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Time to switch the focus to our next game! An exciting class against an old rival, the Dragons. It'll be a Thursday night game and we return to WIN Stadium for the first time since the 2014 Charity Shield I think (correct me if I'm wrong) so it's been a while since we've played there. A pretty important clash as not only would a win consolidate out place in the eight and put us in with a chance to move up to sixth, but it's against one of our traditional rivals so that's always a game you get up for. Over 100 years of history in this one and a new chapter will be written on Thursday night.
I'm still not sure how to take St George Illawarra as they've been very up and down with probably more downs than ups. No doubt they are struggling currently and find themselves at the stage where every game is starting to become Season on the line sort of stuff. That can be dangerous for us. As I said, they're not going too well right now but I still believe that on their day, they can turn it on and they still have plenty of talent in their roster including some world class stars and some young exciting talent. What's more, they have copped some criticism after their most recent loss so I just have this feeling that they're going to come out firing and put in a big performance. Whether or not it's enough for them to win is another story and depends on how we go.
For us, the focus this week has to be just that, on us. We've been building okay in recent weeks and we need to ensure that continues in Round 15. The short five day turnaround does make that a bit more difficult but it's nothing we haven't done before and player management is going to be very important this week. The blueprint again is pretty simple, hold the ball and we'll put ourselves in a position to win the game. I'm not 100% sure a completion rate like we had against the Titans will be enough, it has to be nearer to the Tigers game. It's also a big week for our right edge I think, that's been our biggest issue defensively currently so it's time they sorted that out. I'm confident we can win the forward battle, it's just a matter of how our halves and backs go and whether we can hold the ball or not. Time for Cody to step up and have a big game I hope!!
Really looking forward to this one!! A Thursday game against a traditional rival, in a Stadium we haven't played at for quite some time, with the result being super, super important. Bring it onnnn!!
I'm still not sure how to take St George Illawarra as they've been very up and down with probably more downs than ups. No doubt they are struggling currently and find themselves at the stage where every game is starting to become Season on the line sort of stuff. That can be dangerous for us. As I said, they're not going too well right now but I still believe that on their day, they can turn it on and they still have plenty of talent in their roster including some world class stars and some young exciting talent. What's more, they have copped some criticism after their most recent loss so I just have this feeling that they're going to come out firing and put in a big performance. Whether or not it's enough for them to win is another story and depends on how we go.
For us, the focus this week has to be just that, on us. We've been building okay in recent weeks and we need to ensure that continues in Round 15. The short five day turnaround does make that a bit more difficult but it's nothing we haven't done before and player management is going to be very important this week. The blueprint again is pretty simple, hold the ball and we'll put ourselves in a position to win the game. I'm not 100% sure a completion rate like we had against the Titans will be enough, it has to be nearer to the Tigers game. It's also a big week for our right edge I think, that's been our biggest issue defensively currently so it's time they sorted that out. I'm confident we can win the forward battle, it's just a matter of how our halves and backs go and whether we can hold the ball or not. Time for Cody to step up and have a big game I hope!!
Really looking forward to this one!! A Thursday game against a traditional rival, in a Stadium we haven't played at for quite some time, with the result being super, super important. Bring it onnnn!!
