Where will the Sydney Roosters finish in 2018?

[Daza06]

Who better to ask where a certain team will finish than the fans of the team themselves!

With their strongest line up where would you have them finishing?

1. James Tedesco
2. Michael Gordon
3. Latrell Mitchell
4. Blake Ferguson
5. Daniel Tupou
6. Luke Keary
7. Cooper Cronk
8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Dylan Napa
11. Mitchell Aubusson
12. Boyd Cordner
13. Isaac Liu

Zane Tetevano
Victor Radley
Sio Siua Taukeiaho
Ryan Matterson

 

[Pedge1971]

Top 2 until stripped of their points for cap breaches and finish equal last alongside Melbourne (also stripped for cap breaches)...

 

[Tommy Smith]

I'll predict 2nd with our season ending in a GF defeat to the Cowboys.

 

[Daza06]

Top 4 is a must! We are one genuine NRL standard prop away from the minor premiership - Latu who's just joined the Titans would've been a good get.

 

[Parkway_Drive]

3rd in the regular season.

Cowboys have an awesome squad on paper with plenty of finals, origin and international experience.
Storm will be thereabouts, it could come down to how Cam Smith copes without Cronk, a lot has been said that Cronk will struggle without Smith and the jury is out on that one, possibly Smith may struggle too. Kindred spirits but I believe both are masters and will still excel.
Parra and the Riff look very strong too and be contending for the title.
Manly and Dragons will be in the lower half of the 8.
Sharks could go well or implode.

Big improvers will be the Knights, they may take the Sharks spot in the 8.

 

[Parkway_Drive]

I'll predict 2nd with our season ending in a GF defeat to the Cowboys.

That will be somewhat a positive in my book as that means we would have won a preliminary final lol....

 

[Parkway_Drive]

Top 4 is a must! We are one genuine NRL standard prop away from the minor premiership - Latu who's just joined the Titans would've been a good get.

I believe we were a good chance of getting him until Lawrence was considering retirement and then did which enabled the Titans to really trump us moneywise.

 

[Headless Chook]

As long as we stay healthy we’ll be thereabouts. Im hoping the addition of Cronk will have the same effect on the side confidence and consistency wise that SBW had. I still think last year made us out to look better than we really were (can’t believe we finished 2nd after 26).

All things being equal I tipping we will finish 4th and fall short of getting in to the GF.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Roosters will finish 1st and make the Grand Final against the Cowboys.

 

[Lambretta]

I have serious concerns over our forward depth
Any injuries and we will struggle - we've just let too many good players go and have replaced them with a couple of big signings

Injury free and we're top 4 - if we get injuries, we'll be lucky to finish 8th
I am tipping 5th place

 

[RedVDragon]

Very shakey start hovering around 10th by mid season. Uncle Nick decides to sign Cam Smith and Billy Slater for a run home and try to finish top 4 but oh dear they fail due to the loss of party boy puppy dog Pearce so loved amongst the playing group.

 

[TheFrog]

They'll make the finals all right, probably the top 4, but that forward pack doesn't scream out premiership IMHO.

 

[Tommy Smith]

11. Cordner
12. Aubusson
13. Taukeiaho
8. JWH
9. Friend
10. Napa

14. Liu
15. Tetevano
16. Matterson
17. Radley

That's definitely good enough imo. The Cowboys and Storm have the best packs but I think we're in a group with the Sharks and Dragons below them.

Our issue as has been mentioned is depth. Any injuries and we'll be hoping that the likes of Butcher, Collins and Vunakece are ready to step up.

 

[isaiah]

Who plays 6 with keary injured?

 

[RedVDragon]

Who plays 6 with keary injured?

Jonathan Thurston. Sign for the next 2 years

 

[Captain Apollo]

Who plays 6 with keary injured?

Keary's injury will only effect him in the trials. Reports are he'll be fit for Round 1.

 

[Parkway_Drive]

Jonathan Thurston. Sign for the next 2 years

lol....we will take Morgan, he is less injury prone these days.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Who will be the likely fill ins for Tedesco and Cornder when they miss rounds 13-19?

 

[dogz08]

they'll buy barba and get sbw back..

 

[Captain Apollo]

they'll buy barba and get sbw back..

Barba? ROFLMAO. Not a hope in hell.