Dragons 用心深い of 嵐／襲撃する biting 支援する
Paul McGregor believes 報告（する）／憶測s of Melbourne's death as an NRL 軍隊 have been 大いに 誇張するd and is 用心深い of the Big Three 証明するing his point in their NRL season opener.
With club 広大な／多数の／重要なs Cooper Cronk, Cameron Smith and Billy Slater, all 31, moving toward the twilight of their careers and the loss of Ryan Hoffman, many have tipped the 嵐／襲撃する to slide 支援する to the pack after 存在 a 支配的な 力／強力にする for the last １０年間.
However St George Illawarra coach McGregor says there's no chance of the Dragons taking the 嵐／襲撃する lightly when they 会合，会う at WIN Jubilee Oval on Monday night.
The 嵐／襲撃する have been a bogey 味方する for St George Illawarra since Melbourne's inception in 1998, with the Dragons winning just eight of 29 衝突／不一致s between the two 味方するs.
McGregor is also 推定する／予想するing the 嵐／襲撃する to spring out of the 封鎖するs, with Melbourne having won their last 10 開始 一連の会議、交渉／完成する matches.
"I see everyone's 令状ing (the 嵐／襲撃する) off and 説 they won't make the eight, I find that very hard to believe," said McGregor.
"(Slater, Smith and Cronk) might be a year older but the guys around them are a year more experienced. Blokes like (Kevin) Proctor and (Tohu) Harris, they're a year older, they've becoming more 価値のある to the group."
The Dragons have this week been 軍隊d to を取り引きする the distraction of Trent Merrin's 調印 with Penrith for 2016, and also have to plug the かなりの 穴を開ける left by the 出発 of Brett Morris to the Bulldogs.
McGregor thinks the Dragons are entering a new 段階 in 2015, pointing to the debut of exciting Fijian 輸入する Eto Nabuli and t he combination of Gareth Widdop, Benji Marshall and Josh Dugan 約束ing to go to another level.
"I think our combinations are stronger because they've been together a year longer," McGregor said.
"You only have to look at Gareth and Benji and Duges at the 支援する - they're a lot more solid there.
"The depth in our squad is a lot better 純粋に on the experience value.
"We lost 300 games of experience last year but 取って代わるd them with 650, guys that have played in grand 決勝戦 and World Club Challenges."
重要な Stats:
* The Dragons are chasing 連続した 勝利，勝つs against the 嵐／襲撃する for the first time since 1999.
* The 嵐／襲撃する are Monday night football specialists - since 2007 they have won 22 of 33 games, the best winning 百分率 of any team in the 競争 for the fixture.
* If 勝利を得た against the Dragons, the 嵐／襲撃する will become the first team in history to 勝利，勝つ 11 straight season openers.
* The Dragons 譲歩するd the fewest 刑罰，罰則s in 2014 (5.4 per game), while the 嵐／襲撃する 譲歩するd the equal most (7.6 per game).
