Poker Face wrote:
I'm interested to see what we will get tonight.
Wet, heavy ground, a forward battle with defences on top. Toughness and who wants it most the deciding factor. Do we have it ? We will see...
Optimism around the place, team spirit good, strength in depth. The 17 that step out into the Colliseum will steer which direction we go. I'm more interested in seeing how we cope when under pressure, because we will be. There will be periods of the game when they are camped on our line. Will we show what we haven't done for some time ? Toughness and mental strength, the desire to defend the line, the willingness to flog themselves for each other. Showing toughness on our own line will inspire the crowd as much as scoring. They inspire us by showing desire, we inspire them.
We have had seasons of excuses, analysis of games that we lost and should have won. Tonight is about winning tough. Winning is what matters.
Questions answered !!
So many good things about that tonight and a sign of the times when a late try deflates us a little - but this time in victory !
I thought our back 3 of Emmit, Holmes and Jones were immense, but most of all it was the satisfaction that we look like a team and one that is prepared to graft for each other when it gets tough. That's what it's all about, not looking for heroes when we are 20 in front, but when our backs are against the wall and we have to dig in. A fantastic performance from 1 to 17.
