If we can’t turn up for this one, it’s well and truely over, Tom back is a big boost, our season is pretty much hanging on us winning this one, a loss is not an option for the playing group, dropping to equal last (yep the chooks will be winning latter today) it will just about spell the end.
Kenny is a huge out for them, he leads their line speed and defends his arse off in the middle.
Funnily enough I think this game is one where we should play expansive footy, there’s no way we go through their middles, it’s there left edge that holds the key for us, Talagi, McLean, Jenkins (is Saab definitely out? that’s a killer blow, with Turbo back, they were our key, young McLean can get caught out and Jenkins is a bit erratic, he has the odd error in him and Talagi’s defensive reads at five eight can be exposed, his still on his L plates there.
Our big men should go at Talagi every chance they get, then turn Tom and Koula back in at him latter in the game off our spreads. If we can’t hold the ball and have good discipline, not much will matter anyway, I think we have a slight chance if everything goes our way. If Penrith turn up and their on, we will just struggle, but if we turn up and start well, stranger things have happened, at the end of the day I would remind you to gamble wisely.
Last note, we need our captain to turn up, if he wants to play origin, his running out of opportunities, we need his kicking game to be bang on, get us down town, earn us a 20/40 or 2 and put on some quality end of attacking set kicks together, here’s hoping, it may not be as bad as everyone thinks.