The winless Bloods are leaking 127 points on average per game and are yet to keep an opponent under triple figures.

Terang Mortlake coach Michael Sargeant said eliminating concentration lapses would help rectify the Bloods' woes. They play ninth-placed Portland and eighth-ranked Cobden in the next two rounds.

"We have leaked goals in clumps, not one or two, we're leaking four or five at a time," Sargeant said.

"When it's our chance we are only kicking one or two goals and then we have a bad patch. A couple of bad quarters here and there and the next thing you know, you've got a (big) score against you.

"Third quarters haven't been great for us so that's something we'll look at, especially this week to see if we can do something different there at half-time."

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Sargeant said injuries and unavailability had decimated the Bloods' midfield depth "so when those boys get tired we do have a few goals kicked against us".

Terang Mortlake is also dealing with scoring problems. It is averaging 51 points a game. Sargeant said work rate and poor disposal was hurting its chances.

"It's shallow entries, we're not getting it to dangerous spots and if you're not putting it into dangerous spots it's hard to defend your forward half as well," he said.

Terang Mortlake is trying to use its tough situation for long-term benefit.

"We're getting games into young blokes which is always good," Sargeant said.

"They have had a tough start to their careers but hopefully it will make them stronger.

"We're getting game time into blokes in different positions too which will only help down the track."

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