12 Quotes by Michael Baird

But we shouldn't struggle. This is a must-win game for us, with two tough home games (Adelaide and Perth) coming up.

But the danger is that New Zealand could bring in some young unknowns who might change their game and make things a bit more difficult for us,

I think it'll be a challenge for all the providers to accommodate the level of demand that we may see, and a lot of that demand is not known yet.

I think we have shown that we are a good team and we have threatened a result like that for some time now. Stuart McLaren coming into the side added that extra bit of steel and maturity and I think we have benefited from that.

We had missed a few good chances, but the ball sat up for me and I was able to finish it.

We, as strikers, have had our chances but most of them have been after we have had to beat defenders to get a shot away,

You have to understand, the player has to go in front of the same people that just found him in violation and convince him that they're wrong. You have to convince them that they made a mistake. That's never easy to do with anyone.

The testing they do for the B sample is more sophisticated than the A sample. I've had cases where the A sample came up positive and the B sample came up negative.

The bottom line is, even if the player was unaware they've been given the drug, the test doesn't require intent. The standard is so strict, if the NFL wants to enforce it strictly, you're basically sunk.