Patrick Dangerfield

But no, it was the two weeks after that was just a poor decision by me.

You live and sometimes learn, and I'm still learning.

Yeah, I haven't played in a Sir Doug Nicholls round for years.

I've had boots done every year and I didn't get them done this year because, and I'm not a superstitious person, but I haven't played.

So I'm like, I'm leaving it, I'm out of it this year just to see if that plays into anything to do with constantly missing this Dom of the Year.

So it's nice to be out there.

It's nice to have a red hot crack against a,

a ladder leading all close to Sydney team and to play some pretty good footy.

We were really happy with how we went.

Definitely to the element that my view on it is...

September is different from rounds one to 22.

I mean, at the moment we'll talk at length, I think, as a footballing media around the importance of youth and the exuberance that brings.

And then it gets to September and all of a sudden the experience piece becomes really important.

My time in the game, and this is absolutely stolen from Chris, but he'll often talk in the lead up to September, there are going to be times where we just really struggle to get the game on our terms and you need to find a way to win and you need to grind a way to win.

And it's going to come down to moments.

So that was a big one that we've spoken about.

And then I think the other one that...

It probably doesn't get spoken about a huge amount now, but the missing players, it will happen at some point.

It's a conversation that often our senior players will have with those that have been on the periphery throughout the year to keep your nose in the trough because there will be opportunities that come up because every single year, regardless of which team...

There are injuries, there are suspensions, and there are opportunities.