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I'm usually a bit of a pessimist but I don't think we're going into this game with no chance.
There is some real steel in our team that is still catching opponents out. They haven't quite worked out how to take us yet and our guys are definitely playing better now that we have the more experienced guys back in the team.
The ins this week will probably be a combination of White / Wood / Gorringe / Jacksch. Some experience on that list.
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(05-17-2016, 09:09 AM)cimm1979 link Wrote:It's a sat night game GTC so we could have BT commentating !!!
Funny thing is my kids love BT commentated games because they just parrot his nonesense and laugh their heads off
Makes a great night in!!
I'm assuming the kids are still quite young CIMM?
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"
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North are very gettable, as they ve been just going the past few weeks, and only limped over the line against both Saints and Drug Cheats.
They tend to fade out late in games, so if we stick within a reasonable margin of them in the first 3 quarters, we re a big chance of running over the top of them in the last term.
We ve got the pressure game that could trouble them.
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Time for Bolton to show us what he is made of.
We can either attempt to beat North at their own game, that is try and find matchups for all their talls at a time where we are extremely light on for talls.
OR
We can forge our own path and go deliberately small and try and exploit North by running away from them.
Back ourselves in to win the ball through the middle....to run, tackle, chase, harrass and generally outwork them.
Given our personnel, if they get the ball into their forward line, they win.
If they cannot get the ball into their forwardline, we win.
Try to win the game out of the middle, put our best team out there that allows us to do that. Choose our best runners/users to win us this game.
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Norf injury list:
Lachlan Hansen (concussion) – test
Daniel Wells (leg) – test
Mason Wood (concussion) – test
Sam Wright (ankle) – test
Mitchell Hibberd (knee) – 1-2 weeks
Jed Anderson (hamstring) – 1-3 weeks
Taylor Garner (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
Kayne Turner (hamstring) – 3-4 weeks
Shaun Higgins (knee) – 11 weeks
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Finals, then 4 in a row!
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I think that the 'top heaviness' of North last week played against them in the finish. I'd be surprised if they went in with Daw, Petrie, Waite and Buckley, but I'd also be delighted because I think they can be exposed.
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I would like to see Cripps rested. He's still young and we don't want knee soreness to turn into a degenerative condition.
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(05-18-2016, 04:16 AM)shawny link Wrote:Sen just reported Wells certain to miss this week. Would love if the whispers about Waite are on the money and he misses too. Surely he's due for a rest. ???
I want Waite to play and do a hammie in the first 10 minutes like he used to with us.
The Ox is slow but I'm running out of patience.
