BRACKNELL coach Josh Adams yesterday rated himself only a 50-50 chance to play in Sunday's cut-throat NTFA division 1 first semi-final against Scottsdale.
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Adams has missed the past couple of weeks with a groin strain.
The Redlegs lost last week's qualifying final to Rocherlea and need his marking strength and goalkicking ability to help them get across the line against an in-form Magpies outfit.
"It's a bit up in the air at the moment but I hope to be right to play on Sunday," Adams said.
"We were disappointing last week.
"But we've had a big week on the track and we need to respond quickly and hopefully we can."
Bracknell has beaten Scottsdale twice in roster matches this season but Adams said he was impressed by the Magpies form last week in beating George Town.
Adams said the Redlegs might try to inject a bit of pace against Scottsdale with a couple of under-18 players a chance to be promoted.
SCOTTSDALE is playing its best football at the right time of the year coach, Michael Rainbow said.
"We're going in very confident we can keep on winning," he said.
"To beat George Town in a final and win our first final in five years was a huge relief.
"We played a good brand of football which we will need to continue this week and nullify Bracknell's better players."
The Magpies are expected to field a similar line-up with Alex Coote a chance to return in the only likely change.
Rainbow said the Youngtown ground suited his side's style of play.
"We'll be going straight down the middle of the ground and we need a good start similar to last week," he said.
BRIDGENORTH takes on Rocherlea in the second semi- final at Windsor Park tomorrow with a grand final berth up for grabs.
Parrots coach Paul Beechey predicted a close game despite his side's 2-0 record against the city Tigers during the season.
"Their form has been very good in the past couple of weeks and I was quite impressed with what I saw last weekend so I'm expecting a close tussle in probably heavy conditions," he said.
Beechey said his side had gelled as a team over the past five or six weeks and had won all its matches in the last round.
"The week off gave some guys a chance to get over niggling injuries so we'll have a full list," he said.
ROCHERLEA coach Brett Mansell said Bridgenorth had been the standout side during the season and deserved favouritism.
"But we're getting close to where we need to be at this time of the year and we'll got out and have a crack," he said.
"Finals are different to roster games and we'll implement some things we reserved doing throughout the season which we think might have an impact."
Andrew Cox-Goodyer and Ethan Brown should return to the side.
