Make no mistake...the Tigers turned up yesterday and didnt play badly. We just clicked, we defended with more urgency and few things went our way in attack. The newbies all had good solid starts - Meany and Oken in particular were good and contributed positively to giving us more firepower in attack.
Lets not forget though that the Storm have made the last 3 GF's. THEY are the benchmark - even losing Slater. They never beat themselves with wrong options or dropped balls so we have to go out and constantly put pressure on them...be patient...and keep the intensity we showed against the Tigers. Early last season the Tigers were also going well, they beat the Storm 2x in the first 5 rounds. This year, the Tigers have again started strongly, weve just beat them convincingly, so of course we CAN beat the Storm. Finally on Sunday our high completions paid off because of what we did with the ball. If we can conjure some repeat sets and tire the Storm D out we will go a long way to winning our next game on the back of Intensity and Patience.