GREATER Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron says his midfielders have to get better after the Giants were given a centre clearance lesson in their 56-point loss to North Melbourne on Saturday.
Kangaroos ruckman Todd Goldstein had a League record 80 hit-outs against Giants youngster Rory Lobb, and the visitors capitalised on his dominance to win the clearances 20-4 at Spotless Stadium.
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But Cameron backed his inexperienced big man, and instead pointed the finger at his star-studded onball division.
"We knew it was going to be tough in the centre bounces, young Rory Lobb in his third game is probably giving away 15kg to (Todd) Goldstein, but I think our mids in there needed to be better," Cameron said post-match.
"I thought Rory fought tooth and nail, but our mids needed to be better.
"They're very, very good at it, I mean they played the Swans last week and I think it was 16-4, and we're talking about a top-two side.
"You've got to give credit where credit is due - they're tough, they're hard, Dal Santo played a really good role, he's a very good player; Cunnington, Ziebell, Swallow, they're mature men."
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The Giants have plenty of work to do on their stoppages, but also have issues up forward, after yet another wasteful goalkicking display against North Melbourne.
After giving up six goals to one in the opening term, the home side fought back on numerous occasions, but let themselves down with their finishing.
The Giants kicked 8.13 against North, and ran out of legs after three-quarter time, when the visitors kicked five goals to nil.
Cameron said his side's inaccuracy in front of goal is now a major concern.
"When you don't execute and don't hit the scoreboard it obviously deflates our young boys, and that’s what happened, then all of a sudden the flood gates opened in the last 20 minutes of the game," Cameron said.
"It is a problem, so we can't run away from it, we're not kicking straight. We've got to make sure that we execute going forward, because it deflates all the good work that you've done.
"It hurt us in the second quarter last week against Collingwood, and then today when we missed opportunities.
“You could clearly see it got the better of the boys in the last quarter."
The Giants head into the bye with two straight losses, but despite a poor fortnight, and his injury worries; Cameron is confident rather than despondent about the rest of 2015.
"We're 7-5, we've had a really good start to the year. We're disappointed we're not going to shy away from that, but we've got to get back on the bike," Cameron said.
"We play Richmond (after the bye), and they're in the same position as us, we want a spot in the eight, they want a spot in the eight."
