Yeah

... at the end of the day.

So I think it's something that you need to be ready for.

Um, at the end of the day, you need to understand that the way he is is that he wants the best, and I think that's what you always have to keep in mind.

Like, it'll be relentless, and I, like, take my hat off, because I don't know how he's got the energy for it.

Like, he's so particular, and he knows exactly what he wants.

But like, you see it in his teams, like, his teams were, been like so hard to play against.

Mm.

Mm.

So, uh, I commented on his barnet, which I wasn't sure about.

Uh, maybe I shouldn't have.

I should've kept that out of it.

But yeah, I suppose, uh, there's a lot of spice already about, you know, Ufi and him going from Sydney to Western Sydney and being the first coach to do that.

So I think that's just another kind of tale in, in the story of this derby, and yeah, there's obviously gonna be, you know, heaps on it.

Uh, so yeah, that, that was a little dig, I guess, at us.

... "throughout a season, and, and, and it re-ticking h- over before the final." So, um, yeah, he definitely does seem like that fierce competitor, and, uh, that's what we expect from a d- a derby, don't we, Ben? Like, we're looking forward to it, and, um, you know, we've got, uh, a- as Sugar said, a big NRL or, uh, a international fixture on Thursday night, and then if you're in town, you get the opportunity to go probably see the best rivalry in A-League as well.

Mm.

So, uh, I commented on his barnet, which I wasn't sure about.

Uh, maybe I shouldn't have, I should've kept that out of it.

But yeah, I suppose, uh, there's a lot of spice already about, you know, Ufi and him going from Sydney to Western Sydney and being the first coach to do that.

So I think that's just another kind of tale in the, in the story of this derby.

And yeah, there's obviously gonna be, you know, heaps on it.

Uh, so yeah, that, that was a little dig, I guess, at us.

So, um, yeah, he definitely does seem like that fierce competitor and, uh, that's what we expect from a d- a derby, don't we, Ben? Like, we're looking forward to it and, um, you know, we've got, uh, a, as Sugar said, a big NRL or, uh, a international fixture on Thursday night and then if you're in town, you get the opportunity to go probably see the best rivalry in A-League as well.

Um, what's your message to your fans?

Yeah, I think v- very clear from, from Peke has been that we don't wanna feel what we felt last, uh, last season.

You know, we, we got so close, and then you fall at the final hurdle.

It's never nice.

But I think we've got a, yeah, we've got a really nice mix of experienced players.

I think some of the players that have come in, uh, you know, Takuya Sekine for me is gonna be one of the standouts in, in the whole league.

But yeah, we've got a really nice mix of those experienced players, and then the youth coming through.

From a player's perspective, how are you boys feeling going into the season, just about the vibe around the league? What you can control on the park? How, how, what's, what's the talk amongst the players heading, heading into what's a really important season for the league itself?