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Canterbury prop Aidan Tolman has hit out at critics who say the Bulldogs dont deserve their spot in the NRLs top four.The Bulldogs quietly slipped into the top four with four rounds remaining on the back of their unconvincing win over Newcastle on Saturday and North Queenslands loss to Wests Tigers on Sunday.After a sluggish start to the season, characterised by their inability to string wins together, the Dogs have won six of their last seven games.But they were thumped 36-0 by North Queensland three weeks ago and mid-season losses to Cronulla and Canberra also have many questioning their ability to beat the competitions top sides.NRL great Darren Lockyer, for one, has said he doesnt believe the Dogs cant win the competition due to a lack of consistency and ruthlessness.That is fine by us. We dont really care what everybody writes about us, Tolman said on Monday.The media has their own agendas, for us we are going about our footy.We are not playing our best footy yet but we find ourselves in the top four and that is where we want to stay.The Dogs face Manly on Thursday night, then Brisbane, North Queensland and South Sydney.Their round 25 clash with defending premiers the Cowboys at Belmore Sports Grounds shapes as a season-defining clash.A few results on the weekend fell in our favour and we are there in the top four, but we still have four big games ahead, Tolman said.It would be nice to keep this momentum going into the finals. The next four games are crucial for us.Brett Morris said the Dogs were timing their run into the finals nicely.Of late we have been pretty consistent. 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Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Assured at least a split in consecutive road games, the Oakland Raiders learned in a trip to Tennessee that their high-flying offense isnt as great as they may have thought.The Raiders found themselves shut out in the second half Sunday as they needed the defense to preserve a 17-10 win over the Titans, and Derek Carr said he was praying on the sideline that the defense would get a stop after a sloppy game by the offense.He ticked off issues such as illegal formation penalties and dropped passes, something that hadnt stopped Oakland from scoring an average of 31.5 points in each of the first two games. Oakland also had been averaging a league-best 470 yards total offense only to be held to 368.Were way better than that, Carr said. Were sitting there, and were frustrated because we expect so much more. We expect execution all the time.Now the Raiders (2-1) can make corrections off a win before loading back up for the next game at Baltimore.The Titans (1-2) will be poring over the tape checking the penalties called -- and not called -- on their final drive, when Tennessee thought it had a chance to force overtime.The penalties we had, we couldnt overcome them, Titans coach Mike Mularkey said.Here are some things to know about the Raiders second straight win over Tennessee:WORST START EVER: The Raiders gave up fewer yards to Tennessee than they had allowed through the first two games. The Titans still rolled up 393 yards, giving Oakland 1,428 yards allowed through three games . That tops the 1,330 yards allowed by the 1961 Raiders and ranks eighth-worst in NFL history since at least 1940 through three games, according to Pro Football Reference.Its nowhere near what it should be yet, but theres certainly reasons to be optimistic, which I am, Raiders coach Jack Del Rio said. Im very optimistic about the men we have and the work were putting in. Weve got a lot of things to clean up, but were 2-1.PENALTIES, PENALTIES: The teams combined for 16 penalties -- eight apiece. The Titans had the most costly with wide receiver Andre Johnson called for offensive pass interference, wiping out a 13-yard TD catch that would have allowed Tennessee to tie it up at 17 with 22 seconds left.ddddddddddddThat came after the Titans reached the Oakland 3 with 50 seconds left on a 19-yard catch by rookie Tajae Sharpe. The play was pushed back when left tackle Taylor Lewan flew in to clean up the pile only to be flagged for unnecessary roughness. Lewan apologized to his teammates for the penalty. Mularkey said he thought the play was still live along with Lewan and the Raiders defenders. Everybody except the officials, Mularkey said.JANIKOWSKIS MARK: The Raiders forced three turnovers and managed only one field goal off a fumble by Marcus Mariota. Oakland nearly had a touchdown with Carr immediately throwing a 24-yard pass to a wide-open Clive Walford. But left tackle Donald Penn was flagged for holding, forcing the Raiders to settle for a field goal by Janikowski.The 17-year veteran connected from 52 yards out, making him the NFLs all-time leader in field goals from 50 yards out or longer. That was his 53rd such field goal , breaking a tie with Jason Hanson, who had 52 such field goals in 21 NFL seasons.DEFENSIVE CHANGES: Del Rio swapped out two starters for rookies against Tennessee, going with safety Karl Joseph and linebacker Cory James. Joseph was the 14th pick overall in the draft out of West Virginia, while James was a sixth-round pick out of Colorado State. Joseph led the Raiders in tackles with 10, while James tied for second.MARIOTAS TURNOVERS: The Titans quarterback, the No. 2 pick overall out of Oregon in 2015, now has seven turnovers through three games. He knows hes got to be better with the ball, Mularkey said. 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