Do you want Brad Arthur as coach

[the phantom menace]

Butt face is disingenuous...

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It’s what the original post was about , BA saying it’s in our hands and then Pou also saying if we win all our games we make it. We can still miss out.

Let's not worry about edge cases. If we win three games we will almost certainly make the finals. If we can't, do we even deserve to?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Of course he hasn't acknowledged the shitness of his rigid interchange plans

Why should he acknowledge something that isn't true. Will you ever acknowledge the fact our interchanges are different every week?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Yeah. I wish the coach would just shit all over himself, the players and the club at any given opportunity. Would be much better.

The only people who would benefit from this are vindictive, pissy fans who want a scapegoat. The merkins need to have a look at themselves before worrying about who the coach is looking to blame.

 

[the phantom menace]

If we win three games we will almost certainly make the finals.

Bollocks. Run all the scenarios in the predictor, and you'll see even with three wins it's not almost certain.

 

[the phantom menace]

Why should he acknowledge something that isn't true. Will you ever acknowledge the fact our interchanges are different every week?

They're not significantly different. And any differences are more to do with random sips of his 16 water bottles than appropriate responses to actual in-game conditions and circumstances.

 

[Noise]

Let's not worry about edge cases. If we win three games we will almost certainly make the finals. If we can't, do we even deserve to?

No, 3 wins means we are unlikely to make finals.

 

[Gary Gutful]

No, 3 wins means we are unlikely to make finals.

We should all tip the winners for games involving teams in the top 12 that play each other before the end of the season and see who gets the most right.

 

[Noise]

We should all tip the winners for games involving teams in the top 12 that play each other before the end of the season and see who gets the most right.

What is the cash prize?

 

[Gary Gutful]

What is the cash prize?

It should involve beers of some sort to be consumed before a Parra game, with the loser having to shout.

 

[Noise]

It should involve beers of some sort to be consumed before a Parra game, with the loser having to shout.

The twist is if the loser also has Parra winning all their games (and is wrong) then there is no Parra semi final for him to shout the rest of us beers!!!

 

[Gary Gutful]

Round 23

Panthers v Storm
Cowboys v Broncos
Dolphins v Knights
Rabbits v Sharks

Round 24

Eagles v Panthers
Broncos v Eels
Storm v Raiders

Round 25

Cowboys v Sharks
Warriors v Manly
Knights v Rabbits

Round 26

Panthers v Eels
Dolphins v Cowboys
Raiders v Broncos
Knights v Sharks

Round 27

Broncos v Storm
Dolphins v Warriors
Panthers v Cowboys
Sharks v Raiders

 

[the phantom menace]

Round 23

Panthers v Storm
Cowboys v Broncos
Dolphins v Knights
Rabbits v Sharks

Round 24

Eagles v Panthers
Broncos v Eels
Storm v Raiders

Round 25

Cowboys v Sharks
Warriors v Manly
Knights v Rabbits

Round 26

Panthers v Eels
Dolphins v Cowboys
Raiders v Broncos
Knights v Sharks

Round 27

Broncos v Storm
Dolphins v Warriors
Panthers v Cowboys
Sharks v Raiders

 

[the phantom menace]

Though if Dolphins go down to Bulldogs, and Titans beat Cowboys today, we might have to sub in Titans games if they're in 12th spot at the end of the round.

23 Titans v Warriors
24 Sharks v Titans
25 Titans v Panthers
26 Storm v Titans
27 N/A (Titans finishing with a win over Bulldogs)

 

[Poupou Escobar]

They're not significantly different.

Oh dear.

Paulo has played between 35 and 72 minutes this year (both wins). Hopgood has played 80 minutes three times and less than 60 minutes five times. Matterson has started half his games (in three different positions) and also played more than 60 minutes off the bench twice. He has played fewer than 50 minutes off the bench three times. Clearly cookie cutter interchange strategies ffs. If you're going to bullshit at least do it where you can't be exposed so easily.

And any differences are more to do with random sips of his 16 water bottles than appropriate responses to actual in-game conditions and circumstances.

Sounds like you making up bullshit again.

 

[the phantom menace]

The point is and always has been that his bench selections (composition, limited minutes for two benchies) and rotations (not responding in a timely fashion when certain on-field players are obviously gassed) remain poor.

No amount of you quoting random stats and instances will disprove that regular rigid failure of our bench tactics... most supporters would instead want to see and advocate for improvement in that area for their team.

 

[the phantom menace]

Though if Dolphins go down to Bulldogs, and Titans beat Cowboys today, we might have to sub in Titans games if they're in 12th spot at the end of the round.

Called it...

 

[Gary Gutful]

Though if Dolphins go down to Bulldogs, and Titans beat Cowboys today, we might have to sub in Titans games if they're in 12th spot at the end of the round.

23 Titans v Warriors
24 Sharks v Titans
25 Titans v Panthers
26 Storm v Titans
27 N/A (Titans finishing with a win over Bulldogs)

23 Titans v Warriors
24 Sharks v Titans
25 Titans v Panthers
26 Storm v Titans
27 N/A (Titans finishing with a win over Bulldogs)

 

[the phantom menace]

You'll probably be right with the R24 tip, I'm giving the Sharks too much credit.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

No amount of you quoting random stats and instances will disprove that regular rigid failure of our bench tactics...

Au contraire bonjour! The onus is on you to prove it.