Seibold excited by end-of-season run-in
0 Comments | South Wales Evening Post, Jul 22, 2010
INJURY-HIT South Wales Scorpions face a test of their squad strength at Rochdale on Sunday.
The Neath-based side will not have played for two weeks when they make the trip to Spotland.
But they go into the clash in buoyant mood after hitting the 70- point mark in their hammering of Gateshead Thunder in their last outing.
“The players are fresh and ready to give a good account of themselves in the last quarter of the season,” said head coach Anthony Seibold.
“Rochdale have put many teams to the sword at Spotland this season and have racked up some big scores.
“We know they have many threats including Phil Wood and Wayne English among others, and we are working hard this week to get a good performance.
“There is some pressure on Rochdale at present as one of the teams above us and one of the teams touted only a few weeks ago as potential promotion candidates, and we know they have prepared well.
“It will be tough for us with many players still under injury clouds or unavailable this weekend, but we are confident that if we prepare well and look after our own individual performance, that collectively we can continue to improve.”
The Scorpions have just five matches to play in what has been an encouraging first season in Co-Operative Championship 1. The end-of- season schedule features tough trips to Rochdale, Oldham and Hunslet, with games at The Gnoll against Doncaster and York.
But Seibold is determined to end the campaign on a high note.
“We have nothing to lose as we go into the last five games,” he added. “We are excited about what we have done in achieving our original goal of five wins, but more importantly we are excited about the last five games and what we can do if we work hard.
“It is going to be tough, but we continue to improve and we continue to fight hard in games, as can be seen by the amount of bonus points we have picked up in our losses and the manner in which we have won games.
“That is all I can ask from a team thrown together on February 1.”