best start to a season

[superpanther]

Interesting stat if we win on Friday night this will be the best start to a season since 1997. (4 Wins)

Prior to that was in 1991 first 3 rounds 2 wins 1 draw!!!

 

[franklin2323]

Interesting stat if we win on Friday night this will be the best start to a season since 1997. (4 Wins)

Prior to that was in 1991 first 3 rounds 2 wins 1 draw!!!

Now the Sharks and Parra suck. We are a chance to going to round 10 with a couple of losses.

 

[mxlegend99]

By the same token our worst season in the past 5 years was after starting 2/2 aswell. All it took was a Soward injury and from that point on injuries snowballed.

Although even if we go 3/3. It could potentially be against 3 teams who have lost 3/3. Not that any of us care where our 6 competition points came from. We can't beat teams we havent played yet, obviously.

And how good is it seeing so many teams on zero wins?

 

[OldPanther]

Interesting stat if we win on Friday night this will be the best start to a season since 1997. (4 Wins)

Prior to that was in 1991 first 3 rounds 2 wins 1 draw!!!

The best time line.

By the same token our worst season in the past 5 years was after starting 2/2 aswell. All it took was a Soward injury and from that point on injuries snowballed.

Although even if we go 3/3. It could potentially be against 3 teams who have lost 3/3. Not that any of us care where our 6 competition points came from. We can't beat teams we havent played yet, obviously.

And how good is it seeing so many teams on zero wins?

Lets hope we stay fit.

 

[isaiah]

Could meet the warriors in the gf. (Premature evaluation?)

 

[herbert henry1908]

A lot of winnable games coming up too.

Toughest in the first 10 weeks is probably the Sharks at Cronulla, still very winnable though.

 

[mxlegend99]

Our toughest game WAS the Cowboys. Play like we did against them and we will be sitting on 7 or 8 wins after 10 rounds.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Our toughest game WAS the Cowboys. Play like we did against them and we will be sitting on 7 or 8 wins after 10 rounds.

Sorry I meant toughest to come.

 

[Abacus]

Soft draw?

 

[mxlegend99]

Sorry I meant toughest to come.

Oh I agree with that. But before this week the hardest was one we already won. Realistically we should win a minimum of 3 of our next 6. 4 or 5 is definitely achievable.

 

[mxlegend99]

Soft draw?

When you have Waqa the Wonderful all games are soft wins.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Soft draw?

I’m not sure about that, but on current form our draw does get tougher from week 12 onwards.

Dragons
Roosters
Raiders
Manly x 2
Warriors
Sharks
Brisbane

We’ll play between rounds 12-20

But who knows if those teams will stay in form?

From rounds 20-25

Raiders
Titans
Knights
Warriors
Storm

So that middle part of the season looks the toughest right now, but things can obviously change.

 

[Abacus]

I’m not sure about that, but on current form our draw does get tougher from week 12 onwards.

Dragons
Roosters
Raiders
Manly x 2
Warriors
Sharks
Brisbane

We’ll play between rounds 12-20

But who knows if those teams will stay in form?

From rounds 20-25

Raiders
Titans
Knights
Warriors
Storm

So that middle part of the season looks the toughest right now, but things can obviously change.

Might be easiest to judge the ease of the draw after we've played them all and won JJ Giltinan Shield.

 

[unKwn]

When you have Waqa the Wonderful all games are soft wins.

i like that, Waqa the Wonderful

 

[TheFrog]

Soft draw?

When the draw was made, we had Parramatta (4th) and Cows (grand finalists) twice and the Sharks (5th) once in the first 9 games. No-one would have called this a soft draw.

 

[TheFrog]

(Premature evaluation?)

I was going to suggest something only slightly different. It is April 1st though after all.

A top 4 on March form would be Merge, Wakkas us and take your pick for 4th. Tigers I'd say because they deserved a point from last week, and they have yet to lose fair and square.

 

[OldPanther]

Soft draw?

no but dumb we play Eels twice so close together.

 

[Abacus]

no but dumb we play Eels twice so close together.

Meh, its been happening for years that teams can play each other twice within a few weeks.
Must be a nightmare to arrange the draw taking into account who wants to play who when and where, ground availability, minimising 5 day turnarounds etc.
If it means playing a couple of the better teams from last year before they've hit their straps, I'm happy with that.

 

[OldPanther]

Meh, its been happening for years that teams can play each other twice within a few weeks.
Must be a nightmare to arrange the draw taking into account who wants to play who when and where, ground availability, minimising 5 day turnarounds etc.
If it means playing a couple of the better teams from last year before they've hit their straps, I'm happy with that.

Totally understandable. It's not a big deal just a personal preference.

I don't envy the NRL for having to meet all the different interests with the draw.

 

[OldPanther]