Lake Wendouree coach Courtney McLean

Lake Wendouree coach Courtney McLean after elimination final win over Melton South

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00:00Congratulations through to the second week of the finals. You must be proud. I am I'm very proud

00:03They all played really well and did play their roles

00:07Tell me a little bit about the performance. You must have been happy with the whole four quarters

00:10I mean you had the game wrapped up at three-quarter time. You just kept on playing

00:13Yeah, we obviously we have to make mention that they were short

00:17And we respect

00:20What they've brought anyway, but we were focused on a four-quarter consistent effort

00:26Which can be hard often if you're lacking an opponent somewhere or the structures have changed

00:32But overall, yeah, I'm happy with our effort, tenacity, consistency

00:38Tough conditions, I mean I know you say they were short

00:40But I mean when you're playing in wind luck there's anything can happen. The ball can just float around anywhere

00:44Yeah, well, that's right and from the outset

00:47We were really clear on being smart to the conditions and just working consistently on basics. So I was proud of that

00:54We don't know who you're playing yet, but obviously after last week's game against Redan the confidence must be higher

00:59That was a much better result. Yeah, last week was flat. So I'm happy that we've come off not feeling that same way

01:06What happened last week? I watched that game and I was like, nah, I don't know

01:09We've got to tip our caps to Redan because they were outstanding in all areas of the court. They shot really really well

01:18and I think that just boosts the rest of the team for them whereas

01:22Opposingly, we weren't good throughout the court. So we had a bit to work on and I don't know what the

01:30Flat, we were pretty flat. Couldn't move from fourth as well. I mean you were stuck sort of where you were maybe

01:35We were, I would like to think that wouldn't matter

01:39but

01:41Deep down something happens

01:43I often think sometimes if a key player of ours has been injured it might

01:49Somewhere affect how we feel about that, but we're fortunate that Sadie's back now and we can use her going forward in the finals

01:56Potentially it could be anyone. I mean it could be

02:01It could be North or it could be Darley. It could be anyone next week

02:03We just have to wait and see on other results, but I guess you'd be ready for whoever you come up against

02:07That's right. We just have to be confident that we can beat anybody

02:09So we'll just put in the work and see how we go

02:11You shoot 74 goals every week, you're going to be beaten most times, aren't you?

02:13Thank you