New coaches Mark Pink and Kade East search for first SWFL win when Harvey Bulls meet Collie Eagles

New Harvey Bulls coach Mark Pink said his side “owe” their supporters “something” when they face Collie Eagles after last week’s disappointing effort against the Eaton Boomers. Both Pink and new Collie Eagles head coach Kade East are still searching for their first SWFL win after losses at the weekend. After a slow start last Saturday, the Bulls kicked three goals to one in the second term and were in the game at half-time, but were then defeated by an impressive Boomers side 15.13 (103) to 8.6 (54). While for the Eagles, a one goal to four second term and a scoreless last quarter resulted in a 20-point loss to Donnybrook at home 9.9 (63) to 6.7 (43). Pink, who took over from Bulls legend Ned Fimmano in October last year, said his side did not gel against the Boomers. “To be honest really honest I am very disappointed,” he said. “I thought we recruited fairly well over the summer, and I still think that is the case, we just didn’t seem to gel that well on the day. “Our defence didn’t quite gel on the day, there are a lot of new faces in there. “There is a lot of stuff to work on this week.” The former Peel Thunder Reserves coach said his side “owed” their supporters something on Saturday. “I just feel that we owe our supporters something after last week’s effort,” he said. “Mostly I was disappointed for our supporters, so I am really looking forward to hopefully rectifying that situation.” The Bulls became one of the first SWFL teams to be affected by COVID at the weekend, only having 20 league players after the late news two of their men had tested positive for the virus. The lack of rotations affected the Harvey side, and after trailing by just 12 points at half-time, they were outscored 10 goals to four in the second half. Pink said he was keen to see how the group bounced back this weekend. “I am really looking forward to our players responding and fighting back, and seeing what we can do to redeem ourselves after last week’s effort,” he said. “Our preparation seemed to be really good and everything was right. “But maybe after the first 20 minutes we just didn’t attack the ball hard enough. “We were second to the ball, and when you’re second to the ball, you know what happens.” The Harvey Bulls and Collie Eagles will play at the Harvey Recreation Ground at 2:10pm.