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Cats still need to improve: Podsiadly

Sam Lienert 06/08/2011 07:25:18 PM Comments (0)

Geelong delivered the ball into attack more than any other AFL side in history against Gold Coast on Saturday, but key forward James Podsiadly believes the service could have been better.

The Cats moved the ball into their attacking 50m arc 80 times, believed to be an AFL record, compared to 30 for the Suns, in their 150-point win at Skilled Stadium.

But Podsiadly, who returned from injury to boot five goals, said despite the 29.14 (188) to 6.2 (38) victory, following a 186-point belting of Melbourne a week earlier, there was room for improvement.

"Our delivery into the forward line wasn't great. Our forwards and mids didn't kick the ball in there too well," Podsiadly, the Cats' leading goalkicker this season, told reporters after the match.

Despite the Suns notching just eight scoring shots, he said the Cats were also too slow to move into defensive mode at times.

"There's a number of areas our coaches can go through, so we can still improve and we're going to have to," he said.

But the strong-marking forward was happy with the way he and fellow big forwards Cam Mooney and Tom Hawkins worked as a trio.

"I don't think we got in each other's way and we all presented up pretty well and our cohesion together is pretty good. I do love playing with those guys," he said.

Podsiadly said while there is debate about whether the three can remain in the same side heading into finals, there is no feeling between them that they are competing for spots.

"When you start competing with teammates for spots, it's the wrong way to go about it. You've got to compete with yourself," he said.

"If you really want to improve, I compete with myself and try to get better every week and I'm 100 per cent sure that Moons and Hawkins are the same."

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