HAMISH JARRAD (Daylesford)

Daylesford coach Hamish Jarrad talks about the Bulldogs' run to the CHFL finals.

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00:00Well, a loss against Bungaree today, it was a big game, tough conditions out there, but

00:08despite that, two losses to this time of the season, you go into a two week break, I reckon

00:13as happy as a coach can be at this stage of the season, you're pretty happy.

00:18Yeah, happy with how we're tracking along, you know, if you had said take 9 and 2 at

00:23the start of the year, we definitely would have took it, there's no question on that,

00:26we've had a few big games and challenges along the way, and we're continually learning as

00:32a group about what our best footy looks like and where we sit within the competition, and

00:36I think after the breaks we'll be sitting in that top 2 or 3 around that mark somewhere,

00:41so I'm happy here with our chest and our own hands running home, which is good.

00:45I think that's the most important thing, as you say, where you go, you can control that

00:50now, can't you?

00:51Yeah, we do, so last 5, we've got 3 of the teams that are fighting in that top 6 mix,

00:58so if we win the games we should win, we deserve to finish top 4, and if we don't, it probably

01:03shows where we're at in the competition, so it's an exciting time for our playing group

01:09and the club just to be in the mix and in the conversation leading into that back end

01:13of the year.

01:14And you've got your player list in a pretty good position, obviously Ben Jones, a pretty

01:17big loss with that shoulder injury, but hopefully he's not too far away after the break and

01:23you have him back before the finals, but a couple of others to come back, and for a club

01:29that's had its share of issues this year with injuries, like everyone, you're probably not

01:34in a too bad, your position's not too bad.

01:37Yeah, so hopefully with the 2 weeks off now, after that bye, we should nearly be as full

01:42of strength as we can get, you know, Benny Jones should be right hopefully, Freddie Cummings

01:47will be back, Cameron Lee will be back as well, Luke's set will be touch and go, Tobia

01:53Maher's probably unfortunately done for the year, so there's 4 or 5 in the mix there to

01:56come in and strengthen the side which is exciting, but at the same time, they've got to come

02:01back and earn their spots and make sure that they're playing the team way as well.

02:05What about the coach?

02:06Yeah, I'll hopefully be right after the bye, I'll sneak in, but there's more important

02:11players than me to worry about.