Tiger fans who have overcome the disappointment – after the Tigers led at the last change, kicked the first goal of the last quarter and still lost by 20 points – have not been joined by the players.
Coach Terry Wallace was filthy when he faced the media immediately after the game at Skilled Stadium and when Foley was up in front of journalists on Thursday, it was obvious the attitude hadn’t changed.
“We’re really disappointed – we had our opportunity to win the game, and we were right in it in the last quarter and let it slip, so we have to look at that,” he said before a skills session at Victoria Park.
“It was a vast improvement on round one, which it had to be, but at the same time, we still haven’t won a game.
“There’s no such thing as an honourable loss, but it’s certainly a bit better so we can take a bit of confidence out of the weekend.”
The 23-year-old said his team faced another huge task this weekend, with the Tigers-Bulldogs game – last versus second – the sole attraction on Easter Monday.
"The Bulldogs are in really good form at the moment, they're playing some tough, hard footy, and they've won two games, so it'll be a great challenge this weekend.
"Like all games, we'll go in with the attitude to try and win the game – we'll do all our homework on them and we'll go in with the same attitude."
But Foley did admit that the Tigers – who went into their forward 50 just three less times than the Cats, but had 10 less scoring shots – would probably be doing some work on that area of the game in their main session of the week.
"There will be a bit of work done, as there is most weeks,” Foley said. "We're about to train now so there might be a bit more of an emphasis on that."
