The Werribee Tigers will work on the basics this week after going down to defending premier Box Hill in Saturday’s opening round of the VFL at Box Hill Oval.
New coach John Lamont said he was disappointed with the result but saw some real positives come out of the game, which the Tigers lost by 25 points: 12.11 (83) to 7.16 (58)
“You’re never happy when you get beaten, but we had a comparable amount of inside 50s and scoring shots,” he said.
“It’s disappointing, but there are some real positives … we were in the game all day but never got close enough.
“I’m happy with how we played, but we made too many mistakes, missing easy goals and our defending wasn’t good enough.”
Lamont pointed to ruckman Dylan Reid and first-gamers Sam Martyn and Joshua Porter as among his best players.
North Melbourne veteran Michael Firrito was also among the best.
Lamont said goal-kicking would be a focus at training this week.
“In front of goal … we missed some easy shots.
“We also need to get the ball forward with more precision and all the basics – defend better and make it harder for them to score.”
Lamont admitted to a few nerves before his first game as coach but said watching the development squad play quickly settled him.
“The squad was sticking to the game plan – really pleasing to see.
“They were outclassed in the end but were playing our style of football, which is what we want across the board.”
The Tigers will play Bendigo at home on Saturday afternoon.
