In terms of any personnel from the doggies, without knowing how you sort of structure up around stoppage, is there anyone in that midfield that you put a bit of extra work into, like a Luke Fellows, or do you back your guys in to do the job?

Yeah, look, I appreciate the answer is probably pretty boring for you.

We've focused all year on system and structure.

So we just rely on everyone, you know, playing their role.

So, you know, we don't need a Luke Redfern or a Hayden Schlois to play.

tear the game apart on their own.

We just need them to hold their peace in our system and if that happens, we're confident we can generate enough opportunity to do what we need but clearly they're a very, very dangerous side if they can win ball and come out the front of a stoppage and you get your back line under pressure at that point.

What's the feeling around the town like? What's the support like down Kawabi Street?

Is that, would you say that's the improvement that you've seen from other sides, just that, um, connection piece more so than anything else?

Yeah, look, I think so, and then you obviously see that, you know, everyone gets, you know, you sort of get on a little bit of a roll.

I know what it's like.

And, um, then you get a couple of injuries that just interrupt a little bit of that chemistry build, so it can sort of put it on hold, but then you learn something new out of how you resolve that sometimes.

And, um, but yeah, I think definitely you can see the, you know, obviously again, Mate have, you know, had a super year with, with a, with a young gr- younger group than they've had in the past, and, um, you can see the benefits of them starting to build late.

And, you know, Mango have sort of had mountains of injuries all year and still managed to perform pretty well all the way through.

And, you know, and, and then you've got Tigers have probably been the same and, you know, um, and then we look at, you know, Turvey, who were sitting sixth for most of the year and, you know, probably as good a side as there is in the competition.

Yeah, they're playing a, a lot better footy now with him back in the lineup and, uh, a, a young side that's full of energy, but, um, yeah, maybe lacking a bit of, uh, experience.