Sorry to be the bearer of bad news (reality?)… but…
We will likely be 4 points at least out of the 8 in a fortnight because the teams around us (who, barring Raiders, all have better F/A) have VERY winnable games…
RAIDERS (Tigpies W, Storm L)
COWS (Tits r22 W, Broncs L, Bye)
SHARKS (Bunnies W/L, Tits W)
BUNNIES (Sharks W/L, Dragons W)
KNIGHTS (Dolphins W, Bulldogs W)
EELS (Dragons W, Broncs L)
We have likely losses to Rorters and Riff so Table at end of r24 is likely (at best if Broncs beat cows and eels)…
RAIDERS 30
SOUTHS 30 (I am giving them the Sharks game)
COWS 30
KNIGHTS 29
—Top 8 cut off—
SHARKS 28
EELS 26
MANLY 25
In the last 3 rounds, EELS and BUNNIES have a bye each and every other team mentioned (barring Cows) has a least one game against a team lower than Manly on the table…
Yes we should win our last 2 games against the tigpies and the dogs but, (despite a couple of gritty wins the last couple of weeks) we are where we deserve to be and (barring a win against the rorters this week or monsoonal rain and a miracle against the riff) our season will be over before we suit up against the Warriors with 3 rounds to go…
Personally I can’t see us beating the Warriors either because they are playing some excellent footy atm…
Add 2023 to the scrap heap with the rest of the last decade and let’s hope Brooksy adds something in 2024…