It's not that he's not concerned about the Panthers' two star forwards Brandyn Grenfell and Kain Robins, who've kicked 34 goals between them in the past fortnight.

It's more a case of his focus has been on his own players.

"It's probably fairest to the defenders if I throw all their names in a hat and draw two names out,'' Mitrovic said with a chuckle when asked about opponents for Grenfell and Robins.

"As good as those two players are, that's not what I'm worried about.

"I just want to see all our players compete and be accountable man on man.

"Last time we played them we handed the ball back to them on their half-back line.

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"This time we have to use our spare players and make Marong accountable. If we just kick the ball down the line we'll play into their hands."

The Eagles still have a number of senior players on the sidelines injured, which will make their task even tougher on Saturday.

However, Mitrovic saw some signs in the wet last week against Inglewood that has him confident the Eagles will be competitive against the third-placed Panthers.

"We could have gone through the motions last week, but we put together a four-quarter performance which was really good,'' he said.

"Some of the players that have come into the senior side from the reserves are that bash and crash style of player and, if the weather turns nasty on Saturday, that could help us."

The remaining three games in the LVFNL will be one-sided.

Top-of-the-ladder Mitiamo will make it wins in a row when it travels to Newbridge, second-placed Bridgewater will thump the winless Inglewood, while Pyramid Hill will be too classy for Calivil United.

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