Essendon midfielder Dyson Heppell says theteam has worked extremely hard on the training track this week to turnaround the club’s recent run of poor form.

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The 20-year-old told The Hangar the entire club wastrying to regain the defensive flair they had lost over the last few rounds.

“It has been a pretty tough month but therestill has been a good vibe around the footy club,” Heppell said.

“The defensive side of our game has droppedright off, considering the first ten rounds of the season was fantastic.

“The last month or so we have dropped rightoff in that area, and we are still trying to work things out on the trainingtrack and resurrect it.”

Heppell said the importance of Friday night’sclash against Richmond had not been lost on the players.

“It is a massive game for the club, we haveto try and earn some respect back amongst the league and amongst ourselves,” hesaid.

“We have treated this week like every otherweek and we have tried to move on from Carlton as quickly as possible.”

Heppell urged all Bomber fans to remainbehind the team for the remaining home and away matches against Richmond and Collingwood.

“For the supporters we would love you tostay on board and get behind us this weekend and over the next couple of weeks.”

“It certainly has been a disappointing sixor seven weeks but stay behind us and we should be right.”