24 Quotes by Paul Roos

That does throw your plans a little bit. He (O'Loughlin) got through really well though which is a bonus and he looked sharp and fit so he looked further advanced than what we thought.

I thought his first-half was poor, naturally, because he barely got a touch. But I was very pleased with his second-half - he showed real leadership.

It is early in the year to be playing a game. We won't take any risks with anyone who we think might be doubtful.

Today that didn't happen, we've got to work out why?

What it means is you have to cover a bit more ground with your kicking and the ones that make a mistake coming to the (small) SCG try to change their game plan. It is very hard to change your game plan in a week. We think we've got a game plan that stands up on all grounds.

There hasn't been any evidence to suggest the umpires believe the game should be changed the way the rule makers think it should be.

We are still in the finals so we are still a chance.

There may be a little bit of interest, but I don't think it will be too great.

There's a lot of work still to go on the ground and you want to make sure that they've got a chance to prepare it for Saturday night.