Tara Murray
It has been a frustrating season for Woodend-Hesket in the Riddell District League.
The Hawks have three wins and a draw at the halfway point of the season, but if things had gone their way, could have easily been undefeated.
For Hawks coach Josh Pound there’s some mixed feelings about the season.
“It’s a little bit frustrating,” he said. “I’m disappointed with some of the games we thought we should have won.
“We’ve been in winnable positions and have not been able to finish off games, which is a bit of a shame.
“It’s an interesting one as a lot of people internal and external are happy with the close losses after results in recent years.
“We’re trying to hold big expectations of ourselves. That next opportunity when we’re in a winnable position we need to take it.”
Pound said the statistics show they are winning more quarters than their losing, which indicates they are playing some good football and closing the gap with the top sides.
He said they need to continue to develop the connection between the three lines.
“We’ve still got a relatively new group of players and some of those games like Riddell, Diggers Rest and Wallan they’ve played together with a core group for a number of years,” he said.
“We’re still understanding each other’s games. At times we have poor lapses in games.
Pound said while they have closed the gap with the top sides, they still think some people are underestimating them.
He said they were hoping to prove a few people wrong in the back half of the season.
Pound said the Queen’s Birthday long weekend break came at the perfect time.
“There’s a lot of clubs with players with injuries and illness,” he said.
“It’s been difficult with continuity for us, with four or five changes each which. It’s not great when you’re trying to build those connection.
“We should have six or seven guys available this week. Hopefully everything goes to plan and we can be as full strength as we can.
The Hawks face Riddell next Saturday. The Bombers won the round three clash by two points.
