Post-Titans game this year we have competed against the better teams, but come up short. Last year, I had no confidence about which team would turn up each week.
These past 6 weeks, we have been consistently solid in defence, albeit the occasional lapse against Cowboys and Souths.
We've let in 77 points and have not had more than 20 scored against us in a single game in the last 6 weeks.
Looking back at the Panthers game, we were actually pretty unlucky. First try was off a bad knock-on call on Garner and Noffa didn't get enough on a bat into touch which Crichton was able to collect and score.
Souths was always going to be tough without our regular centre.
Canberra was close, but ultimately we had nothing in attack.
We'll give this a shake, but it will depend on our intensity in defence. Manly showed that Parra can be rattled with good line speed and hard defence which we have shown we are capable of.
If we kick to the corners and nullify their back 3, we'll go a long way to winning this one. Hopefully Benji and Walters are on this week.
