For the superstar hooker-cum-halfback, victory tonight is all about the Tigers' destiny and how they can control it just a month out from the finals.

"You've got to win these type of games," he said.

"And put your destiny in your own hands."

Just moments before stepping into a team meeting at Campbelltown Stadium yesterday to devise a plan to dismantle the Dragons at WIN Stadium, Farah may as well have had a calculator in his hand as he discussed the finals equation.

He knows the score well.

Boosted by Sunday's 56-4 shellacking of a woeful Bulldogs, the Tigers are ninth on 22 competition points.

They were in the top eight straight after the win, but were edged out on points difference after Newcastle smashed Parramatta on Monday.

Farah is also well aware the Dragons are two points ahead of the Tigers in sixth position.

And that Penrith and Canberra (both level with the Tigers on 22 points) face off on Sunday, as do the Titans and Newcastle - also part of the logjam - on Monday.

"Yeah, Penrith and Canberra, they're real four-point games for those teams," Farah says.

"These are the games you can take control. If you can win them you can be in a good spot going into the last couple (of weeks)."

The Dragons' buffer from the chasing teams has been gobbled up in recent weeks following a shock loss to Canberra, the infamous 26-0 loss to the Storm when prop Jason Ryles was sent off and the heartbreaking 13-12 loss to the Sharks on Saturday.

"It was a heartbreaking way to lose," captain Mark Gasnier said.

"It's hard to put that much effort in with no reward. Then again you've got to put in the same effort this week with the possibility of no reward again.

"There'll be a feel of semi-final football out there. The Tigers have said how desperate they are to win."

The Dragons have been hit with injury this week, with prop Justin Poore left in a leg brace and crutches after dislocating his knee against the Sharks.