Tara Murray
Tarneit was left disappointed as little went right in its loss to West Footscray on Saturday in the Western Region Football League division 3.
With the chance to close the gap on the fourth placed Roosters, the Titans failed to deliver in the manner they would have liked.
The Roosters got on top late in the first quarter and while it was even after that, the Titans weren’t able to get back in the game.
The Roosters won, 14.4 (88)-6.12 (48).
Titans coach Brett Sheean said it was a pretty disappointing performance.
“We were really hoping that we could come away with the points on a pretty important weekend for the club,” he said.
“The second half of the first quarter they ran over the top of us and the rest of the game was even.
“Their pressure was far better than ours and they executed their skills a lot better than we did.”
Ryan Delekta kicked three goals for the Titans, while Zach Thornton was named the Titans best.
Sheehan said Thornton was outstanding but had little support.
The win makes the Titans chance of playing finals a lot harder. While it’s still in their own hands, they need to create some upsets.
“We have to win some games that people don’t expect us to,” he said. “Every game is do or die and we have to beat sides like Sunny [Sunshine] Heights and challenge the Suns and Albanvale.
“We have to play out of our skins.”
Sheean said that there would need to be a turnaround in form to match those top sides, having not played that well in recent weeks.
“We have had a lot of injuries and unavailability,” he said. “We’ve found it hard to gel properly as on the weekend showed.
“We are a close club and they’re all good mates off the field, we now need to share it on the field.”
The club wore an indigenous jersey for the first time, which was designed by Kirra Grimes, who is the partner of player Michael Naawi.
Sheean said it was special for the club and they had been working on doing more in that space.
The Titans this week face Laverton, which had a bye on the weekend.
Sheean said it would be no easy task with the Magpies coming off their best win in a number of year.
Meanwhile, the Suns cemented their spot at the top of the table beating Albanvale.
Both sides entered the game with one loss of the year and it was the Suns that would come out on top.
The Cobras failed to make the most of their opportunities and were made to pay, with the Suns winning 12.3 (75)-8.13 (61).
Sunshine Heights beat North Sunshine in the other game.
In division 1, Point Cook beat Caroline Springs, Point Cook Centrals lost to Spotswood and Hoppers Crossing remained without a win after losing to Altona.
Werribee Districts continues to be unbeaten after beating Yarraville Seddon Eagles.
In division 2, Parkside was too strong for Wyndhamvale, while Albion beat North Footscray and Newport beat Braybrook.
