"I think there were a couple of players who were a little bit down.

"Over the course of the team, we were still reasonably consistent, albeit we perhaps didn't have a couple of players who stood out as well as Dangerfield and Selwood and Duncan did for them.

"We thought two or three of our other players played some pretty strong footy.

"I think the players who've been playing have been playing really consistent, in every contest.

"The ladder says we're eighth, we accept that, but we think we've been pretty consistent as a football club, we've played strong footy in every game we've been in, we've had a couple of down quarters, but other than that we've been pretty honest.

"We back the boys in, and give them opportunities to play the games that they'be been playing."