Leigh Matthews
Leigh Matthews
Leigh Raymond Matthews AMis a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football Leagueand coached Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions...
damaged initially months poor
The poor bugger. It's been 12 months (since he initially damaged his knee).
morning richard symptoms
Richard will have scans in the morning but it's got all the symptoms of another reconstruction.
balance coin nice period side team
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.
foot hoping means sore start stress
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.
improvement players previous shown
All the conditioning measurements had shown an improvement by the players on previous results.
damage determine
He'll have X-rays to determine if there's any damage that you can't see.
capable games good half whatever
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.
emotional emotions love media weekend
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.
behind eight far goals hard kicked morale scoreboard scoring seven
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.