[Prince's] role on the field has never changed, it's just he hasn't tossed the coin. |
Anyone can dig up players from years ago to talk about clubs. |
But there's a long way to go until September. |
He fell on it with his body. If that's not enough pressure I don't know what is. |
He was pretty tentative in the second half, but we were down to 16 men and he wanted to hang in there. |
He'll be considered in the 18-man squad at this stage. |
He's in good shape and in good spirits. He's busting to play so that's always good to see and psychologically I think he's in good shape as well. |
I believe it's something we can overcome. We wouldn't use it as an excuse. |
I don't even want to think about that now. I've had 22 training - some very lucky boy is going to get a run. |
I don't know what Melbourne are going to do and I don't care what Melbourne are going to do in that regard. I'm concentrating on what we're going to do. |
I've talked to the coach and he's assured me of several things. |
If he turns up on Saturday and passes a fitness test, he'll play. |
It's early days but I was pleased to hear the reports about Grant and will be interested to see how he goes when they start playing. |
Look, I'm not going to buy into it. I'm going to talk to [referees' coach] Robert Finch and I'll leave it there. |
The Bulldogs will be hard to beat; they won it the year before us. They had a lot of injuries last year and last week had virtually their best side on the park. |