Burra loss gives coach the willies

By Mark Gullick
KEYSBOROUGH let slip another golden opportunity when it was over-run by Hampton Park in the last quarter of Saturday’s 15-point loss at Robert Booth Reserve.
“We’ve forgotten how to win,” Keysborough coach Brad Canavan said.
“We were 13 points up 17 minutes into the last; had a shot on goal that missed which probably would have broken their back.
“We just stopped again, made some really poor individual decisions and caused turnovers and they just seemed to manage to kick five goals in 10 minutes.
“If I called when we lost to Narre ‘Cyclone Narre’, then this was more like those Willy Willies in the school yard. Just a mini version of that. The ball just didn’t bounce our way. It was just another day in the frustrating life of a Keysy coach.”
Keysborough had plenty of chances to establish a firm lead, especially in the third term, but again they couldn’t capitalise.
“We just play in fits and spurts,” Canavan said. “When we’re fit, we’re pretty good then we spurt and we’re terrible. We just need to sort that out.
“We need to recruit some blokes over summer to iron that out for us and give us more consistency. We need some guys that can kick the footy really well. We need guys that can understand the game.”
Keysborough had many serviceable players: Karl Schoenmaekers and Michael Downie in defence, Ryan Goodes and Darcy McDonald through the midfield and Anthony Brannan and Dean Gentle in the forward line.
Tyson King kicked three goals.