Tigers expecting to win against Freo: Deledio
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen 1:41 PM Tue 26 May, 2009
RICHMOND midfielder Brett Deledio says his side should expect to win this weekend's game against Fremantle.
The Tigers have won just the one game against North Melbourne, but have been in most of the others before failing to notch the four points, while Fremantle has won three, but is just one spot above the Tigers in 14th.
Both teams had good starts on the weekend before being overrun later in the game, but Deledio said his side should be looking to pick up the four points on Saturday.
"We expect to win against Fremantle – what side would go over there and not expect to win?" he said at Punt Rd on Tuesday morning.
"Every game's a winnable game, it's just a matter of playing out all four quarters.
"We're looking for a win, no doubt."
The Tigers travelled to Perth twice last year and came away with two cracking wins, beating Fremantle by 64 points and West Coast by 77, and the 22-year-old said Subiaco suited the Tigers.
"We travel well together when we go away, so it should be good to get over to Perth and take on the Dockers on the big deck over there.
"I think it does [suit us] – Freo are in a similar position to us at the moment – well, they're travelling probably a little bit better – but we played well against them last year , so we're looking forward to the challenge and the big open spaces out there.
"We've got a lot of guys that are super-fit and fast as well – Matty White, Daniel Jackson – Axel (Nathan) Foley, those sort of guys, they're quick and love to run.
"So I guess it does suit us, and I think we play the ground reasonably well."
With such a close season, and it looking possible that just 10 games could see a team playing finals, Deledio – who was promoted to the leadership group at the start of the year – said the club was still aiming to play in September.
"We had high hopes going into the start of the season, and it really didn't get off on the right foot, but we're still building.
"Last year we won eight of our last 11 games, so that's the aim, I guess, to finish off the season as well as we did last year.
"I wouldn't say it's impossible yet – we can still win every game from here on in and we might be a chance.
"We go into every game trying to win, but I think our biggest thing is making sure we play out four quarters of a game.
"Our biggest issue is our skills at the moment – we're chasing tail a lot and that's causing us to fade out of games."
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