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Well it's time to move on and we have to move on. Time to drop the game with the Roosters and all the drama that came with it, and look towards our clash against the Dragons this Saturday night. Hard to believe we're into the final Round of the Regular Season, it's gone so bloody fast!! But anyway, here we are. I'm not going to say it's a big game because it's not, the result doesn't really matter at all. We can't improve or drop down from third and the Dragons aren't playing Finals so there's not a lot riding on this one. In saying that, St George Illawarra are a traditional rival so we always love to beat them and it'll be nice to finish the Regular Season with a win.
As I said, the Dragons can't make the Finals so all they're playing for this week is pride. Now, that can always be quite dangerous so we're gonna need to be careful. They have nothing to lose at all so I'm sure their attitude and style of play will reflect that. They'll throw it around a lot, offload and they'll push the envelope a bit with the rules I'm sure. They'll come out with a great attitude and a will to win, I have no doubt about that so we're going to have to be on our game. Despite their ladder position, I still think they have a good side. They've got those two new exciting young fullas in Sulivan and Sloan, both of which are extremely dangerous and hard to handle. Then there's unpredictable players like Lomax, Ravalwa, Bird, Norman and a decent forward pack that we're going to have to handle.
For us, this is the last opportunity we get to tune things up for the Finals. The last opportunity to sort anything out that we need to. In saying that, we have an opportunity to rest a lot of players this week and I think we should take it, it makes a lot of difference and it's a luxury we haven't had in previous years. I'll go into who we should rest later today but for now I'll say I think we should be resting a lot. Obviously give Taaffe a crack at fullback and then bring all the young guys in, maybe even hand out a debut or two. Whoever takes the field for us, we need to be on our game there's no doubt about that because the Dragons will be no easy beats. I want to see that defence continue to stay tight and hopefully the attack flows off the back of that.
So an interesting week this one to round out the Regular Season. It's been an intense few weeks and that intensity is only going to increase in the coming weeks so let's all take the opportunity to relax a bit, enjoy a week of low pressure Footy and tune up for the Finals. looking forward to this one though!
As I said, the Dragons can't make the Finals so all they're playing for this week is pride. Now, that can always be quite dangerous so we're gonna need to be careful. They have nothing to lose at all so I'm sure their attitude and style of play will reflect that. They'll throw it around a lot, offload and they'll push the envelope a bit with the rules I'm sure. They'll come out with a great attitude and a will to win, I have no doubt about that so we're going to have to be on our game. Despite their ladder position, I still think they have a good side. They've got those two new exciting young fullas in Sulivan and Sloan, both of which are extremely dangerous and hard to handle. Then there's unpredictable players like Lomax, Ravalwa, Bird, Norman and a decent forward pack that we're going to have to handle.
For us, this is the last opportunity we get to tune things up for the Finals. The last opportunity to sort anything out that we need to. In saying that, we have an opportunity to rest a lot of players this week and I think we should take it, it makes a lot of difference and it's a luxury we haven't had in previous years. I'll go into who we should rest later today but for now I'll say I think we should be resting a lot. Obviously give Taaffe a crack at fullback and then bring all the young guys in, maybe even hand out a debut or two. Whoever takes the field for us, we need to be on our game there's no doubt about that because the Dragons will be no easy beats. I want to see that defence continue to stay tight and hopefully the attack flows off the back of that.
So an interesting week this one to round out the Regular Season. It's been an intense few weeks and that intensity is only going to increase in the coming weeks so let's all take the opportunity to relax a bit, enjoy a week of low pressure Footy and tune up for the Finals. looking forward to this one though!
