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Sydney remains two games and significant percentage clear on top of the ladder ... but is there still a big gap between them and the casing pack in the premiership race ?
Additionally, Sydney’s last five losses have come by under a kick to pose a question of whether there’s concerns on its ability to win in close games.“I think Sydney has been reeled back in to the point where there’s maybe not a gap anymore,” Saints Hall of Famer Leigh Montgana said on Fox Footy’s“At the bye I said they looked invincible. If they kept up the form they were playing, it was going to be one of the great home and away seasons. That has come off a little bit.
“The information we get out of Sydney the next 24 to 48 hours will be critical to their aspirations to win it,” he said on“He’s the type of player that if you did put a line through him for a large block of the back half of the season, you start to wonder how much weight Gulden, Warner and Heeney cam can carry.”With the potential for Papley to miss time, Longmire could consider moving Heeney from the midfield to up forward again amid a decline in form in recent weeks.
Montagna declared Brisbane is the “No. 1 challenger” to Sydney including the Lions having only dropped one of their past 11 games.“I just love the way Brisbane won , they didn’t rely on the same names like Lachie Neale dominating or Harris Andrews having 15 intercept possessions. “I know it’s against Melbourne and at home, so you’ve got to curb your enthusiasm a little bit. But when you see it you have to recognise it.
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