That's the main thing: we were getting (shots) in good spots so maybe we need to spend a bit of time on it during the week.
- Travis Hodgson
By coach Travis Hodgson's own admission, Sunbury only had itself to blame for not fully capitalising on a "dominant" season-opening performance.
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The Lions notched their first win away to Darley in five years with a 14.15 (99) to 11.4 (70) rout against the Devils.
However, Hodgson believed the scoreboard did not reflect his side's authority over the contest.
"It was pretty comprehensive. I think the scoreboard probably didn't accurately reflect how dominant we were," he said.
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"We had double the amount of scoring shots, but we also doubled their number of inside 50s.
"We probably dominated in a lot of areas but just didn't put it on the scoreboard."
Joshua Guthrie was the Lions' best attacking threat, bagging three majors, while late inclusion Mitch Conn, Josh Goater and Haydn Ross captured two each.
Despite the allure of writing inaccuracies off to a year away from the game, Hodgson wouldn't use it as an excuse for his side's woes in front of goal.
"There is a bit of a pattern," he said.
"We were one of four teams on the top of the ladder last year, but we were relegated to fourth because we had the worst percentage.
"That wasn't on the back of anything bar inaccuracy.
"Hopefully (Saturday) was a once-off and not a continuation of 2019."
"I'd like to put it down to the first round, but there is a long way to go.
"But that's the beauty. We've got practically every other element in our system right, so I think there is only one thing we really need to put some time and energy into during the week."
Hodgson said his charges were in for plenty of goalkicking practice before the next match, with many of Saturday's missed opportunities coming from good areas.
"The thing we're looking for as coaches is where are our players getting their shots from," he said.
"Sometimes we play a style of game where players have shots from the fence and all those sorts of things, and always under pressure.
"It's pretty self-explanatory that you don't get the shots in the right place.
"But, we were actually missing pretty easy shots from good spots.
"You'd like to think that once you get shots in good spots, it's only a matter of time before we started converting them.
"That's the main thing: we were getting (shots) in good spots, so maybe we need to spend a bit of time on it during the week."
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