SFNL: Hampton coach Jamie Marshall says his won’t get ‘carried away’ by huge win

Despite recording an enormous win over ladder-leaders South Mornington, Hampton coach Jamie Marshall says his side won’t be getting ‘carried away’ by the result. See why.

Hampton pre-game. Picture: SUPPLIED

Hampton coach Jamie Marshall won’t be popping any champagne.

Although he watched his side hand South Mornington its first blemish of the Southern league Division 4 season, Marshall says they won’t get “carried away” by the result.

The Hammers trailed at every change before rattling home in the final term to win 16.11 (107) to 15.13 (103).

The win, Hampton’s eighth, was celebrated but hardly harped on.

“To hold up against the cream of the division at the moment in South Mornington was a pleasing result but there is a long way to go,” Marshall said.

“It’s about keeping work ethics and standards up… it’s easy to get carried away when you take a good scalp like South Mornington, it’s about keeping our mind on the job.

“Hopefully we get that reward of finishing in the top two, then we will reset and change our goals for the finals.”

Marshall believes his group got the better of the conditions on Saturday, allowing them to negate South Mornington’s typical stoppage stranglehold.

“We backed our boys in to stick to our structures and play football and have a crack,” he said.

“South Mornington set up really well at the stoppages, we were able to watch their stoppages closely and then tweak the way we were able to try to combat that.

“They use their quarterback really well, they were able to run off the back, we were trying to tighten that up a bit and it probably got us over the line in the end.

“The conditions suited us a bit better, lighter bodies, reasonably quick.”

Hampton pre-game. Picture: SUPPLIED

South Mornington sits four wins clear atop of the table and has won the two previous clashes with Hampton by 20 and nine points.

Marshall thinks the difference this time around was the Hammers’ ability to remain composed when the Tigers ramp up the pressure.

“I think in the past, when the opposition get a couple on us, we go away from our structures a little bit,” he said.

“They all try to win the game, win the ball and we break away from it (our structure).

“I think the difference this time was we put a bit of pressure on our guys, we asked the leaders to step up and control what’s happening around them.”

Daniel Jones, Leo Grenville, Corey Smith, Thomas Simpson, Jake Timms and Henry Grenville were the Hammers’ best.

Jayden Davis, Anthony Guiliano, Quinn Christy, Brett McCleary, Justin McCleary and Chris Baker were the Tigers’ best.

Elsewhere, Dandenong defeated Moorabbin Kangaroos 16.10 (106) to 11.8 (74) and Lyndale defeated Doveton Eagles 19.19 (133) to 3.3 (21).