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Originally posted by Rooster_6 View PostThirteen pulling out the stats... what's going on.
The Tigers game definitely feels like a very crucial game if we can somehow manage to jag a win despite having 5 out to origin (Crichton, Leniu, Watson, Toia & Collins) and another 5 out to injury (Walker, Radley, Wong, NButcher & Pauga). Tigers only expected to be missing 1 which is Luai.
Be an interesting team without Young, Pauga and Walker. Who goes to centre? I'm thinking it'll be something like:
1. Teddy
2. Toops
3. Smith
4. King (18th man last week... gonna assume he's a better defender at centre than Marky Mark whereas Young wasn't?)
5. Marky Mark
6. Sandon
7. Savala
8. Whyte
9. Benno
10. Egan (was out for HIA right?)
11. Radley (possibly? He's an HIA and will have the bye...)
12. Steep
13. Foketi
14. Cassius-Clay
15. Losalu
16. Xavier / DLS
17. Makatoa
18. Chad (purely because there's no more players available to name?)
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It'll be a tough game but we beat the Knights with a similar team and IMO the Tigpies are basically May, Koroisau, Doueihi and... Jack Bird? On paper I reckon we should be a solid chance against them.
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Looking at the draw and the run home - i don't see any reason why we shouldn't finish on 32 points and sneak into the 8
From there who knows...
We have shown we can match it with the 2x teams currently leading the comp, only an Egan Butcher mistake away from winning in both
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No chance Top 4?
Dogs have a hard run although probably a couple of games too far.
Raiders were gifted a top 2 finish with their draw. They will get be minor premiers imo. Not sure they will be able to with 3/4 games against the top teams come semis.
Warriors can fall in a heap but have a pretty good run.
Storm have been up and down. They have some hard games. We need to beat them both games.
If we win the games we are supposed to win then Top 8 should be a fait accompli.
If we win the big games against Storm and Dogs then Top 4 is a remote possibility. Other tough games will be against the Dolphins and Souffs.
With Sammy, Wong, Rads and NButch to come back for our run home then we have the team to do it. Touch wood we have no more serious injuries.
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Originally posted by caz View Postwhat effect will playing ten games straight have? makes it harder deal with wear and tear but it gives the team a chance to really get their teeth into the back end of the season and build momentum
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Originally posted by caz View Postlooks like it's an eight way race to make the bottom 4 of the 8. 9 if the warriors collapse. of those teams us and the dragons don't have byes ...
IMO a slight chance Bulldogs struggle to make the top 4 as well.
Last edited by dice; 06-30-2025, 11:40 AM.
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Originally posted by Rooster_6 View PostThirteen pulling out the stats... what's going on.
The Tigers game definitely feels like a very crucial game if we can somehow manage to jag a win despite having 5 out to origin (Crichton, Leniu, Watson, Toia & Collins) and another 5 out to injury (Walker, Radley, Wong, NButcher & Pauga). Tigers only expected to be missing 1 which is Luai.
Tigers will be missing Jahream Bula, Jarome Luai, Apisai Korisau, Heath Mason & Tallyn Da Silva. That's a lot of spine options all ruled out.
Feeling more hopeful now going into the game even if the Tigers will have a full strength forward pack and we will be struggling to even name a full 17.
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