Six games ahead of finals, three-time premiership player Corey Enright agrees with his senior coach that Geelong has struggled to play to their full potential this season.
“Yeah definitely, he (Chris Scott) said and he’s on the record saying we haven’t played our best footy and I agree,” Enright told 7mate’s Talking Footy.
“We’ve played some good footy in parts but it hasn’t been consistent enough and we’ve been in games and we’ve won a lot of games...”
Before welcoming the break, the Cats will aim to fix their interstate reputation of falling off the table in the last half when they meet the Giants at Skoda Stadium 7:40 Saturday night.
“We’ve got the Giants this week and then the bye and then a tough run home – so it’s really exciting for us as a group and we’re up for the challenge.
With finals on the horizon, Enright confesses he’s not completely ruling out another flag, despite the team’s varying displays this year.
“I’m not going to say we can’t, (however) a lot of things need to go right to win a premiership,” Enright said.
“We’re just concentrating on giving ourselves the best chance for the moment.”
Enright also reveals Geelong’s inconsistencies could ‘possibly’ be due to the senior players’ up and down performances during game time. Despite this issue, Enright believes the team is heading down a positive track.
“It’s probably a combination of a lot of things but that has a bit to do with it.”
“We set really high standards as a group and at times we probably haven’t lived up to it.
“But as I touched on before, I think we’re in a pretty strong position and all we can do at the moment is try to concentrate on playing our best footy for four quarters and see where that takes us.”
Enright, who holds the highest number of games in Geelong’s current senior squad, with a total of 280 games to his name, has been led by many influential leaders and Joel Selwood is undeniably one of them.
“He does a power of work behind the scenes but it’s what you guys see is what I love him for, his leadership on the ground, and there is no better player to play under – he drags you along,” Enright said.
Reaching the end of his 14th season, Enright realises he has less years ahead of him than behind, however, he’s not in a hurry to leave the blue and white hoops just yet.
“It’s undecided at the moment,” Enright said.
“I’m really enjoying my footy and I’ve got a few people to talk to and obviously the club is going to play a huge role in that.”
Although he’s not certain on his end date, he is certain about one thing and that is to continue his career in the footy scene.
“At the moment I’m enjoying playing footy and I’m trying to make Geelong the best we can be, but having one eye on the future I see myself in footy and hopefully going down the coaching path at some stage,” Enright explained.
