Fitness & Final Quarters

[Beno88]

It appears as though our fitness and finishing has been better this year than any other in the recent past.
The extra funding allocated to this area seems to be worth it, particularly in the latter half of the year.
If indeed it has improved then it will really show through this week.
Despite a bruising encounter last week and a 6 day break, we are playing a side who has played back to back interstate games and have won one of their last six final quarters at the MCG. We also rested several players in the final term last week.

In the first 6 games we lost 4 final quarters, since then we've only lost another 4.

We've won our last 6 final quarters.

We've conceded and average of only 5.25 points in the last quarter over the last month.

The only concerning thing, the last team to score over 10 points in a final quarter against us?...... Collingwood.

The key will be to ensure that we are well and truly in the game at 3/4 time, unlike last time vs the pies when the game was lost early on.