IT'S an ominous warning for opposition coaches, but Saints joint mentor Nick Braybon believes his side are yet to play to their potential this season.
Never mind the fact they are unbeaten after 14 rounds and have a whopping for and against percentage of 349.50, Braybon is adamant the Saints can be better.
Speaking after Saints 23.24 (162) to 3.5 (23) win over South Cairns last Saturday, Braybon said his side still had a lot of work to do.
"We're yet to put together a quality four-quarter performance," he said.
The hard taskmaster was impressed with his side's opening stanza where they kicked five goals and nine behinds – a result he rated better than the previous week’s five goals, two behinds opening burst against Centrals Trinity.
"We are still having an influx of two or three players every week," he said.
"Once we can put the same team on the park each week, we'll improve even more.
Kicking goals for the Saints forwards has been like shooting goldfish in a barrel and Nick Gill (5) and Matthew Walsh (4) again gorged themselves with majors on Saturday.
Braybon said the fruits of his forward’s labours weren’t necessarily reflected on the scoreboard.
"Our tall forwards have been very good at providing two or three leads and our small forwards have been excellent in picking up the crumbs," he said.
"But it is the workrate of the midfield that has been crucial in setting this up."
In the engine room, ruckman Jack White provided regular ball to the Saints small men in one of his best games for the club.
Braybon said there was nothing accidental about Saints' lofty position on the ladder.
"A lot of planning has gone into this. There are a lot of people behind the scenes who do a lot of work in ensuring the side performs."
With eight regulars missing, Souths president Lance Dixon said he was pleased with his players' endeavour throughout the four quarters.
"We exposed a lot of new blokes to senior footy and they held up pretty well," he said.
"We had seven players aged under 18 and they never stopped trying."
Dixon admitted he was a little nervous entering the final quarter with the scoreboard attendant yet to register a major for Saints.
"But we kicked a few in the last quarter so that was pleasing."
Regular midfielder Bill English laid claims for a starting position on the forward line after booting a rare goal in the final stanza.
The Cutters can look forward to the bye week and then the return of eight players for the clash against Lions on July 21.
In other matches, Manunda ran out 46-point winners over a dogged Centrals Trinity while North Cairns 20.9 (129) were too strong for Lions 12.15 (87).
Last Modified on 25/09/2012 10:19