Lancefield feels its on the right track to be a contender come the pointy end of the Riddell District Football League women’s season.
The Tigers had a few up and down weeks result wise, but have won their last two to sit second on the ladder.
Tigers coach Cash Ferguson said they had been looking at the bigger picture and making sure they were heading in the right direction.
“We’ve been trying to game the game plan,” he said. “It’s taken a little bit of time.
“We didn’t want to go out there and just be competitive, we had aspirations to go a long way.
“We wanted a game plan we were confident that would run with Macedon. We targeted that point and spent a few weeks implementing a game style and strategy.”
Ferguson said it took a few weeks for that to reflect on the field but they have turned in the right direction.
He said they weren’t too concerned with the losses that they had as they knew that they were heading in the right direction.
“In our only hit out against Macedon, which is the metric, the margin was five points at three quarter time,” he said.
“No one has been that close. We play them next weekend.
“We’ve got to the point we’re ready to take that next step.”
Ferguson said the result of the game against Macedon wasn’t important, saying it was more important come finals time.
“We are keen and eager to face that test again,” he said. “We want to see what point we have progressed too.
“Last time they had a few out and we had a couple out as well.”
The Tigers enter the match on the back of their first win against Melton in their time in the competition on Saturday.
Ferguson said it was another step forward.
“Being in the competition the last two years, we’ve played Melton three times.
“We were pretty close to walking away with the win last time and I thought we were the better team.
“We have taken that next step and are able to be competitive.”
On Saturday, the Tigers jumped out of the blocks and led by 21 points at quarter time.
The margin remained the same at the main break with the Tigers winning the second half three goals to two to win, 8.8. (56)=4.0 (24).
Harriet Ziedaitis kicked three goals for the Tigers. Alice Bromley, Keiley Walker, Emily O’Brien were named the Tigers best.
The Tigers though did lose Lilly Bromley to injury.
The Tigers remain second on the ladder. Ferguson said they were targeting the double chance but it wasn’t key to having success in the finals.
He said off field things were tracking really well with lots of interest in the women’s program.
In other results, Riddell beat Romsey and Macedon was too strong for Mount Alexander Falcons.
