Melbourne coach says the team has maintained its belief, even when there doubters outside the club. agerealfooty AFL
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin lauded his team’s refusal to hit the panic button or succumb to self-doubt amid a recent patch of indifferent form - and his Demons were rewarded on Thursday night with their biggest and best win since Anzac Day eve.
Christian Petracca, Simon Goodwin and Christian Salem are in high spirits after Melbourne’s impressive win over Port Adelaide.“It’s very hard to play good footy for the whole 22 rounds in the season,” Goodwin said.“The one thing I’m proud of with our footy club is our ability to stay calm. But against the Power, Melbourne looked dangerous and multi-pronged in attack, with best-afield Christian Petracca, Tom McDonald and resurgent livewire Kysaiah Pickett bagging three goals each and Bailey Fritsch, Luke Jackson and the recalled Ben Brown presenting powerfully.″We’ve only kicked 100 points a few times this year, but we’ve normally kicked between 70 and 90 and been able to win games of footy.
Meanwhile Port will nervously await medical assessments on young gun Zak Butters, who was subbed out in the third quarter after hurting the medial collateral ligament in his right knee.