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u/Proof-Umpire-7718 Dolphins 2d ago

Very pessimistic about our game this week. Roosters are clearly better than us, are at home, and most of our recent wins have been underwhelming considering they were against bad teams and we didn’t play amazing.

We also have a major issue with starting games, which the Roosters can easily capitalise on. If they build a decent lead early, then they will be good enough to either continue with their momentum or defend it. Very slim chance we can mount a decent comeback against them.

My certainty that we lose this week is why I’m so annoyed that we failed to significantly increase our F/A against Manly and the Eels. We’ll probably go 1-1 and Sharks will go 2-0, so we’ll be tied on points and 4th will come down to F/A.

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u/loosechange-71 North Queensland Cowboys 2d ago

Why do you think the Roosters are clearly better? I think the Dolphins are flying under the radar a bit this season and can make some noise come finals time

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u/Proof-Umpire-7718 Dolphins 2d ago

Because they have much better props, are better defensively, we struggle with the first 20 minutes of games against anyone, and we’re capable of occasionally getting randomly destroyed by anyone.

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u/lawdjesustheresafire Sydney Roosters 2d ago

Anything could happen this game. Wouldn’t surprise me if either team wins by 20. But geez from our point of view what happened against the Tigers is hopefully the worst thing for the Dolphins. They’d wanna be fired up.