In the last fortnight they’ve literally been beaten on single possessions and they were right in the game against Melbourne on Sunday.

Their 15 turnovers proved their undoing and there’s no doubt taking care of the ball will go a long way to deciding their clash with Illawarra.

The Hawks were even worse, turning it over a staggering 19 times against Adelaide on Saturday. Rob Beveridge and Todd Blanchfield both bemoaned that fact in the aftermath.

It sounded like Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis and skipper Adam Gibson were singing from the same hymn sheet following their loss. 

“We feel like we’re beating ourselves in a lot of these losses,” Gibson said.

“We had 15 turnovers and they weren’t forced turnovers, I know I had three just careless sloppy plays and I think we had a lot of those.

“We’re still positive and there’s a lot of positive signs, it’s just us beating ourselves for the most part.”