THEIR season is on the line, but Wagga City Wanderers attacker Jake Ploenges says revenge will be on their minds when they travel to Queanbeyan for their last regular season game on Sunday.
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Last week's scoreless home draw against Weston Molonglo means the Wanderers (22 points) must beat fourth-placed Queanbeyan (23), then hope other results go their way when they have the bye in next week's last round to make finals.
Their top four hopes are unlikely given Queanbeyan plays strugglers Narrabundah next weekend while Weston Molonglo (21) finish with Narrabundah and second-last Southern Tablelands.
Ploenges said they will take off the shackles and take an aggressive mindset into the Queanbeyan clash, who beat them 1-0 with an injury time penalty earlier this year.
It was Wagga City's first home loss of the year and began a four-game losing streak which looks likely to deny them a National Premier League ACT division two finals berth.
"It was a frustrating result (last week) but there's still a lot of positives to take out of the year," Ploenges said.
"We've got nothing to lose now really, we'll go out there and try and score some goals. My name hasn't been on the score sheet as often as I'd like it to be, I wouldn't mind a couple this week.
"I think it (Queanbeyan loss) was our first at home and we did drop things a bit from there."
The Wanderers will miss midfielder Andy Gamble through suspension while winger Caylum Barber has been ruled out for the season with a torn groin.
"When he (Gamble) plays for us he's probably the best player on the field. He's high quality and just controls the game," Ploenges said.
"It's a huge loss but we've got some young boys and some depth to come in, so we're not too worried."
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