Here we go yet again as our favourite day of the week is finally here once more, game day!!! Get up, get your colours on and get ready to go today my fellow South Sydney members and fans! I certainly am. Pretty juiced for tonight, can't wait to be honest. Really keen!
It's an interesting one tonight as we take on a Manly side that is severely depleted. No DCE, no Jurbo, no Olakau'atu, no Garrick, no Paseka; they really have copped a hammering with Origin and suspension for this one. On paper, that makes this game a little easier and in reality, the way we're going and with the guys they have out, we should be winning this. However, even saying that is exactly what worries me. The Sea Eagles will go into this one with a real 'backs against the wall' mentality, and they are a club that absolutely thrives off that. It will fuel a real fire for them, and they'll turn up pretty pumped up, I'm sure. This is a fire that will continue to burn brighter the longer they are in the game.
For us, the key to extinguishing that is to get on the board early tonight, and just carry on from there. We have to take that feeling away from them, and then go on with it. I'm confident we can do that. I really hope so anyway. People seem to forget that we have just as many players unavailable for this game as Manly, but I think that seems less relevant because of the way we're going currently without those guys.
As I said, on paper, this a game we should really be winning. If we turn up with the same attitude we have in the last for games, show the kind of effort we have been, and apply ourselves the way we have been, we can win this. But turn up to Accor tonight thinking it will be an easy win, and we'll have our pants around our ankles. So, it's a good test of how mentally strong our team is tonight.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the squad steps up without Trell and Cam. Can't wait to see Jye play again and of course, Le Blanc's debut.
Can't wait to resume the story with Manly! Another traditional rival of ours with our rivalry stretching back almost 80 years now. And boy, has it been one hell of a rivalry that includes plenty of feeling. It's no secret both sides don't like each other. Well, everyone hates Manly anyway. But in all seriousness, it has been one heck of a rivalry that's included countless big games and big moments including plenty of Grand Finals and Finals. Who takes this one?
It's a big night. Crucial game to see if we can keep this run going, a clash against a bitter rival, and Junior Appreciation Round. Let's go!!
Glory, Glory.
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