No more lives for Cats

Zorko vows to ring changes after Broadbeach’s late collapse

BROADBEACH QAFL coach Beau Zorko has vowed to swing the axe at the selection table this week after a “bitterly disappointing” one-point loss to Mt Gravatt where his team “stopped playing”.

The Cats held a 25-point lead seven minutes into the last quarter of the Round 11 game at Dittmer Park on Saturday before going down 13.11 (89) to 14.4 (88).

Vultures player Jesse Green landed the killer blow, kicking the final goal of the game with two minutes left to seal the win for the home side.

“We achieved success in the department of stealing defeat from the jaws of victory,” Zorko said.

“To put it bluntly, we stopped playing footy and went into survival mode.”

Mt Gravatt reduced the margin to five with three straight goals before Jackson Fisher responded to give the Cats a buffer of 11 points with eight minutes left.

“We thought ‘we have done enough here’ and shut up shop,” Zorko said.

“It was a poor lapse and one that is bitterly disappointing given some of the results that fell (on Saturday).”

Those results included Surfers Paradise losing to Labrador, meaning Broadbeach could have moved into second instead of holding third.

“We had some issues with (switching off) earlier in the season and unfortunately it reared its ugly head again (on Saturday).”

Zorko said he would be making some changes for this week’s game against Western Magpies.

“There will be some personnel changes, there is no doubt about that,” Zorko said.

“There might be some younger players who get their opportunity in the next week or two.”

Jason Cloke and Fisher kicked three goals each while Ben Hancock, Joel Newman, Fisher, Blake Erickson, Benji Neal and Jayden Rymer were named among the best.