Run home

[Rooster_6]

Keep in mind based on past seasons in the 16 team NRL format the;

Top 8 cut off is generally around 28-30 points
Top 4 cut off is generally 34-36 points
2nd place is generally 38-40 points
Minor Premierships is generally 40-42 points

Run Home:
Penrith Panthers (H)
Newcastle Knights (A)
St George Illawarra Dragons (H)
Gold Coast Titans (H)
Wests Tigers (A)
New Zealand Warriors (A)
Melbourne Storm (H)
South Sydney Rabbitohs (H)

We're currently on 22 points so;

- 4 wins should secure us a finals position.
- 6 to 7 wins should secure us a top 4 position
- Need to win all our remaining games to be any hope of a top 2 or minor premiership finish.

The last 4 games of the season could poses a real problem if we don't pick up at least 3 wins before then.

The next month of footy is crucial if we even want to play a part in the finals this year.

[roostersrule2]

I think the cut offs for this year might be lower then what is normally expected.

I think we'll finish 3rd or 4th tbh, I expect a good run of form but going into the finals with 8 wins in a row would be a death sentence for this team.

All of those games are winnable, the hardest definitely being the last three.

[Parkway_Drive]

We need to win this weekend against the Panthers, if we don't it is going to be pretty tough making the top 4, considering the last 3 matches. To be in a good position come finals time to win the comp, you want to finish top 4. As RR2 has said the cutoffs maybe be lower this year

I think we will win 6 of these games with the Warriors being the hardest game of the remaining 8 imo.

[milanja]

We seem to have a pretty generous run home with 5 home games and only 3 teams from the top 8.

If our heads are right, 6 wins is achievable.

[The Axe]

also Penrith have a short turn around: Monday to Saturday!

This is a key game as the teams above us are most important to beat if we have any chance of the 4 or 2.

[BUDDY]

Last year after round 18 the bunnies were on 32 and us on 28. We finished equal on 40 points.
I think this year a top 2 finish could be as low as 36 with for and against coming into it.

Manly have won 2 from 6 away this year against the Sharks and Roosters (penalty count 11-2). They have 6 games away of their last 8 (Dragon, Warriors, Bunnies, Titans, Eels and Cowboys) with home games against the Broncos and Penrith.

Penrith have lost some key players and have a very hard run (Roosters, Sharks, Dogs, Dragon, Cowboys, Storm, Manly, Warriors)

The Dogs, Bunnies and Warriors have relatively easy runs home. The Dogs should make the top 2 with the bunnies probably relying on the last two games against Dogs and Roosters to see if they finish in or out of the top 4.

My tip is Dogs, Roosters, Manly, Warriors.

[Guest]

That is our run home, remeber the riff have a horror run home and other clubs in and around us play us and each other lol. alot of 4 point games coming up, i see a top 2 finish TBH, a miracle ine light of the fact the way we have been playing

[rwbfl]

We seem to play our best matches against the top sides, so if anything matches against the Knights, Titans, Dragons and Tigers are the ones which can be seen as danger matches.

If our defence returns to its brick-wall self, we will finish top 2

[Andrew Walker]

Keep in mind based on past seasons in the 16 team NRL format the;

Top 8 cut off is generally around 28-30 points
Top 4 cut off is generally 34-36 points
2nd place is generally 38-40 points
Minor Premierships is generally 40-42 points

Run Home:
Penrith Panthers (H)
Newcastle Knights (A)
St George Illawarra Dragons (H)
Gold Coast Titans (H)
Wests Tigers (A)
New Zealand Warriors (A)
Melbourne Storm (H)
South Sydney Rabbitohs (H)

We're currently on 22 points so;

- 4 wins should secure us a finals position.
- 6 to 7 wins should secure us a top 4 position
- Need to win all our remaining games to be any hope of a top 2 or minor premiership finish.

The last 4 games of the season could poses a real problem if we don't pick up at least 3 wins before then.

The next month of footy is crucial if we even want to play a part in the finals this year.

I agree the next 4 matches are crucial for our finals hopes If we can win all of them we are there Anything less than 3 wins sees us under some pressure the last 3 games Injuries and suspensions can also play a part against us

[fletch]

those couple against Knights/Dragons are danger games now, they are both playing a lot better than there were a month ago, and we aren't exactly setting the world on fire.

[rwbfl]

If we miss the finals, this season will go down as one of, if not the most dissapointing season in our clubs history. Considering that our team faced minimal transformation due to the salary cap after winning the premiership, meaning we maintained arguably the best roster in the NRL which included more representative players than anyone else and the world's best player, to miss the finals would be a failure like no other.

Considering the circumstances of both years, it would probably rival the feeling had by all on the day we collected the spoon in 2009.

[The Rooster Oracle]

At this stage I have a strong feeling that we will finish between 5th-8th, and be eliminated either week 2 or 3 of finals. It is looking like a womanly and bull$cumdog$hit GF at the moment.

Impressively defeat the pamfers this weekend will have me starting to think otherwise.

[Johnny Tobin]

The loss to the Sharks and Dogs beating Storm effectively ruined our chances of being top 2. The loss to the Sharks was devastating on many levels. I still can't believe it happened.

I suppose I would prefer to come 4th and play Manly in week one of the finals (assuming they come first).

Win or lose we would not have to meet them again until the GF.

[The Rooster Oracle]

The loss to the Sharks and Dogs beating Storm effectively ruined our chances of being top 2. The loss to the Sharks was devastating on many levels. I still can't believe it happened.

I suppose I would prefer to come 4th and play Manly in week one of the finals (assuming they come first).

Win or lose we would not have to meet them again until the GF.

The best case scenario is that we finish top 4, doesn't matter where just as long as we don't play womanly first week of finals. Then imo we don't have to face them until the GF. We can beat $ouff$, bull$cumdog$hit or pamfers at ANZ. I think if we play womanly and lose, it would be near impossible to back up after such a physical game. We were lucky to beat them week 1 last year and then get a week off to recover.

I agree that losing to the sharks has ruined our chances of top two, and I also still can't believe that we lost that game!

[Rooster_6]

No one in the AFL has ever won after finishing outside the top 4 under the current finals format we're using now.

Finishing outside the top and having to play 4 consecutive finals games all away from home is just too big of an ask.

Top 4 is a must if we're any hope