From Sunday Tasmanian
Reported by Adam Smith
THE Devils produced one of their worst performances for the year at Bellerive Oval yesterday, ending up on the end of a 79-point hiding at the hands of Frankston.
It was a far cry from the performance last weekend, when the side battled hard to register just its second win of the season.
The Dolphins smashed the Devils in every aspect of the game to run out 24.7 (151) to 10.12 (72) victors.
It was the basics which hurt the home side the most yesterday, with simple skills errors proving costly.
Time after time in the first half players failed to hit targets, turned the ball over and the decision-making under pressure was poor.
Despite this, the Devils trailed by only 15 points at the main break, but a nine-goal-to-one third term killed off the game as a contest.
Coach Daryn Cresswell was fuming with his players after the match, keeping them behind closed doors for nearly 20 minutes and giving them a huge tongue-lashing.
And he admitted a few of the group may have got ahead of themselves after last week's win.
"It was very disappointing. All the things we did well last week weren't there today," Cresswell said.
"We have been making silly little errors all year and our turnovers cost us goals.
