Hawks hold slim chance

Morwell East did what they needed to do by defeating Yarragon 7-17 (59) to 7-7 (49).

It was always going to be all or nothing for the Hawks.

With two wins from the last two rounds absolutely necessary just to have a slight chance of finals participation, Morwell East knew this was their D-day for season 2018.

With that in mind the visitor jumped out of the blocks from early in the game, peppering the goals time and time again only to miss the opportunity to blow the game open by missing too many easy chances.

The visitor could manage just two goals from their nine attempts, and although keeping Yarragon to just one goal and one behind, the Hawks held a lead of just two goals at quarter time.

“We had the edge in the early parts of the game and we had some gettable goals that we would normally get, and we missed chances throughout the day,” Morwell coach Colin King said.

The home side, with the aid of a favourable breeze in the second quarter, finally found their mojo and by the major break, they had turned that two goal deficit into a two goal lead.

The match was very much there to be taken and a season was on the line for Morwell East.

With the likes of Eric Semmler, Rob Michaelides, Brandon Francis, Frank Marks, Lucas Towns and Stephen Lambert doing the best and with Michaelides also getting on the end of three goals, the Hawks were on their way.

Turning at the half way mark the visitor started the fight, although they still trailed by nine points and had some work to do.

Yarragon had Brad Wolfe, Devin Pollock, Dean Fitzgerald, Thomas Follett, Nick Pratt and Jake Buckingham doing all they could, but the finals aspirants Morwell East were on a roll and they did what they have done on more than one occasion this year.

They came home hard and fast stole a victory from the home side.

The chances they make the finals now still remain minimal, but they can close of the season knowing that they have what it takes to take part at the business end of the season.

But it will require more consistent performances over a greater period of the season.

“We really shot ourselves in the foot, we shouldn’t have put ourselves in this position, but I’m really happy with the boys and the way they have fought it out and not turned up their toes when the going got tough,” King said.

Next week, the final match of the home and away season has the Hawks up against Trafalgar.

This will be a match where they could make a statement against the benchmark team of the MGFL and sound a warning for 2019.