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1. Round 20 could decide the entire season for several teams.Some of the games this weekend are massive clashes in the way the season finishes for a lot of sides. There are huge things at stake for most of the teams and the consequences could be devastating for whoever loses.We know there are 12 sides still mathematically in it. We are still six or seven weeks out from the finals but at what stage do you want to have a hiccup? I dont think it is this week.That 28 points is the magical mark that youve got to get too. Weve got three or four sides on 20 points so its enormous considering the closeness of the competition.?The Bulldogs were team four at the start of the round on 26 points down to team 12 on 16 points - theres not a great deal of spread there.2. I want to see more playmakers copy Johnathan Thurstons kicking game.Johnathan Thurstons kicking game against Canterbury reminded me that there is a need for more tactical kicking in rugby league. We see sides too often bombing the ball from halfway - they dont want to relieve pressure, they dont want the ball to go dead.We saw a masterclass from Thurston about how to build pressure, how to get repeat sets, how to still tactically kick the ball flat and through the line and make it stay in the in-goal.It shows that if you want to be the best and you are the kicker in the football side - become better. Im now looking forward to any halfback or five-eighth in the competition to be inspired by Thurstons performance and start thinking about kicking tactically.It takes practice, it takes having some distance control. You see golfers being able to come up with shots when the game is on the line because they are confident in knowing where the ball is going to finish.The only way of getting better is practicing and JT is one of those classy players - most halves can kick and chase but the difference with him is, more often than not, he knows exactly where the ball will finish.Thats not just because hes a great player but he would spend time after time practicing. No young kid watching him should think that an hour of training two nights a week is good enough to make you the best player in the world.3. Wests Tigers result will impact on Jason Taylor/Robbie Farah feud.Robbie Farah will play at Leichhardt Oval in what could be one of the biggest crowds weve seen for a NSW Cup game for a long, long time. I imagine a lot of the Wests Tigers fans will probably be at that game rather than the NRL game in an act of support for Robbie Farah.Between now and the next six weeks, Jason Taylor will be right or hell be wrong, and it cant finish pretty. One bloke is on around $900,000 next year and the other bloke has made a pretty tough decision that has probably pushed him further out on that coaching tightrope.I think it has got to the stage where only one of them will be at the club next year. Last year was manageable but you have to say that this is the line in the sand that says it is unworkable. I just cant see how any club can pay a guy that sort of money to play in reserve grade next year.Sometimes coaches have got to make tough calls and well find out whether its been the right or wrong call but as a coach youve got to believe in what youre doing is correct and back himself.But this game is results-driven and people and fans dont care about next year - they just care about this weekends result.You live and die by your decisions as a coach and Jason Taylor will live and die by this decision but in time well see whether its been right or wrong.Win, lose or draw for the Tigers this weekend against St George Illawarra - theres no turning back for Jason Taylor now.? Nike Shox Discount . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Wholesale Nike Shox Womens . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. 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SAINT PAUL, Minn. -- When their team scores a goal at home, Calgary Flames fans are used to fire shooting from strategic points in their buildings ceiling, not from the home teams bench.Still, Flames first-year coach Glen Gulutzan is finding himself on an increasingly hot seat with less than 20 percent of the seasons games played as Calgary sinks further and further back in the Western Conference standings.The Flames come to Minnesota on Tuesday having lost four in a row, and owning a 5-10-1 mark, which is second-worst in the league (ahead of only the Arizona Coyotes).All of that recent losing had Gulutzan juggling his lines on Monday at practice before the team boarded a Minnesota-bound plane, looking for a new spark.When you lose four in a row, youve got to make some changes, Gulutzan said, without revealing the exact combinations the Wild will be expected to counter on Tuesday, although it looks as if Alex Chiasson will move to the second line and be replaced by Troy Brouwer, who will play with regular top-liners Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan. Any guy weve got here weve got a chance of putting in, so well see how the lineup transpires.The Flames have scored just four goals during the four-game skid, and speculation is growing in Calgary that an early-season coaching change may be needed. However, Gulutzan, who coached the Dallas Stars for two seasons and is in his second head-coaching gig in the NHL, is less concerned about offense and focusing more on his teams inabiliity to consistently stifle the opponents offense.ddddddddddddEverybodys talking about the points, but the reality is weve given up 60-some goals, 50-some goals, Gulutzan said. If you go back a year from now, one of the reasons we didnt have success is we gave up 260-some goals. The top teams in the league dont do that.After a brief power outage in early November, the Wild (8-5-1) are back to looking like one of the top teams in the league, coming home after two weeks away and having just collected four of a possible six points on a three-game eastern road trip. And the health news is even better in Minnesota, after star left winger Zach Parise skated in practice on Monday and may return to the lineup after a two-week absence caused by a lower-body injury.Its good. It beats skating on your own, Parise said Monday after practice. Its one of those things I needed to get the progress and get back to feeling good again. It was good to be practicing with the team.Parise said he felt fine and would make his case to coach Bruce Boudreau about a return to the ice against the Flames on Tuesday, hoping to join Charlie Coyle and Eric Staal on the teams top line.It is the start of a whirlwind stretch in which Minnesota will play seven games in 12 days -- five of them at home.The Wild defense is on a roll, having allowed just nine goals in the past eight games. ' ' '