Danyon Williams and Ari Glover put pressure on the ball.
In round 12 of the Picola League, the Blighty Redeyes take on the Strathmerton Bulldogs away from home.
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The Redeyes are again coming off a crushing loss, going down by 136 points to second-placed Katandra last round.
This comes after playing third-placed Katamatite, eighth-placed Tocumwal and the fourth-placed Tungamah in consecutive weeks.
Blighty coach Dane Leyden said while they were soundly beaten, the opportunity to play against a quality side like Katandra showed his team a lot.
“Credit to Katandra, they had a really good run, and it is great to see a club like that has built it with young players.
“I think their number five on the weekend (Bailey Bell) is one of the best young players, I think, I’ve seen in the competition so far.”
“It was good for us to get a look at some really slick-ball movement from their side, how it is done and some of how we want to play.
“It has let us re-evaluate a little bit and work out what we need to work at and improve on at training, and it’s forced us to have a really good week on the track.”
Following last week’s match, Leyden said the list had got through the contest well and was looking ahead to the next few weeks.
“We’ve had a couple of outs, and we rested a few of our players with injuries and niggles, so it was good we had no injuries in the game on Saturday.
“Hopefully, everyone should be right to play.
Dane Leyden evades his defender.
“We’re happy with the list at the moment, for the most part, and if we can get one or two more back in that would be great.
“And we know with injuries that probably every team in the competition is dealing with it at the moment.
“We’re not the only ones in the competition in that regard, just as a whole trying to make sure we’re as fit as we can be to get a win.”
Leyden said the stretch of games against teams between 9th and 15th on the ladder ahead is very exciting for his team, starting this week against 10th-placed Strathmerton.
“Every game is a real chance to get our first win, and the boys are pretty excited about that.
“Not that we aren’t excited for every game. It’s just that the boys all believe we are in these games, which brings excitement and keeps us energised.
“We’re definitely a better chance against Strathmerton on the weekend, and some of the other teams coming up, than we are against the Katandras of the competition.
“Although we’re taking it one week at a time, so we’re focusing on Strathmerton this week.
“We know they’ve been a pretty good side over the last couple of years and were in the grand final two years ago.
“They have some pretty handy players, so we know we’ll have to give our absolute best, but over the next six games we definitely still believe.
“We’re always looking forward to where we really have a chance and building towards being in games enough to win them.”
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