the thing is

[Cockadoodledoo]

We flogged Canberra who beat the Eels and they made last year's GF So I think we are a lot better than just making up the numbers. As I said the Drags are very well coached but they are due for a loss and we are due to win back to back, I have a good feeling about Sunday.

Canberra have won 9 of their last 40 or so away games.. Expecting them to do it 2 weeks in a row and backing up after a Monday night is a tall order.. They were there to be taken.. This Sunday is a true test and I am far from confident we are ready for them.. If we make the 8 I will be very happy, don't even worry about contending this year.

[Guest]

i completely agree. manly vs. melbourne last night was a perfect example. melbourne like the dragons are methodical and very well coached except melbourne not only play a low error nad grinding style but have the inglis' and slaters' who can rack up the points which saints dont. if we take it to them up front i think we can unsettle them big time and screw them over. i dont think they can play from behind because i dont think they have the quality in their halves in particular to do so. its good to see everyone has woken up to themselves about soward and how he actually does very little. hornby is no halfback either and morris is only effective as a finisher - on the end of good ball so i think the key is for hargreaves, myles and ryles in particular to go out and absolutley take it to them up front. if we can do that and not give away silly penalties/make too many errors; our attack will turn it on and carve them up. once on the backfoot i think they will struggle. that said, i wouldnt exactly say i am confident about our chances but if we can do the little things right and fire up up front, i dont think they will offer too much at all

manly did it last night with a way worse team on paper than melbourne and even i dare say than us in some respects and melbourne are far better than the dragons. BS has it in him as a coach to get that out of us. heres hoping

[Vasco]

Exactly my point.

Who beats who means nothing. That's my point.

We will do well to scrape into the top 8.

[Guest]

We can out score these carnts.

If we want to win we need to hold the pill, like we havent done for the past 4yrs.

And defend especially in broken play. Coward just waits for that few seconds lapse in concentration and carves away.

Play for 80 mins, cos we know The Stains will.

Big ask really at this stage IMO.

Agreed mate they have the meanest defence in the league only giving up 10.83 points a game on average. If we get frustrated and start dropping the ball we will get beaten by about 20 points. Imho atm we are not up to beating St Merge yet. Maybe next time

[Vasco]

By the way RC, you won the Negativity Award during the off season. Now all of a sudden we are contenders.

I like it.

[Chook Norris]

stay within 10, i'll be happy

we need our forwards to fire up big time on Sunday

[Guest]

Dont underestimate Brian Smith...
I remember last year he took a no name Knights side to Kogarah early in the year and they created an upset against the Dragons!
Smith is a clever man,we will be ready this Sunday!

[Chook Norris]

Dont underestimate Brian Smith...
I remember last year he took a no name Knights side to Kogarah early in the year and they created an upset against the Dragons!
Smith is a clever man,we will be ready this Sunday!

true. iirc, he has a great record going into big games [apart from the 01 gf that is..] as underdogs.

[Guest]

By the way RC, you won the Negativity Award during the off season. Now all of a sudden we are contenders.

I like it.

They've proven to me that they can play. Last year they were a rabble.

Plus they didn't have Carney.

[Guest]

Just looking at the 2 sides named, gives me hope.

I think they look pretty ordinary on paper. Our backs have them covered, and our forward pack looks really good.

To me, Bennett has them playing to their strenghts really well. The just grind away, and wait for teams to fold. Unfortunetly our team is a team that can fold with the best of them.

[BUDDY]

We know their forwards play for 80 minutes. We know that they have a high percentage of completions. We need to match them there for starters. Not sure if we are capable of either.

BTW congrats on your century adzta.

[Guest]

Just looking at the 2 sides named, gives me hope.

I think they look pretty ordinary on paper. Our backs have them covered, and our forward pack looks really good.

To me, Bennett has them playing to their strenghts really well. The just grind away, and wait for teams to fold. Unfortunetly our team is a team that can fold with the best of them.

We can also ask some serious questions in attack.

[Guest]

We know their forwards play for 80 minutes. We know that they have a high percentage of completions. We need to match them there for starters. Not sure if we are capable of either.

BTW congrats on your century adzta.

Thankyou. Enjoy everyones input.

[Guest]

If we can play a solid defensive game im confident that we will win - the young broncos exposed the dragons plenty of times and our attack is far better than brisbanes.

Actually losing to the dragons hasnt even registered in my mind, so are we going to lose - f*&k off

[redwhiteandbluester]

I'm looking forward to the clash in styles - the Roosters are rocks and diamonds, the Saints consistently grind the opposition out of the contest.

If its an open game I give the Roosters a chance, but I suspect the Saints forward pack might muscle our pack out of it. Having said that, their bench is average - if we can stick with them early on, we might have a crack at overrunning them late on.