Not to pump up the banana skin topic again. But I think it is clear from yesterday that every non-top four side, whether that be parra, Newcastle, tigers or dragons, are going to aim up and play the game of their lives against top four teams in the final run home. Not just because their seasons are on the line, but also as a point of pride to prove to their fans that they can match it with the top sides.
So if any of the top 4 slouch off like Melbourne did last night for extended periods, massive boilovers aren't out of the question. It's also not just Melbourne: Canberra were unbelievably lucky yesterday that 20 minutes of good footy was good enough to beat 60 minutes of Parra's best footy all year. They've also been quite bad since their first bye, having also almost gotten beat by the tigers, dragons and Newcastle in their previous outings. Dogs were very lucky against both cows and dragons and should have in all honesty lost both games.
We need to learn from this complacency of other top 4 sides. If we get it in our heads that we are just going to pick up 2 pts every week until the end of the season because of our soft run, we are going to get embarrassed by someone in the bottom 4. Whether that be the Tits whose speed has always troubled us or the Dragons and Eels whose offloading game has caused problems for the other top 4 teams. Gotta be willing to roll up the sleeves every week for the next 2 months.
We can't let the hard work of the first half of the season get undone by sloppiness now. I'm sure Webby is all over it and JFH is drilling it in to the team. This team hasn't done anything yet.
So if any of the top 4 slouch off like Melbourne did last night for extended periods, massive boilovers aren't out of the question. It's also not just Melbourne: Canberra were unbelievably lucky yesterday that 20 minutes of good footy was good enough to beat 60 minutes of Parra's best footy all year. They've also been quite bad since their first bye, having also almost gotten beat by the tigers, dragons and Newcastle in their previous outings. Dogs were very lucky against both cows and dragons and should have in all honesty lost both games.
We need to learn from this complacency of other top 4 sides. If we get it in our heads that we are just going to pick up 2 pts every week until the end of the season because of our soft run, we are going to get embarrassed by someone in the bottom 4. Whether that be the Tits whose speed has always troubled us or the Dragons and Eels whose offloading game has caused problems for the other top 4 teams. Gotta be willing to roll up the sleeves every week for the next 2 months.
We can't let the hard work of the first half of the season get undone by sloppiness now. I'm sure Webby is all over it and JFH is drilling it in to the team. This team hasn't done anything yet.
