Ulysseus
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Is not on Saints this coming finals game, strangely enough.
It will be purely on the team in green.
For their entire decade of dominance, none of it will mean sh*t if they can't finish in front on the scoreboard after 80 minutes.
Applying the "chokers" tag?
Well, nothing would be quiet like choking if the team that you have "owned" for most of the decade wins the one game that matters will it?
Canberra fans know this, Canberra players know this.
I have already had a few Canberra fans say stuff along the lines of "we expect them to beat saints and we expect them to do it well"
When posed the question of "and if you lose?" the answer was ".................................................damn, that would be an big f**k up, considering the last few years".
For every one that is confident, there are three that think the hoodoo will end in week 1 of the finals should the two teams meet.
Why Canberra can win:
Good forwards, can make something from nothing, have the hoodoo in their favor, Dugan is a better player than Hayne.
Why they can't:
Won last game on some amazing luck, lightning doesn't strike twice
Why Saints can win:
Get ahead by 12 points, defend stoutly and Canberra will leak possession, leading to the ability to pin them down one end
Why they can't:
The hoodoo, its long and its glorious in its stupidity, attack can be a bit one dimensional at times..............well, it was when the teams last played.
Who will?
Saints
Why?
Canberra wont win the penalty count like they did at home, also unlikely to be given 42 sets of 6 to play with, falling behind at any point, particularly late on in the game, could see that hoodoo reverse and suffocate them when they realise that for all their victories in the past decade they haven't won when it mattered most.
It will be purely on the team in green.
For their entire decade of dominance, none of it will mean sh*t if they can't finish in front on the scoreboard after 80 minutes.
Applying the "chokers" tag?
Well, nothing would be quiet like choking if the team that you have "owned" for most of the decade wins the one game that matters will it?
Canberra fans know this, Canberra players know this.
I have already had a few Canberra fans say stuff along the lines of "we expect them to beat saints and we expect them to do it well"
When posed the question of "and if you lose?" the answer was ".................................................damn, that would be an big f**k up, considering the last few years".
For every one that is confident, there are three that think the hoodoo will end in week 1 of the finals should the two teams meet.
Why Canberra can win:
Good forwards, can make something from nothing, have the hoodoo in their favor, Dugan is a better player than Hayne.
Why they can't:
Won last game on some amazing luck, lightning doesn't strike twice
Why Saints can win:
Get ahead by 12 points, defend stoutly and Canberra will leak possession, leading to the ability to pin them down one end
Why they can't:
The hoodoo, its long and its glorious in its stupidity, attack can be a bit one dimensional at times..............well, it was when the teams last played.
Who will?
Saints
Why?
Canberra wont win the penalty count like they did at home, also unlikely to be given 42 sets of 6 to play with, falling behind at any point, particularly late on in the game, could see that hoodoo reverse and suffocate them when they realise that for all their victories in the past decade they haven't won when it mattered most.
