Leigh Matthews Quotations

We really haven't been scoring enough. There is nothing like scoreboard pressure. It's one thing to be seven goals behind but, if you have kicked eight and they have kicked 15, for instance, you have at least done some scoring. But if you are that far behind and are not scoring, it is really hard to keep morale up.

The poor bugger. It's been 12 months (since he initially damaged his knee).

My initial thought was that it is not that bad, but bad (enough) that he misses a couple of weeks.

Richard will have scans in the morning but it's got all the symptoms of another reconstruction.

He'll have X-rays to determine if there's any damage that you can't see.

He (Keating) has a sore foot and they (medical staff) are hoping it is not the start of a stress fracture, so what that means about his availability I am uncertain.

We are glad we got him and you think 'yeah that is a good draft choice'.

You don't make decisions totally on what happened on Saturday afternoon it only adds to what you have seen over the previous few weeks.

We don't know exactly what that will mean (in terms of how many matches he will miss) - all I've heard from the doctors is he may have broken his thumb.

Every player who is fit and well is playing particularly when we don't have to travel for the first week.

That's what you're looking for the most in the early games. The main thing is there were good performances from guys we haven't seen much of.

You want the emotional roller-coaster ... that's what we love about our sport. In the media you know what your weekend and your emotions are going to be.

A lot of really nice things have been said about us and our team (over the years) and if things aren't going so well then the other side of the coin will balance it up over a period of time.

It's just good to have Jared Brennan playing again.

I have not formulated a team in my mind yet so it is too early to be certain of those things.

I know it's cold hearted, but once you've got (medical) proof of what's happened, you move on and Richard will move on.

He (Brown) is ready, he's had his two and half games and he's had a good summer, so whatever Jonathon is capable of we should be able to get this weekend.

The guys who have been able to do the preparation have come up really well.

You've got to get the ball, but then you've got to make a decision with the ball in your hands and execute the skill and we're not great in any of those areas, on average, over the 16 quarters we've played.

The game is always evolving but it has changed a bit.

All the conditioning measurements had shown an improvement by the players on previous results.