NSW coach Laurie Daley says there will be no panic at the selection table ahead of the State of Origin decider in what shapes as the final opportunity for a host of Blues to finally end Queensland’s record-breaking reign.

Daley said he was confident the same pool of players used in the first two games were capable of getting the job done on home soil on July 17.

“I haven’t even thought that far down the track but I wouldn’t expect so,” Daley said of changes for game three.

“I think that we’ve got the right group of players, it’s just a matter of our performances being better.

“The guys that we’ve used – I’m confident in every one of those guys and we’ll come up with a team that will be ready to go.”

The player facing the most heat to keep his place is winger Nathan Merritt, who was terrorised defensively on what was a nightmare debut.

“I’d love to redeem myself, get another chance,” Merritt said.

“The boys are burning inside, that was a tough loss.

“I definitely want to get game three.”

With Jarryd Hayne set to return for the decider, Merritt could be squeezed out with the bigger Josh Dugan sliding over to the wing or the Eels star playing on the flank instead.

While he was caught out of position a number of times, Merritt said he didn’t really get a chance to show case what he does best due to the Blues being played off the park early on.

“Personally I didn’t have too much of a good game,” Merritt said.

“It was pretty tough for myself.

“There wasn’t much opportunity out there, we got starved of the ball early on.”

While Merritt could face the axe, a number of other players may be on their last chance, the likes of Mitchell Pearce, James Maloney, Trent Merrin and Michael Jennings running out of chances to stamp themselves as Origin players.

Pearce in particular would be feeling the heat – with young South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds bashing down the door for a shot at the highest level.

Pearce said the flow of the game made it tough for either he or Maloney to make an impact.

“I don’t know that he’ll do too many,” Pearce said of Daley making changes.

“Any team in the world, if you’re in that position in the first half – Jesus Christ wouldn’t have got you out of there.

“They had 110 touches and we had 30 in the first half – it makes it pretty hard to build pressure.

“It was probably a good learning curve.”