Tara Murray
Sunbury United wants to be more clinical in the run home to finish the FV state league 3 north-west season on a high.
Sunbury is sitting mid table with five rounds remaining out of the promotion race, but still having to fight for its season.
Coach Danny Moore said they’ve shown plenty of good signs this season, but haven’t been able to finish off games.
The side sits in seventh spot with five rounds remaining.
“We have the unwanted record of the most draws in the league,” he said. “We had our 10th draw for the season on Saturday.
“We can look at it two ways. Disappointing not to get maximum points in a few games, but it demonstrates how close we are.
“If we turned a couple of draws into wins, we would be in a stronger position.”
Moore said the group wanted to stay positive in the remaining rounds and focus on what they can get out of it.
He said they are still wary that they could face relegation if results don’t go their way.
“It’s still tight down the bottom,” Moore said. “We’ve spoken about focusing on being positive and having belief in the group.
“We are playing in dangerous territory. We need to do what we need to be able to stay above the line.”
On Saturday, Sunbury had a 1-1 draw with Heidelberg Eagles.
Moore said it was probably a fair result.
“We did OK in patches but an honest assessment was that we didn’t do enough to win the game.
“Maybe it was a fair result in the end. It’s symptomatic of a lot of our games. We’ve got to get to the point where we are a bit more clinical and finish teams off.”
Sunbury has this week off due to a catch up round.
Moore said it was a good time to have a break and reset ahead of a big end of the season.
He says they know what they need to do in the final five rounds.
“We’ve had some good results against some of the top scores,” he said. “We need to be more clinical… We’ve had a lot of chances but we haven’t been able to put them away in key moments.
“We have the utmost confidence in the last five weeks.”
Meanwhile, Gisborne’s match with Wyndham on Saturday was postponed due to ground conditions.
The two teams are likely to play this week in the catch up round.
Gisborne currently sits in third position.
