2017 premiers?

So that leaves Manly, Dragons, Knights, Bulldogs and Souths to fight it out for the spoon...
Bottom 8 like this IMO

9: New Zealand Warriors
10: Melbourne Storm
11: Wests Tigers
12: Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
13: Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs
14: South Sydney Rabbitohs
15: St George Illawarra Dragons
16: Newcastle Knights

ATM we aren't making the 8 if we go through what we did last year with the injuries ect. But if things go our way I think we will be pretty strong and finish anywhere from 7 to 10.
 
Gee, I was pretty impressed by the Cutters yesterday. Perhaps St Merge will go better next year. Light years between their second tier and ours.

Unfortunately for them, their Cup side would give their NRL team a good run for their money.
 
I can see the Sharks & Titans sharing bottom of the 8 or just miss out. Sharks will have to do something special to cover for Ennis. They will start losing the close games.
 
If you look at the teams who have had major controversy in terms of rorting salary cap or players suspended for drug controversies you'll see all those sides won the Comp within 2 years. Dogs got done in 2002, premiers in 2004, Melb caught in 2011, premiers 2012, Cronulla 2014? Premiers 2016. I'm expecting a parra win either 2017 or 2018. I'm getting in for next year. They showed they are a good team and will have such focus after this year. They have recruited well and I have to give Arthur a wrap and admit he's a better coach than I thought, the players just play for him. Throw in the admission from the NRL that they should be a powerhouse and the obvious way they feed them a very good draw this year, I can see them getting another armchair ride from them. If they do make it, I'm leaving the country for a week and collect my money when I'm back 🙁
 
NRL will be "hoping" (cough cough) for something like Eels v Broncos in the grand final, with a serious Warriors charge as support act.
However it will be Manly, recovering well from our mini-drought.
 

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