Don’t stop believing: Lynch
CROWS forward Tom Lynch says he feels indebted to the football club and will do anything he can to help turn around its struggling fortunes.
The 29-year-old said he had great belief things could turn quickly starting with their next clash against Melbourne at Adelaide Oval tonight.
“I’m very passionate about this footy club, it’s done a lot for me and anything I can do to help make it a better place when I leave I’m absolutely willing to do,” Lynch said. “The coaching group is fantastic, Nicksy (Matthew Nicks) is going to be a great coach for the club for a long period of time and I’ve got great belief there are a bunch of boys out there who will play here for a long time.
“We’re getting there to turn it around as quick as possible and hopefully we’re not to far away for everyone.”
Lynch is in the leadership group at West Lakes where senior players have been under fire for not performing in the club’s 0-9 start to the season including Saturday’s 69-point loss to North Melbourne.
“Senior player, new player, anyone, it was really disappointing, I feel like over the last month we’ve really started to improve in a lot of areas and on the weekend it was disappointing,” he said.
“We’ve reviewed the game and gone into a fair amount of detail on what we need to do to get better.
“We were a fair way off and got the result we deserved, so we’ve worked through that and we are fortunate that we get an opportunity in a couple of days’ time to turn it around.
“We’re 0-9 and I think there’s still great belief among the players and coaches, every time we do step out that we’re going to get the job done ... and the coaches have done a great job of making sure we still go out there with our chest out and ready to compete.
“You’ve certainly got great belief that things can turn quickly, and we feel like if we keep training the way we are we will eventually start seeing it longer in games, but obviously the weekend was a step back in where we feel like we’ve been heading.”
He said senior players weren’t playing in fear of being dropped.
“You’re not playing not to get dropped as a senior player, you’re playing to instil belief into the younger guys, lead from the front, display the actions and standards we want as a group.
“You’re going out to prioritise others and play the brand of footy and lead from the front ... when you’re 0-9 there’s a fair amount of noise that comes with that, but we’re asking guys to play their role and that’s not on the stats sheet.”