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Time to look towards the next week as we take on the Tigers this Saturday night in Round 7 out there at CommBank Stadium. A very important and special week this week because it's ANZAC week, ANZAC Round. A week which means so much to us Australian's and New Zealander's. This week, we remember all those who gave their lives for our freedom. So it will be a special Round of commemoration, always is, and the club has done their part as we'll be wearing our special ANZAC jersey against the Tigers which pays tribute to the Australian Navy.
Not only that, but it's a very important week in terms of the result too. If we want to make the top four, or even the top eight, these are the kind of games we should be winning. The Tigers have been struggling big time, have been very poor and are yet to win a game yet so we really should be banking the two points this week. However, I don't want to see Wests be underestimated. As I said, they might be going terribly at the moment, like so bad, but we just cannot afford to take them lightly. Like the Bulldogs last week, the Tigers seem to lift when playing us more often than not. They have been our bogey side at times and we've lost a few games against them very unexpectedly over recent years. We did it easy last time we met but you only have to look at the time we played before that, Round 6 last year, to see what I mean. We went in as heavy favourites for that one and it ended up going to golden point. So this is what I mean, I expect them to lift and not make it easy for us. They'll be beyond desperate and that spells danger if we're a little bit off.
So, it's up to us as a club and as a team to make sure we're not off our game. We need to make sure we respect the opposition this week and turn up focused, fired up and hungry. Good Friday was a big step in the right direction, a big improvement and probably our best performance of the year. However, that doesn't mean we don't have anything to work on because there's plenty and I want to see further improvement in this one. Completion rate has been better, but it's still in the low 70%'s by the end of the game so I'd like to see a real focus on getting that up around 80% or higher. What's more, we let in a few soft tries last week to a poor attacking team so I want to see the defence improve, especially on the edges. Our attack has been slowly improving so hopefully some more improvement here again.
An important week. We need to bag these two points, there's no two ways about it. We need to keep winning the games we should be winning and climbing up that ladder. If ANZAC Round doesn't get you up for a game and doesn't get the emotions flowing, than nothing will. But I'm sure the boys can do it in this one! Bring on Saturday!!
Not only that, but it's a very important week in terms of the result too. If we want to make the top four, or even the top eight, these are the kind of games we should be winning. The Tigers have been struggling big time, have been very poor and are yet to win a game yet so we really should be banking the two points this week. However, I don't want to see Wests be underestimated. As I said, they might be going terribly at the moment, like so bad, but we just cannot afford to take them lightly. Like the Bulldogs last week, the Tigers seem to lift when playing us more often than not. They have been our bogey side at times and we've lost a few games against them very unexpectedly over recent years. We did it easy last time we met but you only have to look at the time we played before that, Round 6 last year, to see what I mean. We went in as heavy favourites for that one and it ended up going to golden point. So this is what I mean, I expect them to lift and not make it easy for us. They'll be beyond desperate and that spells danger if we're a little bit off.
So, it's up to us as a club and as a team to make sure we're not off our game. We need to make sure we respect the opposition this week and turn up focused, fired up and hungry. Good Friday was a big step in the right direction, a big improvement and probably our best performance of the year. However, that doesn't mean we don't have anything to work on because there's plenty and I want to see further improvement in this one. Completion rate has been better, but it's still in the low 70%'s by the end of the game so I'd like to see a real focus on getting that up around 80% or higher. What's more, we let in a few soft tries last week to a poor attacking team so I want to see the defence improve, especially on the edges. Our attack has been slowly improving so hopefully some more improvement here again.
An important week. We need to bag these two points, there's no two ways about it. We need to keep winning the games we should be winning and climbing up that ladder. If ANZAC Round doesn't get you up for a game and doesn't get the emotions flowing, than nothing will. But I'm sure the boys can do it in this one! Bring on Saturday!!
