Sam Gray

"They were a lot cleaner than us in the second half, and probably tougher over the footy as well. They got it going forward and their mids were able to run on to the ball, and got onto a few goals in the end and it cost us.

" It started in the middle. They were getting crucial clearances and getting it forward, and It was tough for our defenders to stop it.

"We’re probably a team that plays a good half of footy each week, so we need to go back and work out why we can’t do it for a full game. If we can do it for a full game, we know we can take it up to the good teams." 


Jasper Pittard

"Unfortunately we’ve really set ourselves up for another top eight scalp, particularly after the loss to them earlier in the year. It was an improved performance, a really good first half, we really gave ourselves a chance but they fought back as a good side does and we couldn’t hold on.

"The reason we were up at half time was a tough tackling mentality which we pride ourselves on. They just outdid us in that area in the second half. It was a pretty even game when you look at it, but their second half was just better in that area and it got them the win.

"It’s hard to know what to put [inconsistency] down to. It’s a pretty tough competition, every side you come up against has a chance and fight at some point during a game. We need to keep doing the things we know work well enough in a game and again...a half of footy’s not going to cut it.

Robbie Gray

"We were pretty pleased with how we started off the game….but they got ontop of us in the third quarter there particularly, around the midfield. They scored quite heavily from the back 50 stoppage so we let ourselves down in that area as well.

"There’s a bit of disappointment over what happened in the second half.

"I suppose over the last couple of years it’s been our consistency  week to week and in games [ that’s an issue]. We’ve spoken about it and obviously the two halves today show that…we couldn’t back it up with a solid four quarter performance today."