Sunshine Heights will enter the back part of the Western Region Football League division 3 season confident it’s on the right track.
The Dragons, who had the bye on the weekend, sit in third spot on the ladder, and have the chance to lock up their finals spot this week against West Footscray.
Dragons coach Colby Blyth said they were pretty happy with how things were tracking. The Dragons were knocked out in the semi finals last season, but have had a much stronger season this year.
“It’s important for us to lock in finals spot against West Footscray,” he said. “It’ll be good to give us a bit of breathing room.
“It’s a massive positive for us. We are healthy and on the right path.”
Blyth said the side’s last match in when they lost to top side the Suns, again showed they can match it with anyone on their day.
The Dragons are the only team to beat the Suns this season. Blyth said they knew the Suns would come out hard after their first clash.
“I was impressed on the weekend [against the Suns], he said. “I thought we controlled a fair bit of the play, but we didn’t make the most of the opportunities.
“It’s maybe one that we let slip. I was really impressed how we bounced back and played some really good footy.
“We fought to get back into the contest especially in the second quarter when we were four to five goals down and we then took the lead in the third quarter.”
Blyth said there was no good or bad time to have a bye, but said they would work around it.
He said they would look at the other results on the weekend and where they could look to get better.
The Dragons are back in action this Saturday against second placed Albanvale. The Cobras are the only team the Dragons haven’t beaten this season.
A win would keep the Dragons small top two hopes alive.
Blyth said they would continue to take it one week at a time.
“We will assess week by week and Albanvale is another important one,” he said. “We got beaten at home by them pretty convincingly.
“We’ll work on things as we approach finals and get on the same page and get a bit more serious.”
Tara Murray
