Timing is everything and things are starting to fall into place for Melton in the Ballarat Football League.
After battling injuries throughout the year, the Bloods are starting to get most of their list available at the pointy end of the season.
On Sunday, the Bloods gave themselves a red hot shot at making a grand final as they accounted for East Point in a knock out semi final.
Bloods coach Troy Scoble said considering the injuries they’ve had this year, they were happy to just make the semi finals.
“We’re really excited,” he said. “We were happy to be honest to get to the final four with the injuries we’ve had to go through the year.
“Now to get into the final three, anything can happen when you can get into the final three.
“Finally, the grand final is in sight and we have a shot at one.”
Scoble admits they rolled the dice in recent weeks with their list and it has paid off so far.
Jordyn Cotter and Jordan Kight both returned to the side for the match with the Kangaroos after missing several weeks.
The start was the key in the Bloods, 12.13 (85)-8.10 (58) win.
“It was really windy conditions,” Scoble said. “We probably set the game up in the first quarter. “We kicked four goals into a six or seven goal wind.
“And that’s probably where the game stayed for the rest of the day, it wasn’t like we did a whole lot with the wind the two times we had it.
“It was like last week, whoever got out in front it was going to be hard to chase them.”
Scoble said the Kangaroos gave them a scare early in the last quarter when they reduced the margin to just eight points.
He said they were able to stay pretty calm and knowing they had the wind they knew they had the advantage.
“They rolled the dice and really took the game on really aggressively, we thought they might kick one or two into the breeze which they did, but they kicked them straight away.
“We always knew that if we were to kick two or three in the last quarter they were going to have to kick seven goals into a really strong breeze.
“I was really happy with how the players responded to that.”
Liam Carter and Conrad Farrugia kicked three goals each for the Bloods.
Scoble said it was another really strong performance from the group with the whole team playing well.
The Bloods now face the Sunbury Lions in a preliminary final.
Scoble said they could have five players available for selection in a massive boost.
He said the Lions would be a big challenge.
“We’ve had two really good games against them,” he said. “We were able to beat them at our ground.
“They got a hold of us a couple of weeks ago when we played them, unlike any team has in my time coaching Melton.
“We know a really dangerous side.”
