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Gould's major concern with Blues preparation - CtrlF.XYZ

Gould's major concern with Blues preparation

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Phil Gould believes the Queensland Maroons already person the precocious manus connected NSW successful Origin II arsenic the second prepares to sanction its broadside connected Tuesday.

Queensland went into campy connected Monday, contempt the Bulldogs and Eels inactive yet to play, and manager Billy Slater revealed connected Nine's 100% Footy that the broadside had already completed a reappraisal league connected crippled one.

With Origin hopefuls Mitchell Moses, Matt Burton, Tevita Pangai Junior, Josh Addo-Carr and Reagan Campbell-Gillard playing connected the King's Birthday, Fittler decided NSW would hold to marque its decision, nevertheless Gould believes that's a mediocre move.

"I'm acrophobic from the get spell that Queensland are successful campy contiguous and we're not announcing our squad until tomorrow," helium said connected 100% Footy.

Blues manager Brad Fittler looks connected up of crippled 1 of the 2023 State of Origin bid betwixt the Queensland Maroons and New South Wales Blues astatine Adelaide Oval connected May 31, 2023 successful Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) (Getty)

"It's a immense advantage, the archetypal 24 hours is crucial, they've been sitting determination reviewing and previewing and we're inactive twiddling our thumbs and haven't got a squad yet.

"We won't beryllium getting unneurotic until astir apt Wednesday truthful you're already giving distant 2 days, it's truly important."

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Jeremiah Nanai, Moeaki Fotuaika and Xavier Coates were each named successful the Queensland broadside arsenic replacements for injured trio Selwyn Cobbo, Tom Gilbert and Jai Arrow.

Corey Horsburgh and AJ Brimson person besides been brought into the squad arsenic reserves and Gould believes the squad is amended than the 1 that played successful crippled one.

Fotuaika enactment explained

"Their broadside looks stronger, it looks stronger than crippled 1 ... Nanai, Fotuaika and (Xavier Coates) too, I deliberation he's a acold much productive winger," helium said.

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"Selwyn Cobbo is simply a superb idiosyncratic endowment but Xavier Coates, he's a productive subordinate too.

"He's going to nutrient from the backmost field, he's going to nutrient each implicit the field, he's a footwear people arsenic well.

"I really deliberation they look stronger, I deliberation these 3 bring much to the table."

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