Admitting his side is "not travelling the best", Old Launcestonians coach Laine Cleaver knows Saturday's Meander Valley game could be a tough one.
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Labelling it a "danger game", Cleaver's side kicked 5.19 last week but were impressive around the ground, hoping to bring an accurate version against the Suns.
"They are towards the bottom of the ladder but they've beaten St Pats, they've played some good footy here and there, so it's one of those games if you go in with the wrong mindset, you can come out with the wrong result," he said.
"We've got to prepare ourselves and take them on like any other team."
Suns coach Damien Rhind was pleased with how his side performed against Old Scotch, but like OLs, have had disappointing games in front of goals.
"Last time we played these guys we competed really well, we just failed to kick straight so we will certainly be doing a bit of goal-kicking practice to ensure on our home deck we can get some six-pointers rather than one-pointers," he said.
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"I'm sure if we can bring effort for four quarters, there's no reason why we can't be really competitive."
Ahead of its clash with Evandale, Lilydale coach Colin Lockhart produced an ominous message, saying his side is "just starting to build."
Dropping only its round seven game against Old Scotch, Lilydale has welcomed back Trent Griggs and Wil Lockhart, with the latter playing more than a half last week.
"We've got a couple of things we need to work on," Lockhart said.
"Having [former Evandale coach] Jimmy [Storay] against his old club, they'll be up and about because they won't want to make life easy for him.
"We are really keen to have another hard game, our players seem to lift for the hard games."
Evandale was unable to hit the scoreboard with precision last weekend, but coach Sam Bouwman took the positives out of the game - competing well and producing inside-50 opportunities.
Heading into this week's road trip, the Eagles leader is under no illusions as to how tough the Demons are.
"It's probably as tough as you get in this comp, going there to play Lilydale," he said.
"But we are excited again to challenge the younger guys and see what we get out of them.
"We've had improvements on the first time we've played all the teams that we've played twice so far, so just looking to see more of that again."
A pair of bottom-five sides still hungry for success face off as UTAS hosts Perth.
The Lions were soundly beaten at the hands of St Pats last weekend, with coach Brodie Tiernan and his side learning a lot.
"St Pats play a good running brand of footy and it would be nice to apply some aspects to our game," he said.
"It'll be a good challenge this week and we're looking forward to it and can hopefully put up a strong showing."
Danny Bennett's Magpies pushed East Coast to the limit last week in a "pleasing" performance.
"To be competitive for over three-and-a-half quarters against a top-four side was pleasing for a young group," he said.
"We've got to go in and try and get another win on the board [this week]. UTAS will be certainly keen to notch up their first win as well, so we are expecting a tough contest and hopefully the result goes our way."