The triple championship winning goalkeeper has been working with fellow stoppers Jamie Young and Andre Jannese during pre-season in an effort to push each other to the brink.

Theo said the stiff competition had done wonders for his game ahead of next weekend’s season-opener against Melbourne Victory.  

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“You really want to build the confidence during pre-season and I have this year,” he said.

“There’s competition for places throughout the squad but we all work together and push each other.”

Theo said he expected Victory to be as tough as any other opponent in season 2016/17.  

“There’s no easy games. No matter who we play we’ll show them the respect they deserve but it’s more about us and making sure we’re ready to hit the ground running in Week One at Suncorp Stadium,” he said.

“It’s important that we start the campaign well and hopefully we get a big crowd to get behind us at Suncorp against the Victory.”