. So, if we just compete like we did today,

02:29we'll give ourselves a fair chance.