The Bomber young guns are excited by tonight's final against the Crows and are determined to get off to a good start and silence a pro-Adelaide crowd.
""There is excitement but we are just trying to keep level headed and do what we have to do for the team and go over to Adelaide, play our game style and see what happens,"" Heath Hocking said.
""We have played in big games during the year where we haven't been backed much so if we just do what we did in those games it will all come together.
""You don't look too much into what other people think, you just focus on how you play and how the team plays, we just need to concentrate on that.
""You are going into a foreign state and going in as underdogs and you just go out there with nothing to lose and that is a big thing. We are concentrating on starting well and shutting the crowd out and then we will see what happens from there.""
Assistant coach Ashley Prescott said that training has been good all week and that the club has tried to have a normal preparation with a consistent message.
""We don't want to over-coach them this week, we just want to let them get out and play,"" Prescott said.
""It has really been business as usual which has been our approach since the NAB Cup and we just want to focus on our game style and really free the players up and let the players do what they do best.""
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Despite a poor interstate record, Prescott said the team is drawing confidence from the recent good win over Sydney at the SCG.
""We went over there and played against a team that was pressing to play in the finals and we were fantastic that day so it hasn't been all doom and gloom,"" he said.
""I think that, given that it's a final and a big stage, we are confident our players can perform at the level required.""
A record sold-out crowd of around 52,000 is expected at AAMI Stadium tonight.
