I wouldn’t count the top 7 as locked in.
Bulldogs, Cows or Manly lose 1 game and they are in 8th (or out of the 8 in Manlys case).
Still few there are a lot of twists and turns to come!
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General 2024: Will we make the top eight?
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We can try to spin it anyway we want, the reality is we need to win 4 of our last 5 games to make it, or all 5 to ensure we make it.
There's heaps going on in that ladder and loads of the teams in contention will play each other all there will be loads of movement on the ladder but teams with 8-10 wins at the moment: Dogs, Sea Eagles, Dolphins, St George, Raiders, us, Broncs and Knights will fill out those last 3 spots in the 8.
I have a funny feeling that we'll be watching Sea Eagles and Sharks in the final round to see if we make the 8...
There's heaps going on in that ladder and loads of the teams in contention will play each other all there will be loads of movement on the ladder but teams with 8-10 wins at the moment: Dogs, Sea Eagles, Dolphins, St George, Raiders, us, Broncs and Knights will fill out those last 3 spots in the 8.
I have a funny feeling that we'll be watching Sea Eagles and Sharks in the final round to see if we make the 8...
Coulda woulda shoulda......
Close losses by 6 or less.
Lost by 4 to Sharks
L by 4 Storm
Drew v Manly
L by 3 Titans
L by 6 Knights
L by 1 Dogs(hit)
L by 2 Raiders
Possible 13 points we could of had.
Putting us second on the current table behind the Storm.
Oh well!!
Close losses by 6 or less.
Lost by 4 to Sharks
L by 4 Storm
Drew v Manly
L by 3 Titans
L by 6 Knights
L by 1 Dogs(hit)
L by 2 Raiders
Possible 13 points we could of had.
Putting us second on the current table behind the Storm.
Oh well!!
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Yeah that's mighty frustrating.
To be fair, we've had 4 close wins by 8 points or less too, so it sometimes goes both ways, we can't win them all.
The 3 that stand out for me are the first Titans game, the Bulldogs and Raiders. Games that we SHOULD have won. Dogs game was obvs the ref who didn't give us a fair go, but the Raiders and Titans game we should have put them away. 6 points clear of where we currently are it would be a different comp, essentially 1 point off top 4 and pushing for that extra life in the finals...
It's actually pretty mad that considering how poor we've played this year, had we scored 3 more tries at the right time wed almost be top 4
Hope they learn from it and nail these games next year, otherwise all these learning come to nothing would be a waste
The lack of a proper shooter really killed the last 2 losses
Even the dogs game with a proper field goal kicker *SJ cough* we would still have won it in OT
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It's pretty mad that we are this close with the run of injuries we have had. If AW had been a bit more decisive earlier with injured players we may have been better placed as well IMO
And had Mahoney been square at marker CHT would've had a fraction longer for his second attempt. Even as it was its a shame we didn't have the ability to see if the kick would have made it without the deflection. There's no way it was going down the middle, but there was a strong possibility of it going inside the left post.
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Worried2Death
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And I suppose we'll be relying on the Sharks to win that will we, they'll send out their B team and deliberately throw the game just to fuck us. God I hate them.
Maybe they can’t if they battle for home advantage or second life
He had 2 sitters in OT and got his second one I believe, might had a tough one before FT
He’s had so many long rangers hard to keep up lol
CHT found ways to miss 5 clutch kicks in a row over 2 games. SJ’s shockers mostly went over, but you lose general plays if unfit
Wow 
by the women 7s what a team!!
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I think it all hinges on the Sea Eagles game. We win that and then we only need to beat one of the Bulldogs or Sharks, which I believe we'll do.
But before that we have to beat the Eels. And then the Dolphins. Before we even get to the game it hinges on. Then we have to win at least one more.
Soooo.....long way to go lol
Eels, Dolphins, Dogs
We're too far behind Manly, they are 2 games ahead PLUS a superior PD, so even if we beat them we are still basically 2 games behind them unless they flop most of their games
Yeah I'm not saying we're going to take their spot or anything, but I see that game as the 'must win'. Having to beat both Dogs and Sharks in the final 2 weeks will be pretty difficult imo, so we'll need a game in hand I'm thinking.
But, looking at Manly's run home it's far from a sure thing:
Raiders, us, Bulldogs, Tigers, and Sharks. They could go 5/5 or 1/5, it just depends who turns up on the day.
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