EAGLES COMMIT TO DISCIPLINE
BY STEPHEN BAKER
WEST Coast Eagles ruckman, Dean Cox has said that his team will be more concerned with getting a win than worrying about crowd sizes on Saturday night when they take on North Melbourne on the Gold Coast.
Cox said that he and his teammates were determined to overcome their lack of discipline which has cost them in recent weeks.
The Eagles conceded four goals from 50-metre penalties in their 37-point loss to Carlton in round seven.
The 2007 All-Australian ruckman said the Eagles needed to stay focused and disciplined from first bounce to final siren.
“We saw it against Carlton, we had a second quarter that was disgraceful, we did it the week before we’ve done it in weeks where we’ve just let ourselves down with fifteen, twenty minutes of football and let sides kick four, five six or eight goals,” he said.
Cox said that given the nature of modern day football, sides can’t over come blowouts like they may have in the past.
“This competition it’s too hard to come back. We’ve come back at times, but just haven’t been good enough to get over the line.”
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