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Premium Content Subscriber only WESTERN Pride coach of the week Brian Hastings will monitor two sore goalkeepers after a dramatic night of football in Toowoomba. Major off-season recruit Jake Reesby and exciting Ipswich talent Josh Boyle were both injured in Saturday night s 2-1 loss to South West Queensland Thunder. It was Pride s first defeat and toughest test from four matches in the 2021 Football Queensland Premier League 1 competition. The result against one of the competition heavyweights proved Pride are up with the better teams this season, rising from a sluggish start to push Thunder in the second half. I m hoping in the big scheme of things that is our first speed bump, Hastings said. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only FOOTBALL: With 90 per cent of their 2020 squad re-signed, the SWQ Thunder’s pre-season is about one thing – strengthening their winning culture. Beaten in last year’s FQPL grand final, they are determined to secure promotion this season and they’ve started the year in winning form. Fresh off an 8-1 against the TFL All-Stars, the Thunder beat Ipswich Knights 3-1 on Saturday. “We play to win,” SWQ Thunder men’s coach Ivor Prasad said. “Our goal this year is promotion (to the NPL) and to do that we need to win more games. “Fitness, combinations, gelling between players, those type of things happen with time, but ultimately the reason we play is to win. ....