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  Embers August 13, 2020 at 11:27am

  Well they haven't been playing for him up until now, don't see why this will change anything. There might be a bit of extra spirit for  while but that soon disappears after the game settles in.

  Corey Norman has had a recall, Dragons are usually good for one half, you just have to stick at it and then they tend to capitulate. 
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  Rabz S August 13, 2020 at 11:30am

  They are having off field issues, which will distract some of them tomorrow night.

  We cannot become complacent and need to stay focused and make sure we put them to the sword. This game needs to be our announcement to the rest of the league to not write us off.
• Asher_eel August 13, 2020 at 11:30am

  Why do we always play teams when they have something to prove 
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    Chuck Norris. > Asher_eel August 13, 2020 at 4:29pm

    That really bothers me too. Even when we are up by 30 + I'm still nervous as a wet fart. So use to the normal capitulation we all suffer from being a Parra fan.

    I hope we rip saints a new one , win by plenty. They can then do what they want after that.

     
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  Big D August 13, 2020 at 11:49am

  If we maintain possession and discipline, we'll lap this mob. They have feeble defence. I am much more confident about this game than the Sharks, Tigers, even the Dogs.
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  Prof. Daz August 13, 2020 at 12:05pm

  The Dragons board are so desperate to get rid of Mary they do t want to risk an upset victory delaying the sacking by a few more weeks?!
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  fishbulb August 13, 2020 at 12:44pm

  What odds the Dragons having a dead cat bounce Friday?

  If we start with energy we should be able to ride out whatever motivational boost they get from the inevitable 'let's do for Mary' message they'll be running with. Can't let them start fast.
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    Embers > fishbulb August 13, 2020 at 2:18pm

    I remember someone in the media recently threw up the stats about the "dead cat bounce" and they reckoned it was a bit of a myth and that it happens way less than 50% of the time.
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      fishbulb > Embers August 13, 2020 at 2:38pm

      Yeah... seem to recall Kent talking about it recently...
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      Poupou Escobar > Embers August 13, 2020 at 4:54pm

      

      It doesn't need to be more than 50% to be a real thing. It just needs to better than the team's win rate before the coach was sacked. When a coach gets the arse the team is normally winning a lot less than half its games.