02 May 2005
Herald Sun
Mark Stevens
Yesterday was memorable not only for Matthew Richardson's 200th game, but also for the simple fact the Tigers conquered Port.
"We hadn't beaten Port Adelaide for seven years – for anything – not a Wizard Cup game, practice game . . . anything," Wallace said.
"We just felt if we're ever going to have an opportunity to have a go at them, this was our chance.
"It's one we've broken . . . it's one that's gone now.
"That's the sort of stuff you've got to do when you've been down a long time. You've got to break all those hoodoos."
Wallace praised his players for listening to the coaches' message and not deviating from the game plan.
"They were so prepared to listen to instructions and so prepared to stick with what we wanted to do to actually change the momentum back our way," Wallace said.
"All we did in Round 1 (against Geelong) was look at the scoreboard. I thought today we didn't look at the scoreboard at all . . . that means they're learning."
Wallace conceded the first quarter was a horror story as Warren Tredrea and Port looked likely to wreak havoc.
"They certainly didn't make the most of opportunities and when that door's left ajar there's always occasions when you'll get your turn in the sun," he said. "It is a game of momentum. In this game when the momentum changed, it stayed that way."
At the first break, Wallace asked his players to start taking risks and run through the lines, and the results were spectacular."We were all over the place in the first quarter," he said.
"Everything that could've gone wrong in the early stages went wrong."
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I heard Terry said at quarter time something along the lines to the boys of "unless you guys are willing to take risks you will never win a footy match"
Although we aren't consistently skilled enough and still do too many stupid things to be classed anywhere near the top sides, IMO Wallace's run and carry gameplan is coming along very nicely. When the whole 18 on the field follow it to the letter we look a very dangerous side.
