LIVE: Freddy's desperate plea amid Rabbitohs slide

Brad Fittler believes South Sydney are preparing themselves to play semi finals footy, but present tally the hazard of missing the finals altogether.

Having been wholly outplayed by the Sharks successful Perth connected Saturday night, the Bunnies present teeter connected the borderline of the apical eight, and volition apt autumn retired of it by the extremity of the round.

To marque matters worse, they look a stint without Tom Burgess with suspension, portion Jai Arrow could beryllium retired for a portion with a backmost injury.

Andrew Johns said helium expected the Bunnies to conflict without a full-strength beforehand row.

Speaking connected Nine's Sunday Footy Show, Billy Slater said portion the broadside had astatine times passim this play been crippled by injury, the clip for excuses had passed.

'Everyone's been waiting for each these injured players to travel backmost into the squad from South Sydney. Latrell has been out. Cam Murray has been out. Campbell Graham astatine times," helium said.

"Everyone's been waiting and reasoning the Rabbitohs volition beryllium OK. The Rabbitohs request to marque it happen. They request to halt waiting for players to travel backmost into the team. 

"They've got a bully capable squad to play amended than what they're playing, and they request to spell and marque it happen, due to the fact that it's not conscionable going to hap for them."

Fittler said the Rabbitohs appeared to already beryllium successful mentation mode.

"I deliberation they're waiting for the semis … they're preparing themselves to play large games successful the semis," helium said.

"But … they're not putting the other enactment successful to triumph week to week."

Slater indicated that logic was flawed.

"There's nary power for the semifinals. You can't crook it connected successful September. You've got to physique to it."

Souths prop Tom Burgess has been offered a three-game prohibition for his deed connected Tom Hazelton precocious successful his side's nonaccomplishment to the Sharks.

With his broadside down by 10 points successful the dying minutes, Burgess flew retired of the Souths enactment and enactment a monolithic deed connected the Sharks interchange, who was pulled from the tract for a HIA.

After a abbreviated reappraisal by the Bunker, Burgess was sent to the bin and for an aboriginal shower.

But the deed near league greats successful the commentary container stunned.

"He doesn't deed him … there's nary interaction with the head," Andrew Johns said connected Nine's coverage.

"It's each thorax connected thorax – there's a spot of whiplash."

Phil Gould agreed.

"I deliberation it's excessively harsh. It's large antheral connected large man," helium said.

"His broadside are 10 down with 4 to play … I don't spot thing incorrect with that tackle."

Burgess was deed with a people 2 careless precocious tackle charge. He'll get an other week if helium fights the complaint astatine the judiciary and loses.

Elsewhere, Lachlan Fitzgibbon was fined $1800 for a unsafe interaction complaint connected Jamayne Isaako, and Jake Granville $1000 for a precocious changeable connected Jesse Arthars.