Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, it's a good point.

I think, I don't know, everyone's situation is probably a bit different.

Like for me personally, if I'm playing at Colton every week and, you know, getting paid good money, I'm probably pushing coming back home a bit further down.

But I felt like that the environment for me, to get back with my family, I know I was going to play better footy.

So that was sort of my thinking and my thought process around getting back home.

And yeah, it certainly helped getting around Kari, new coach, new environment.

Talk about that.

So how do you keep your group up over the next couple

of weeks? Yeah, it's a good question.

There's certainly been positives out of this year.

There's no doubt about that.

Into these next few weeks.

I think that the way we sort of drive the boys with the energy is just seeing the opportunity.

There's a lot of injuries at the moment, and there's going to be some opportunities for some young boys to play some AFL footy.

What's been the difference coming to Port Adelaide to allow your game to get to that level?

Have you got a plan similar with Fremantle?

Yeah, the same, same style.

I mean We, we didn't do anything to Adelaide this, this week, but, um, we have a clear plan on, on how we wanna attack Freo.

They're, they're obviously going pretty well at the moment, but, um, yeah, they're, they're...

The way they defend, um, is, is pretty strong, and as a forward, obviously it's important to, to keep moving and, and trying to change angles.

But, um, yeah, I think no different.

Like the showdown's obviously a big game for, for the calendar, but, um, this one we take no differently.

No

Have you got a plan similar with Fremantle?

Yeah, the same, same style.

I mean, we, we didn't do anything Ted Lasso this, this week, but, um, we have a clear plan on, on how we wanna attack Freo.

They're, they're obviously going pretty well at the moment, but, um, yeah, the, the way they defend, um, is, is pretty strong and as a forward, obviously it's important to, to keep moving and, and trying to change angles.

But, um, yeah, I think no different.

Like the Showdown's obviously a big game for, for the calendar, but, um, this one we attack no differently.

We get after it the same way and, um, yeah, bring it on.

No

As a playing group, what are you taking away from the losses and what do you need to do differently to try and convert these into the wins?

Yeah, it's a good question.

I think probably from this is probably where we had a good performance tonight.

We just obviously went close.

They came back at us and got over us, but we had a chance there to get back at them and gave ourselves the chance.

So we look at the positives, but we're still taking the learnings out of the game.

We've got a lot of young boys as well that are under 10 games and whatnot.

I mean, I wrote down the goals against, you know, some shallow entries, some missed handballs and then some two cute kicks inside forward 50 and against the good teams, they just make you pay.

As a playing group, what are you taking away from the losses and what do you need to do differently to try and convert these into the wins?

Yeah, that's a good question.

I think probably from this is probably where we had a good performance tonight.

We just obviously went close.

They came back at us and got over us, but we had a chance there to get back at them and gave ourselves the chance.

So we look at the positives, but we're still taking the learnings out of the game.

We've got a lot of young boys as well that are under 10 games and whatnot.

I mean, I wrote down the goals against, you know, some shallow entries, some missed handballs and then some two cute kicks inside forward 50 and against the good teams, they just make you pay.

shell can we ask uh i guess a bit more in depth like what those player values are and what's important to you in the playing group values wise

Yeah, well, I think we want to represent a tough brand of footy.

I think that's really important.

So a lot of the stuff we're looking at is, you know, guys like Asava on the weekend, who's pretty tough, putting himself in some great positions to intercept.

And I thought he had a really good game on the weekend.

But yeah, just bringing those sort of...

Axe out on the field.

How does that sit for you, whether it's, hey, let's win right now or let's build something which could have sustained winning?

uh i guess a bit more in depth like what those player values are and what's important to you in the playing group values wise

Yeah, well, I think we want to represent a tough brand of footy.

I think that's really important.

So a lot of the stuff we're looking at is, you know, guys like Asava on the weekend, who's pretty tough, putting himself in some great positions to intercept.

And I thought he had a really good game on the weekend.

But yeah, just bringing those sort of...

Axe out on the field.

How does that sit for you, whether it's, hey, let's win right now or let's build something which could have sustained winning?