Straight sets
6-3, 6-2
Roosters fans trying to act like it's all part of the plan are dead set kidding themselves, they're at serious risk of losing their first week home final and the way they're going at the moment you wouldn't put a Parramatta upset past them, especially given it's the last regular game of the season and Parra got pumped this week
Playing Melbourne in Melbourne is a real possibility and there's not a single team in the comp who wants to do that
All trolling aside - and I like to troll, especially in the heat of the moment - the Broncos & Warriors (and Sharks if they finish outside the top 4) are absolutely capable of making a run to the GF from 5th-8th. Your record vs the top 4 is evidence enough of that. And on a side note it makes your club's desire to punt Wayne Bennett all the more bizarre, but I digress...
I genuinely, honestly, do not care about our losses the past two weeks. Call it misguided if you will; as a result of seeing us going into the 2014 and 2015 finals series on the back of massive win streaks only to lay an egg when it mattered.
I'd rather we lay those eggs now and learn from it.
Cronulla won 1 of their last 6 in 2016
The Cowboys lost 3 of their last 5 in 2015
Souths lost 2 of their last 3 in 2014.
We lost 2 of our last 3 in 2013.
You see a pattern? I do. I know the Storm won it with a massive win streak last year but that's because they couldn't have lost if they tried as they were that far ahead of the pack lol
That being said I will be worried if we don't beat the Eels as I believe now is the time to flick the switch - if we have a switch.
I'm also majorly worried about our ability in dewy night conditions because we have, and pardon my none PC language, some absolute spastics in our line up capable of single handedly killing us - see Toops laat night and Fergo in last year's Prelim.
So those are my concerns. Playing conservative in the big games doesn't suit us because we have too many mongs with serious cases of the dropsies. So maybe that's a valuable lesson learned last night. And again, better last night than in 3 or 4 weeks.
I'm under no illusions that this is a seriously open comp. The Broncos and Warriors have only won one less game than us and it's so close that we can still miss the top 4.
But no, our losses the past two weeks haven't made me any more worried about our chances.
