CLICK HERE TO WATCH CTV'S THE WEEKEND THAT WAS WITH BRAD SCOTTIt was the players’ ability to rectify a couple of areas they were down in at three quarter time which led to the big last quarter against Carlton, according to development coach Brad Scott.
Collingwood, seeking its 11th win of the season and looking to stay in touch with the top four, trailed by a goal at the final change against the 15th-placed Blues, but a powerful eight-goal-to-three final stanza led to an important 24-point win.
“It was pleasing to bounce back. It was very disappointing the week before, but the boys stuck to the task and got over the line in the end,” Scott said on CTV’s The Weekend That Was at the Lexus Centre on Monday.
He also revealed the coaches and players identified a couple of areas that needed to be addressed in the final stanza if a win was to be achieved.
“I think we were pretty disappointed with the way we were bringing the ball into our forward line,” he said. “We’ve got exceptional big forwards, and we need to trust them and kick the ball to them.
“It’s pretty hard for the forwards to kick goals if the boys aren’t kicking the ball into them well enough, and I thought we did that in the last quarter.”
“The other focus was our leaders standing up and playing like leaders, and Scotty Burns was one of them,” Scott said.
For the record, Anthony Rocca, who had only one disposal at half time, finished with five important goals including four in the final term, while Travis Cloke, the club’s other key marking forward, booted four.
Burns, meanwhile, worked tirelessly at the clearances in the last quarter and was instrumental in driving the ball forward.
Scott also talked about the return of James Clement and the ongoing superb form of Tarkyn Lockyer in his round-up of the match, and was “really pleased” with Ryan Cook’s debut.
“I’ve been really looking forward to him making his debut all year, actually," Scott said of Cook.
“I think he’s a player who shows a lot of potential. He’s had a couple of deficiencies, and his tackling’s probably been one of those, so it was really pleasing to see him tackle well on the weekend.
“Hopefully he just keeps going forward with his footy, and if he keeps working as hard as he has been, he’ll have a good career.”
