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Mike's Minute: Andrew Webster and these Warriors are the real deal

Published: April 2, 2023, 9:52 p.m.

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Come on doubters, what part of this aren\'t you loving?

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Just which side in the NRL looks better, brighter, and more improved than the increasingly wonderful Warriors?

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Coach Andrew Webster said last week that this weekend would sort some clubs out, you would be getting a good read as to exactly where you were in the pecking order.

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The Cronulla Sharks are a solid side and they showed it in the first 20 minutes.

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And that, once again, will be the bit people like Webster will be a bit worried about. Slow starts have hurt us two weeks in a row.

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At 20-0 down after 19 minutes, in another year with another team one of a couple of things would have happened.

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We would have made what looked like some sort of valiant comeback but never quite caught up - or we would have given up and been canned.

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This year\'s side not only comes back but gets a penalty under pressure and converts. That\'s another trait we see so much improvement on this year - execution under pressure.

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And that bloke Shaun Johnson - is he a study in how to turn your career around, or what?

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If he was good last week, if he has been impressive all season, he was Dally M worthy last night.

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It\'s like he\'s just taken the game up and can\'t believe how much fun it is.

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Have a look at the table and see where we are. If you can\'t be bothered let me tell you.

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We\'re second.

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If we play like this, not only will we be in the top eight, we will be in the top four and we will be playing the serious stuff at home.

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Speaking of home, we have only been there once so far this season.

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I was talking to a mate of mine in Sydney over the weekend. He said the Australians still don\'t take the Warriors seriously and for last night, they had them at long-ish money.

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Not that we care what they think. But surely last night gave the doubters pause for thought.

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Peter "The Mad Butcher" Leitch texted me last week. I told him Webster is the man, he replied and said the same thing.

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In Webster I believe. And you can never second guess The Mad Butcher.

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So four wins and one loss, second on the table. Join now or look like a loser.

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This is our year.

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