That's how Cobden plans to play its footy as it navigates the challenges of fielding a small side.

Fans had an insight into the Bombers fast and furious style against North Warrnambool Eagles on Saturday and while they fell in a three-point thriller, assistant coach Ricky Sullivan told The Main Break podcast the signs were positive.

"We're going to take the game on. We want to be a skilful, fast team that has boys that are fairly athletic," Sullivan said.

"We want to be as attacking as we can be but we also understand defence is a pretty important part of the game. But we'll take the game on as much as we can.

"We're a smaller team and we don't have as much height as we'd like so we'll try to move the ball as quick as we can and get it into our forwards quickly to try to score.

"It was a bit difficult (against North) with the weather and their game plan which meant they were very strong around the football.

"Fingers crossed when we get some good weather we're going to be able to put on a show for our fans."

Sullivan is managing Cobden's defenders under senior coach Adam Courtney, who is entering his third year at the helm.

"We've got a really good group now and we understand what our role is going to be," he said.

"Anthony Reid is another and Stephen Fisher is there as well. The way we coach is obviously guided by Adam's philosophies.

"We've put a pretty strong emphasis on ability to defend as a team and also defend one-on-one.

"The onus is on players to do the best for the team. There's a lot of talent there - there's still a lot of the boys who were involved in the two under 18.5 premierships we won a couple of years ago.

"When they were playing back then it was just about them playing footy and winning because they were bigger, stronger and more skillful but when you get to seniors its more about the structures and philosophies and being able to work as a team."

Visit standard.net.au to listen to Sullivan's story on the latest episode of The Main Break podcast.

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