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We could be one point outside the eight if we win

Posted by 1Eyed Eel on July 15, 2011 at 10:28pm

It's kind of hard to believe, but if we win against the Pennies we'll move to 17 points and it's highly probably we could be one point outside the eight again. Considering we've only one about a third of our games that's staggering.

What's becoming very clear is that the first six are likely to break away but the 7th and in particular the 8th spot is absolutely anybody's at this stage.

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ŦōmMýþØΨ-Parra Till I Die! July 15, 2011 at 11:26pm

And with a few loses to the top sides, which is highly likely in this game, we can still get amongst them. Nice one.
- Johnnubond > ŦōmMýþØΨ-Parra Till I Die! July 15, 2011 at 11:28pm
  
  Why not do another Video Blog to tell us about this ??
- Tom Mus > ŦōmMýþØΨ-Parra Till I Die! July 15, 2011 at 11:36pm
  
  I'd much rather the top teams kept winning.. If they were losing, they'd be losing to teams that we're battling with for the 7 and 8 spots.
  
  But when you look at our form -- LDBLLLW -- I think we should first be looking to win games ourselves. We won't be going anywhere without that.
easgann666 July 15, 2011 at 11:33pm

You know I've supported Kearney all this season as is his right to make some running mistakes in his first season as coach,and will continue to do so for the rest of the season and into next.

But he really needs to get the positioning right in this one.If only cause I sense a general uproar from supporters on the cards if McGuire and Robson underperform.It feels like this is our last chance to get a winning run going this season so we need to get it exactly right.
- Hish > easgann666 July 16, 2011 at 12:43am
  
  If hayne doesn't start at 6 he's dead set brain dead. If maguire is 6 then that means in his eyes he thinks maguire is a better 6 then hayne and burt didn't deserve his mom last week. I want to see hayne/robbo or hayne/humble. Hayne gives us no roaming support from the back and as good as hayne is I think that's been a problem with us being too predictable in attack. Burt gives our opposition one extra runner to worry about when hayne gets the ball in his hand. It also makes Haynes job much easier having the extra runner. Come on parra do it for Hindy!
blueNgold July 16, 2011 at 9:40am

Not necessarilly all it does is show that the salary cap is doing its job, even the break away top 5 atm on paper aren't much better than the average team, I would say those top 5 are more disciplined in their games which has allowed them to be more consistent in their games and snag a few more wins than the rest of us.

But I do believe that the quality of the nrl has seemed to drop over the last 2/3 seasons.
Hish July 16, 2011 at 4:11pm

Hayne only played 5/8 once and don't forget he played origin 2 days prior. He was probably too tired to roam over the right edge lol. We had only won 4 games with him at fullback, and we are 1 from 1 with him at 5/8 so we should stick with it for the time being and see what happens.
Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" July 16, 2011 at 4:22pm

One point outside the top 8.

Is that anything like being "only" one step over the edge of the cliff?

That draw could yet prove to be our success for 2011 by ultimately putting us one point INSIDE the top 8.
- Joseph > Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" July 16, 2011 at 4:32pm
  
  I thought that, fixed our for and against problem in a hurry.
Camo73 July 16, 2011 at 4:29pm

I'm with you on this one Hish.
SK has to be playing games saying that Robbo is back at 7.