PEGS isn’t getting ahead of itself despite an unbeaten start to the Victorian Amateur Football Association premier C season.
Last season’s division 1 premiers have found life in the higher division to their liking, with five wins and a draw from their first six matches.
Having gone through last season undefeated, PEGS hasn’t lost a match since July 2021.
PEGS co-coach Andrew Horne said they were happy with how the season had been progressing.
“It’s been pretty good, but we’re not getting too far ahead of ourselves,” he said.
“It’s an even competition and we’ve managed to bank some wins early. We were pretty confident in the list we had coming up.
“It’s a more even competition compared to the division below, we’re really pleased with how we’ve started.”
Horne said they prepared really well leading into the season to be able to make the jump up to the higher division.
He said keeping the same group together had also played a role.
“We kept the same list,” he said. “Brendon Benson our ruck retired, besides that we keep the list.
“We didn’t add too many, but we had a few that didn’t play finals last year as they had been overseas.”
Horne said outside of the better talent at this level, the different structures and teams set up behind the ball had been the biggest difference between grades.
The first year coach knows things can turn quickly, making the start even more important.
He said they have a couple of injuries while there’s some players heading overseas in the next few weeks.
The aim for PEGS now is to play finals on the back of the strong start they had.
Horne knows it won’t be easy.
PEGS had to come from behind in its round six match to get a draw against Old Carey.
He said the match against second placed Old Camberwell in a couple of weeks time would be a big one.
PEGS was set to face Ormond on Saturday in round seven after deadline.
“We have to keep getting wins over the winter months,” Horne said.
