While most BFNL followers concede Strathfieldsaye has a mortgage on the minor premiership, coach Troy Coates isn’t listening to the hype.
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The Storm moved one game clear at the top of the table when it handed closest rival Eaglehawk a 34-point defeat on Saturday.
The final margin flattered the Hawks, but Coates was not reading too much into the performance.
His focus has already turned to a testing schedule over the next month.
"It was a great win (against Eaglehawk), but we've got Gisborne at Gisborne next week, then Kyneton and then Sandhurst,'' Coates said.
"That's another three tough games and we need to be on our game every week. If we drop off we can easily lose those games.
"Gisborne at home is a really tough task... they are playing some really good footy. We got through the (Eaglehawk) game unscathed so we should have a good team available next week."
While Strathfieldsaye got through the game unscathed, the same can't be said for Eaglehawk.
Star midfielder Brodie Collins (elbow) didn't play on Saturday and will miss the next five weeks, while key forward Shaun Knott injured his hamstring in the third quarter and faces three to four weeks on the sidelines.
Two of those weeks are taken up by bottom side Castlemaine and the general bye, but then the Hawks play Gisborne at Gardiner Reserve, Golden Square and Kyneton.
Meanwhile, Maryborough coach Ben Lavars said his side's breakthrough win over Castlemaine on Saturday wouldn't change the club's focus for the remainder of 2018.
"We're trying not to talk about wins and losses,'' Lavars said.
"Even in the lead-up to Castlemaine I tried not to mention who we were playing. Our focus is about the way we play, not who we play. We haven't strung together three quarters of good footy this year and that's our next step.
"We've shown we can be competitive with the best teams at times, but now we need to do that for longer.
"If we can do that, hopefully the wins will come, but for now it's about effort and consistency."