Trevor Jackson
MOUNT BURR 20.15 (135) d GLENCOE 9.7 (61)
Round 6 of Mid South East football was a game of two halves at the Mount Burr oval.
The Mozzies hosted Glencoe and up until half time it was anyone’s game.
In fact, the Murphies held a slender two-point lead at the first break, then trailed by one at half time.
However, what happened then was like flicking a light switch as the Mozzies began to run rampant and control the contest.
The third term yielded seven major scores for the home side, while holding the Murphies to just one and push the lead out to 40 points.
But rather than just a one-quarter burst, Mount Burr went on with it, adding another seven majors in the final term, giving up just two goals, to claim a comfortable 74-point victory.
The Mozzies were led up forward by Jack Gregory, with seven goals to his name.
Josh Fiebig kicked four, Josh Wallis three and Brady Sharp two.
Coach Reece Duncan said the first half was probably as much to do with Glencoe’s efforts as his side’s lack of execution.
“Taking nothing away from Glencoe, they were on early, but we were frustratingly asleep for the first quarter,” he said.
“We probably played five minutes of good football in the second quarter then went back to being asleep.
“I gave the boys a bit of a chat at quarter time and got a bit of a response, but then we fell away again.”
While the Mozzies had wrestled back the lead at the long break, the scoreboard was far from ideal.
Another spirited chat at half time saw the side play some of its better football and the scoreboard reflected that effort.
“At half time and spoke about the way we wanted to play football and what we want to be doing,” Duncan said.
“To the boys’ credit they went out after half time and put the words into action.
“We need to make sure that lapse is a once off.
“When we are playing the sides we need to beat we could cost ourselves a win.
“In the end we came away with a good win, but there is plenty to learn from it.”
With Gregory is such fine form in front of goals, along with Fiebig providing another option, the Mozzies had plenty to kick to, which they began to find with regularity.
“I was a lot happier with the third quarter,” Duncan said.
“But that was one good quarter and we needed another one.
“When we played Glencoe last year, we were up at three-quarter time and they came back and won the game, so I was happy with how the boys continued on in the last quarter.”
As for the Mozzies position on the ladder, Duncan said it was a good start to the season.
“Third is a good spot to be in, as long as we can stay there,” he said.
“We don’t want to drop games and have to fight come the end of the year, because the draw doesn’t favour us too well for a tight finish.”
