2023 Knights Predictions

[Jono078]

Alright. Pre-season is done with and it's time to make some predictions.

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Ladder Position:
Top Try Scorer (and how many):
Rep Players:
Rookie of the Year:
Most Improved Player:
Player of the Year:

Over/Unders:
73% goal kicking for the season (2022 was 61%):
AOB surviving past Easter weekend (Round 6):
-150 points differential (2022 was -290 & 2021 -143)

My picks:

Ladder Position: 14th
Top Try Scorer (and how many): Dom Young - 16
Rep Players: Ponga, D Saifiti & J Saifiti
Rookie of the Year: Bailey Hodgson
Most Improved Player: Leo Thompson
Player of the Year: Kalyn Ponga

Over/Unders:
73% goal kicking for the season (2022 was 61%): Under
AOB surviving past Easter weekend (Round 6): Over
-150 points differential (2022 was -290 & 2021 -143): Over / Worse

 

[macavity]

Finish: 15th
Tries: Dom (12)
Rep: None (Ponga injured)
Rookie: Oryn Keeley
Most Improved: Leo
Player of the Year: Brails

 

[Yosh]

Ladder Position: 8th
Top Try Scorer (and how many): Dom Young - 20
Rep Players: J Saifiti, D Saifiti, Ponga
Rookie of the Year: Lachlan Miller (he is eligible right?)
Most Improved Player: Mat Croker
Player of the Year: Kalyn Ponga

Over/Unders:
73% goal kicking for the season (2022 was 61%): Over
AOB surviving past Easter weekend (Round 6): Gone after round 4
-150 points differential (2022 was -290 & 2021 -143): Under / Much better

 

[mozza91]

Ladder Positon: 17th
Top Tryscorer: None (we won’t score any)
Rep Players: None
Most Improved: N/A
Player of the Year: Crossland

Am I doing it right?

 

[Apey]

Ladder Position: 13th
Top Try Scorer (and how many): Young, 13
Rep Players: Ponga, J Saifiti
Rookie of the Year: No idea
Most Improved Player: Probably Thompson as well. There really aren't many options are there.
Player of the Year: Ponga hopefully

Over/Unders:
73% goal kicking for the season (2022 was 61%): Worse
AOB surviving past Easter weekend (Round 6): Easily - I think we're kidding ourselves in here
-150 points differential (2022 was -290 & 2021 -143) Worse

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Ladder Position: 10th
Top Try Scorer (and how many): Marzhew / 14 tries
Rep Players: Gagai, JSaf, Young
Rookie of the Year: Keeley
Most Improved Player: Best
Player of the Year: Brailey

Over/Unders:
73% goal kicking for the season (2022 was 61%): Under
AOB surviving past Easter weekend (Round 6): Over
-150 points differential (2022 was -290 & 2021 -143) Over

 

[slotmachine]

Top Try Scorer (and how many): Marzhew

This is a good shout, if he doesn't get dropped for letting in 100 tries.
Dom did crazily well to score as many tries as he did on the right seeing as we never go there.

 

[Haffa]

Finish: 16th
Tries: Best (13)
Rep: Ponga
Rookie: Keeley
Most Improved: Best
Player of the Year: Ponga

 

[Yosh]

Many pundits and people predicting us to finish bottom 3 and many are thinking we get the spoon. Are we really that bad? I feel like our team is stronger than last year's and could finish a spot or two higher as well.

 

[mozza91]

Will go better than last year and go up a few spots. Probably around the 10-12 mark.

 

[Spot On]

Many pundits and people predicting us to finish bottom 3 and many are thinking we get the spoon. Are we really that bad? I feel like our team is stronger than last year's and could finish a spot or two higher as well.

Many think that due to the style of our footy - one out shit every week for the whole season - and the inconsistent form of our highest paid players plus our lack of depth and of course the turnstile in the centres.

Can’t really blame them.

O’Brien now has a halfback, our highest paid player in the 6, a fullback who will return the footy and our No. 1 hooker ready to go.

Surely he can get a few more wins than last season.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Many pundits and people predicting us to finish bottom 3 and many are thinking we get the spoon. Are we really that bad? I feel like our team is stronger than last year's and could finish a spot or two higher as well.

Whether weve improved or not remains to be seen. The issue is that many other teams in the bottom 8 have also improved significantly

Outside of the Dragons who seem to be imploding and the Dolphins who are a literal unknown, I can see every other team finishing higher than us

 

[ryan.a87]

Many pundits and people predicting us to finish bottom 3 and many are thinking we get the spoon. Are we really that bad? I feel like our team is stronger than last year's and could finish a spot or two higher as well.

While I agree…you also have to consider we finished 14 last year, with broncos, dragons, bulldogs, sea eagles and titans were between us and the 8. All of which (except the dragons) have a much better roster this year

 

[Frederick]

Based on what AOB named today - spoonsville, population: us