Match 2024 NRL Round 10 - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks vs Melbourne Storm, 7.35pm Saturday 11 May @ AAMI PARK

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Playing his old team, together with the added pressure of playing for an Origin spot (on top of filling the Tricky void).
Thats a lot more pressure than he should have to deal with
Not sure if it's more pressure than he should have to deal with, just more pressure he needs to learn to deal with
 

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Definitely puts more pressure on each following game we lose.

Win now and take a bit of outside pressure off
Agreed man. We’ve got a tough 5 weeks. If we end up being 3/5 I think that’s decent. 4/5 though proves we’re right up there. We need to beat 2/3 from either the storm, panthers and donkeys.
 

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If we win, we beat weakened Storm team after a soft run. If we lose we cant beat the top teams.
That's how the media will spin it, and its pretty close to the truth.
Exactly. This Saturday is our most important game in the past 3 seasons for Fitz as coach. It’s time this team steps up to that next level.

We’re nearly at full strength minus trindall and Toby. No excuses for this game
 

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Exactly. This Saturday is our most important game in the past 3 seasons for Fitz as coach. It’s time this team steps up to that next level.

We’re nearly at full strength minus trindall and Toby. No excuses for this game
Not sure I agree with that - feels like the finals were pretty important. Win some of those this is just another game.

With the context of previous results this is an important game though.
 
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I know the media will be saying that Melbourne have players out if we beat them, but I don’t think their narrative looks that strong if we put them to the sword, 13+

Unfortunately, it seems that winning well is the only way we’ll get any good comments.
 
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I think we need a win here, but it wont say any of the things about us we want it to. The truest marker will be next week at magic round against the roosters. Big stage, big crowd, Roosters full strength (assuming) and humming. 2/2 the next two weeks and the teams confidence will be soaring.
 

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I think we need a win here, but it wont say any of the things about us we want it to. The truest marker will be next week at magic round against the roosters. Big stage, big crowd, Roosters full strength (assuming) and humming. 2/2 the next two weeks and the teams confidence will be soaring.
We could we the next 5 games however once the semis come (assuming we make it) the noise will start all over again.
 
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We could we the next 5 games however once the semis come (assuming we make it) the noise will start all over again.
Sure, but there is noise that we can't even beat top sides now. It would be a good step to get the confidence now and shut them up till finals. If we go out in straight sets again though it will be two more steps backwards.
 

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It’s just another game in the season. Doesn’t need to be singled out as something extraordinary.
 

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If we won this and were in the game until the 80th minute against the roosters and panthers I would be stoked. We need to stay with teams until the end of games and be within a shot. If we do that regularly we will start converting them.
 

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I think we need a win here, but it wont say any of the things about us we want it to. The truest marker will be next week at magic round against the roosters. Big stage, big crowd, Roosters full strength (assuming) and humming. 2/2 the next two weeks and the teams confidence will be soaring.
This is a great call and the ultimate test for us until the finals roll around.
 
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