NRL: Bulldogs captain Stephen Crichton has told the media the Bulldogs will bounce back after a big loss to the Roosters.
Bulldogs skipper Stephen Crichton says his side has to snap out of the hot and cold form that has plagued them for the past month, echoing his coach’s concerns that some players are starting to get “comfortable” just weeks out from the finals.
“When the intensity went up, a few guys didn’t want to go with it,” Ciraldo said after Friday’s loss.“I sort of blame myself there because we’ve got some guys carrying niggles, and they just get through training instead of actually training.Canterbury’s defence was caught out several times by the Roosters in a worrying side ahead of the finals. Picture: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images“I’m going to stop that. If you can’t train, it sort of results in a performance like that.
“A few of the boys that had sickness and stuff like that couldn’t train properly and that filtered into the game as well.“ send a massive message to our boys that you shouldn’t be comfortable with your position, regardless of if you’re in the starting team or not because there are a lot of good players in our squad, so if you can’t do the job, we’ve got a lot of NSW Cup boys knocking on the door.
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