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Time to shift focus and look forward towards Parra on Thursday night at Bankwest. For different reasons to last week, this is another massive game for us. We go up against a top four side and an already established Premiership contender. This week will be a real test but it's a chance to prove our Premiership credentials. Last week was a statement and this week is a chance to put an exclamation mark on it. This game will really show us where we are at and I hope the boys are up to the challenge.
We all know that the Eels are an extremely quality side. They're in the top four and fighting for a minor Premiership for a reason so Thursday night is certainly a tough game and a big challenge for us. Yes, Parra are lacking a bit of zing in their attack at the moment but we can't just expect that to continue this week as the Eels will want to turn it around and be much better against us. In saying that, their defence is still as good as ever and holding the Storm to nil last week is no mean feat so our attack will have to be brilliant again if we're going to crack them. I feel like I say this every week but once again, the forward pack is the key. Their pack is exceptional and stopping the likes of Campbell-Gillard, Paulo, Matterson and Nathan Brown is not going to be easy but it's an area we must focus on to nullify their impact. Our farwards really stood up last Round and we need to maintain that rage for this one. They have a star-studded backline with strike across the park and you only have to rattle off the names Gutherson, Sivo, Jennings, Blake, Ferguson, Moses, Brown, to realise that we'll certainly have our hands full out wide on Thursday night. That's why the forward battle is key because we want to limit their go forward so that their backs have less space to work in. That is certainly easier said than done.
For us, we'll take a lot of confidence out of last Round and I'm really hoping that performance is a big shot in the arm heading into these tough next two weeks. We'll find out this week where we are at. In this game, we simply must back up that performance if we want to be any chance of defeating a side like Parra. As I said, the forward battle will be key, as will our completion rate. That needs to be high once again to give ourselves a chance. I'd like to see us back up that attacking performance and hopefully the defence is on song too, it'll need to be. We should hopefully get some guys back this week which will be a boost. I'm hoping all of Gags, AJ, Knight and Sele all can return because we'll need them.
So yea, another really big game this week. It's a short turnaround so we need to get that right and ensure we're ready to go on Thursday night. I know we can do this!!
We all know that the Eels are an extremely quality side. They're in the top four and fighting for a minor Premiership for a reason so Thursday night is certainly a tough game and a big challenge for us. Yes, Parra are lacking a bit of zing in their attack at the moment but we can't just expect that to continue this week as the Eels will want to turn it around and be much better against us. In saying that, their defence is still as good as ever and holding the Storm to nil last week is no mean feat so our attack will have to be brilliant again if we're going to crack them. I feel like I say this every week but once again, the forward pack is the key. Their pack is exceptional and stopping the likes of Campbell-Gillard, Paulo, Matterson and Nathan Brown is not going to be easy but it's an area we must focus on to nullify their impact. Our farwards really stood up last Round and we need to maintain that rage for this one. They have a star-studded backline with strike across the park and you only have to rattle off the names Gutherson, Sivo, Jennings, Blake, Ferguson, Moses, Brown, to realise that we'll certainly have our hands full out wide on Thursday night. That's why the forward battle is key because we want to limit their go forward so that their backs have less space to work in. That is certainly easier said than done.
For us, we'll take a lot of confidence out of last Round and I'm really hoping that performance is a big shot in the arm heading into these tough next two weeks. We'll find out this week where we are at. In this game, we simply must back up that performance if we want to be any chance of defeating a side like Parra. As I said, the forward battle will be key, as will our completion rate. That needs to be high once again to give ourselves a chance. I'd like to see us back up that attacking performance and hopefully the defence is on song too, it'll need to be. We should hopefully get some guys back this week which will be a boost. I'm hoping all of Gags, AJ, Knight and Sele all can return because we'll need them.
So yea, another really big game this week. It's a short turnaround so we need to get that right and ensure we're ready to go on Thursday night. I know we can do this!!
