Was the Perth media ruthless on you guys after that loss? Or did you just fully switch off?

I try and naturally switch off, but it always seems to find a way to get to you.

And obviously, yeah, the hype and excitement around the place at the moment is full noise.

So, yeah, it was there.

And I guess as any media is these days, they're pretty quick to pump you up.

But as soon as something like that happens, they're pretty quick to kick you down.

So, you know, I guess that's just part and parcel of being in the industry that we're in.

But at what point in that three minutes did you think, holy shit, we've actually broken the cat's ear?

But the need to respond, and now that you've got through that moment, what does it do- do to the mindset?

You know, I think it was a, a challenging week for a lot of guys, to be honest, especially the first few days and, um, you know, a little, a lot of self-reflecting.

But, um, I guess the way that the whole football program and- You know, staff included jumped into the week and really embraced what was last week and, um, you know, what we did have to improve on.

And, you know, we didn't have to search for anything that we hadn't done all year.

Um, we knew that our best footy would, would show up and stand up and, um, you know, we, we fell upon that again last night and, um, it put us in a really good position.

The, the fact that you didn't combine well last week, Josh, how did you deal with that as a, um, as a collective? Did you separate yourselves from the wider group and just to, like, get back to basics and it worked for you last night?

Yeah, I think, I guess that was a theme across the group as well, that everyone just needed to get back to that.

Um, and we know that that's allowed us to perform all year like we have.

But the need to respond, and now that you've got through that moment, what does it do to the mindset?

I think it was a challenging week for a lot of guys, to be honest, especially the first few days and a lot of self-reflecting.

But I guess the way that the whole football program and staff included jumped into the week and really embraced what was last week and what we did have to improve on.

We didn't have to search for anything that we hadn't done all year.

We knew that our best footy would show up and stand up.

And, you know, we fell upon that again last night and it put us in a really good position.

Do you know why it fell apart against Hawthorne? Not sure, to be honest.

You cannot hear anything on the ground at all.

Josh, how was the, the week? Uh, you obviously had a lot of question marks placed upon yourselves, and, and you would've had the question marks, uh, being applied by yourselves as well, but the need to respond, and now that you've got through that moment, what does it do- do to the mindset?

You know, I think it was a, a challenging week for a lot of guys, to be honest, especially the first few days, and, um, you know, a little... a lot of self-reflecting.

But, um, I guess the way that the whole football program and, you know, staff included jumped into the week and really embraced what was last week and, um, you know, what we did have to improve on.

And, you know, we didn't have to search for anything that we hadn't done all year.

Um, we knew that our best footy would, would show up and stand up and, um, you know, we, we fell upon that again last night, and, um, it put us in a really good position.

The, the fact that you didn't combine well last week, Josh, how did you deal with that as a, um, as a collective? Did you separate yourselves from the wider group and just to, like, get back to basics, and it worked for you last night?

Yeah, I think, I guess that was a theme across the group as well, that everyone just needed to get back to that.

Um, and we know that that's allowed us to perform all year like we have.

But the need to respond, and now that you've got through that moment, what does it, does it do to the mindset?

You know, I think it was a, a challenging week for a lot of guys, to be honest, especially the first few days and, um, you know, a little, a lot of self-reflecting.

But, um, I guess the way that the whole football program and, you know, staff included jumped into the week and really embraced what was last week and, um, you know, what we did have to improve on.

And, you know, we didn't have to search for anything that we hadn't done all year.

Um, we knew that our best footy would, would show up and stand up and, um, you know, we, we fell upon that again last night and, um, it put us in a really good position.

The, the fact that you didn't combine well last week, Josh, how did you deal with that as a, um, as a collective? Did you separate yourselves from the wider group and just to might get back to basics, and it worked for you last night?

Yeah.

I think, I guess that was a theme across the group as well, that everyone just needed to get back to that.

Did he come out of his shell a bit or have you been on the end of a couple of fiery chats from him?

Yeah, he sort of changes sometimes.

when you think there's something coming, uh, either it be halftime, quarter time, whatever, it never arrives.

And it's more of the old, uh, I'm not angry, just disappointed.

The kind of feel that JL rolls with.

Um, but then I'm trying, I think we've had one game this year where he'd come out at quarter time.

Um, I'm trying to remember where it was.

You kicked like 30 points for the game, didn't you?

For you, where is the improvement that needs to come from? You know, there's obviously parts of the game that fall away each week, but for you right now, to get that real consistent approach, where today did you feel like we just fell away a little bit there and where Gold Coast were coming at us, but just need to tidy these areas up?

I think similar to last week, just tried to handball through numbers at times when we could drive our legs to our numbers.

And yeah, I don't think...

We had a lot of inside 50s in the second quarter and I think we kicked two points.

So I think maturing and understanding that we can be patient through those times and maybe look to lower the ice a little bit more.

I'll be always of the... of the belief we need to lower the odds a little bit more.

But, you know, I think that can hold us in a good spot as well.

But how good was it to have him back in the side tonight?

Uh, what was the message at halftime? You trail but had plenty of chances, just couldn't really kick straight.

Yeah, that was it.

Start kicking straight.

Uh, uh, especially on my behalf.

[laughs] No, look, we thought, uh, we had a lot of the game looking the way we wanted it to.

We just got the skill errors, and they pounced on it and were able to convert, and ultimately we chased the game a little bit from there.

But, uh, you know, once we turned that around and got the game played in our front half, it was, uh, really good.

Um, what is the message that JL says? 13 on the, on the trot now.

Uh, what was the message at halftime? You trailed, but had plenty of chances, just couldn't really kick straight.

Yeah, that was it.

Start kicking straight.

Uh, [laughs] uh, especially on my behalf.

No, look, we thought, uh, we had a lot of the game looking the way we wanted it to.

It was just a couple of skill errors and they pounced on it and were able to convert and ultimately we chased the game a little bit from there.

But, uh, you know, once we turned that around and got the game plan in our front half, it was, uh, really good.

Um, what is the message that JL says? 13 on the, on the trot now.