LEETON-WHITTON has some unfinished business with Turvey Park this season.
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After the Crows were walloped by the Bulldogs in their round six encounter 15.12-102 to 5.7-37, they are hoping to reverse their fortunes this weekend.
Leeton-Whitton will host Turvey Park on Saturday afternoon in what could well be an interesting showdown between the two sides.
The Crows have come into decent form in the latter half of the season, while the Bulldogs continue to challenge some of the top sides, but have shown some inconsistency.
The Bulldogs are just one place above Leeton-Whitton on the ladder in sixth, having won five games in 2021 compared to the Crows' three.
Crows coach Sam Darley expects to have a near full-strength side for the clash.
"The only one I'm not sure on at the moment is Bryce O'Garey, he came off during last week's game against Narrandera, so we'll see how he goes at training (on Thursday night) and go from there," he said.
"The rest of the team should be pretty similar to the one we had against Narrandera."
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With the attitude completely reversing in the Crows' camp in recent weeks, Darley was hopeful this would hold the team in good stead against the Bulldogs.
He said their match earlier this season was one to forget and was hopeful his side would be ready to make some amends.
"Turvey were exceptional against us last time," Darley said.
"I know their form has probably been a little bit inconsistent throughout the year, but we can only go off what we saw in that game when we played them.
"As I said, they were impressive.
"We didn't have our best side on the park that day, but also we didn't play great either.
"They flogged us, so we can only go off that. We need to go into the game prepared and ready to play."
The Crows are coming off a decent patch of football in the past couple of weeks, including last Saturday's solid win over old rivals in the Narrandera Eagles.
Darley said this weekend would be all about focusing on Leeton-Whitton's own game plan with the hope of picking up their fourth win.
I know their form has probably been a little bit inconsistent throughout the year, but we can only go off what we saw in that game when we played them.
- Leeton-Whitton coach Sam Darley
"What we trained for on Tuesday night was their (Turvey's) ability to sling shot the ball back through the corridor, so I think it will be a good test to see if we're up to it," he said.
"Outside of that though, I've tried to make it about us as much as possible. We can control what we can control and go from there.
"We don't want to be focusing on them too much."
This weekend's game is the Crows' second last home match of the season, with their final fixture of 2021 to be against MCUE on August 21 at Leeton Showground.
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