CHARLIE DIXON

"We just had a chat with Ken now. I think we just a couple of easy goals out the back and it sort of ended up being the difference. We ah da lot of pressure when we had the ball inside the 50, and we were able to score under pressure. A couple of times we let them kick down the middle when they were out and they got those easy goals and that cost us the game. 

"It's tough playing against West Coast because they play a pretty strong net and they zone off - they're always able to influence and help each other out. It's always a good help to have an extra tall down there but I think our boys work really well together as a group at the moment. 

"We were able to put the pressure on and get those coupole of goals and get back in the game." 


ROBBIE GRAY

"I felt we got a little bit behind and left our run a little bit too late. We let them have an easy goal or two at times, so that was probably the difference. 

"We knew it was going to be a challenge for our rucks. The boys on the ground did a reasonable job - but I think they got ontop of us in the clearances in that last quarter. 

"The body was fine, I've had a full week of training so I was pretty confident ehading into the game - I got through the game fine, and I feel good. 

"Some of our entries weren't great - we weren't giving our forwards really good opportunities and as I said, then they got a couple fo easy goals on the rebound which really hurt us in the end." 

BRAD EBERT 

"There was that inside-outside method we talk about all the time. There were tiems where we got drawn into the ball, and I think that opened up opportunities to get outside and get moving. 

"That's something we looked at and thought we needed to bring [physicality]. We did that - especially with NicNat in the ruck - you're always up against it [with him]...you know the hitouts aren't going to be in your favour, but I thought we tried to make sure we were physical and compete hard at ground level.

"I think we tried to take the game on...in the past we've been able to play really well with that link-up handball and overlap run, and I think the opportunities were there for us still, we just had a couple of mistakes here and there."