True!
But as for Yay we are in the 8 (last week), then Woe, we are out of the 8 (this week) the anomalies in the draw were widely discussed here earlier in the year.
For example, Dogs Broncos dragons and raiders are only ahead of us this week because they've already had 2 of their byes. Aside from that they have the same number of wins & losses as Manly, but we have a point in hand due to our draw with the Wahs (in a high quality game, as I recall).
As we get nearer the end of the regular season the ladder will be a bit easier to read, in terms of where anyone 'deserves' to be at any given moment.