Reported by James Bresnehan
If they beat the Bendigo Bombers at Bellerive on Saturday, they can imbibe to their heart's content.
But if the fade-out persists, it could be a dry run to September.
"I imposed the latest alcohol ban after we lost to Geelong two weeks ago," Cresswell said yesterday.
"Our efforts in the second half of games have been very poor. We need to focus on our players' bodies and diets.
"We'll leave no stone unturned in our desire to get our fitness levels and preparation 100 per cent right. We've been falling away in the second half our our games -- that could be due to preparation and diet not allowing us to run out games.
"Over the next two weeks we will be taking skin folds and doing weight checks and looking after the body as well as we possibly can.
"If things stay the same then we can eliminate fitness as the cause. It then comes down to concentration."
The Devils were told two weeks before the start of the season they would not be allowed to drink until they won their first match.
That seemed incentive enough, and they won their opening round contest against the Bendigo Bombers in Victoria.
Since then the Devils have been winless for a club record nine consecutive weeks after their 41-point loss to the Northern Bullants on Sunday.
The return of full-forward Adam Derbyshire and hard-charging on-baller Brodie
Moles will boost the team for the Bendigo rematch.
"They are our two leading goalkickers, and something we lacked against the Bullants was the ability to apply enough scoreboard pressure," Cresswell said.
"So they're a big plus for us."
Another positive was the performance of teenagers Brody Johnson and Brad McDonald.
"They are players we are going to persevere with for the rest of the year because they are our future," Cresswell said. "We need players like them, and Sam Carins, Brodie Moles and Sam Whish-Wilson to get as many games as possible under their belts.
"They're young blokes with talent and they are going to be the core group that will take us forward and be successful."
Promising Glenorchy youngster Jaye Bowden will make his VFL debut soon after the national under-18 carnival, probably against Frankston at Bellerive in round 15.
The entire Devils squad trained in Devonport last night, and will train as a group at least once a week for the rest of the season.
