Chris Maple talks after Ballarat's win over Sunbury
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00:00You needed a scalp. You've got a scalp. What's that mean to this group?
00:04Yeah, I think it'll be great for them. We know that Summary don't travel overly well,
00:10but obviously they've been playing some excellent footy.
00:14So it was great for our boys to have a good win like that and important.
00:18And I know it's been a couple of people have written that there's a question mark on us and stuff.
00:24And that's probably been earned from not quite doing what we should occasionally.
00:30And your run of injuries too.
00:31Yeah, that's right. And so, look, it was a pretty good effort today.
00:36And as I said, there's a couple of boys that got up Thursday night, which was great.
00:40Put their hand up. They're not 100, but, you know, for them to put their hand up and play, it's really good.
00:47And they did well, which was even better. So it was a good result.
00:51What did you do? What did you do differently this week? I mean, you started well.
00:55You've been starting well most weeks, but this time you're able to go on.
00:57Even when they came at you last quarter, you were able to city.
00:59Yeah, I think you get more experienced as you're playing.
01:03And they also, you know, the opposition tried a few different things that some of it helped us a little bit.
01:12You know, putting blokes behind the ball and freeing up some of our players, which has really helped us as well.
01:18So, look, it was a great game of footy. A bit slow to start with.
01:22A nil all draw, nilly. I thought I was at a soccer game for a quarter time.
01:27But, yeah, it was a good result. Conditions weren't all that bad in the end.
01:32We didn't have a lot of rain. We didn't get a lot of wind or anything like that.
01:35No, there was not much wind and very little rain for the whole game.
01:38Obviously, it had been a bit earlier in the day. So, yeah, we coped with the conditions well.
01:44We planned for that and we planned really well.
01:48The boys executed stuff that we really wanted to put in place.
01:52We were better around the ball. Marcus Powling was really good today.
01:58Took some good marks in that last quarter when they were coming at you too.
02:02Will Liston, Paddy Simpson and Lewis Rinaldi were outstanding today, midfielders.
02:11And also, I thought Reece Perry did a very good job on Sutton.
02:16And then Jack O'Brien playing as a forward kick four. Like, great for him.
02:23So, yeah, very happy. Our pressure was good.
02:26They came at you in that last quarter. I think it probably got as close as 10 points.
02:30With probably six or seven minutes to go.
02:32You were able to steady though, which, you know, young sides don't always steady.
02:36Other teams tend to run over these young sides. So, to be able to do that.
02:39Good. Good experience for them. Learning.
02:42Sometimes they get it right and other times they don't.
02:45So, today we did, which was great.
02:47Week off next week. Anyone to come back after the bye?
02:50You mentioned you had four or five weeks.
02:52Yeah, well, hoping that Harry Butler will get back and play our next game.
02:56And Keegan Mallington should get back in as well.
02:59So, there will be a couple of good boys in.
03:01Did you lose anyone today?
03:02Not at this stage.
03:03Well, they've got a week off anyway, so they've got two weeks to get over, don't they?
03:06Yeah, that's right.
03:07Congratulations, mate.
03:08Thanks.