LIVE: How 'unhappy' Cowboys will attack new season

One of the biggest keys down the Cowboys' astonishing tally successful the 2022 premiership was Todd Payten's quality to shield the squad from extracurricular noise.

And helium has nary desires to alteration that connected the eve of the 2023 season.

Payten said he's feeling caller disconnected the backmost of a travel to the US successful the off-season - a travel that seems to person been adjacent parts enactment and play.

A beardown portion of the US sporting country is wide and defined improvement pathways with roots successful section inferior competitions.

Several guns - including prima winger Kyle Feldt - grew up successful Townsville and were moulded by the Cowboys program.

Many expected the Cowboys to contend for the woody spoon past season, but neither Payten nor his players followed immoderate signifier guide.

They were bundled retired by the Eels successful a location preliminary final. He said helium and the playing radical person digested the nonaccomplishment and are acceptable for the caller season.

Blocking retired that sound worked truthful good for them past season. He said their attack successful 2023 volition beryllium much of the same.

"We person our ain expectations," helium told AAP.

"We didn't springiness a rat's arse what was said extracurricular the gathering past twelvemonth and that's not going to change.

"There's inactive an appetite for enactment and we're not blessed with the mode things finished.

"There's ever unit with my occupation but I don't deliberation it's immoderate much oregon little than it was 12 months agone oregon 12 months earlier that.

"I'm going into the play relaxed knowing that we cognize who we are, and we cognize what we're doing works. We've conscionable got to bash it for longer."