Cowboys cannot make Top 4

[isaiah]

What the cowboys do so well is what Qld origin do but goes unnoticed. Outside backs not only taking early hitups from deep inside their half, but defending at times in the middle third.

 

[Danish]

Would be interested to know who you think out of those outside of the top 4 right now is going to replace them?

Panthers could get in there, and possibly the Raiders if they ever get their shit together but I would see us and Manly making way for them and the Storm/Cowboys staying in.

Storm vs cows/panthers/raiders would be my early pick for the GF

I wonder what a cowboys storm GF would have been paying back in March?

 

[butchmcdick]

I wonder what a cowboys storm GF would have been paying back in March?

What was cowboys 13 plus paying last night ?

 

[Danish]

What was cowboys 13 plus paying last night ?

Not enough to drown the pain.


Mind, smart money should have known it was on the cards considering or last 3 prelims have ended in 13+ losses now

 

[POPEYE]

Cowboys can't make 3rd or 4th now . . . does it get any better . . . wait, it just might

 

[butchmcdick]

Not enough to drown the pain.


Mind, smart money should have known it was on the cards considering or last 3 prelims have ended in 13+ losses now

Not me but damn

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Really wish the boys would stop destroying jts legacy

 

[moffla]

well...OP wasn't wrong...

 

[isaiah]

well...OP wasn't wrong...

That's my point. The only derogatory thing I typed was the club's depth was weaker. Those extended squad players were not nrl standard when called on while fading during July and august and they lost 5 out of 6 when trying to qualify for sept. Noone is happier than me that they made it but noone except me thought they were weaker down the end of their list way back in March even when they were winning.

 

[isaiah]

How about the difference in carry on when the Eels made it from 8th in 2009.

Those bitter f**ks in the Nine commentary team don't know what to do when there's no NSW player to suck off.

When Parra made it from 8th did they play v first place in week one?

 

[Canard]

That's my point. The only derogatory thing I typed was the club's depth was weaker. Those extended squad players were not nrl standard when called on while fading during July and august and they lost 5 out of 6 when trying to qualify for sept. Noone is happier than me that they made it but noone except me thought they were weaker down the end of their list way back in March even when they were winning.

 

[El Diablo]

well...OP wasn't wrong...

yes he was

Cowboys, storm, broncos will be top 3 all year, daylight to the rest

 

[AJB1102]

When Parra made it from 8th did they play v first place in week one?

Under the old finals system they would have I guess.

If nothing else the Cowboys making the GF from 8th (almost 9th) we can finally put to bed this rubbish about having to finish top 4 to be a hope. I've never been able to understand how someone can say "the finals is a whole new comp" and then also say "have to finish top 4 to have a chance".

 

[Big Pete]

Credit where it's due, this is the most gallant finals series since the Bulldogs in '98. Green has cultivated a tremendous culture up there, has implemented wonderful attacking and defensive structures and the guys are buying into it.

Melbourne won't have it all their own way. Last time the two sides met, Cooper and Winterstein did their hammies less than 10 minutes into the contest. It caused a lot of players like Taumalolo and Hess to play more minutes and reduced their effectiveness over that period. When you factor in the inclusion of the relief-dummy half Hampton, the Cowboys will pose a much bigger threat than what they did in R22. If they can take it down to the wire, then they will finish on top.

 

[Life's Good]

When Parra made it from 8th did they play v first place in week one?

Yes unfortunately. That was another game that Hayne caught fire and was untouchable in the Eels push for the finals. We had no answer to him.
Wonder what he's up to these days??

 

[El Diablo]

Yes unfortunately. That was another game that Hayne caught fire and was untouchable in the Eels push for the finals. We had no answer to him.
Wonder what he's up to these days??

dreaming

 

[isaiah]

yes he was

Two different threads. I was right here. Go the cowboys. My second team. Cowboys by 15

 

[isaiah]

April one last year and 100% correct. This year it's the dragons, lol

 

[isaiah]

Turning point tonight, can they still make the 8?

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Turning point tonight, can they still make the 8?

A win tonight gives them a sniff at a 7th or 8th place finish. A loss and it's curtains.