the thing is the competiton is so close this year and teams such as penrith canberra and nth queensland are playing really really well. those are 3 teams that are never higher than 8th spot, but with this teams in the 8 and looking good teams like the bulldogs should lift to be competitve with the less fancy teams that are playing well. but when ur playing a contender for the wooden spoon like the tigers your expected to win, but when u start dropping the easy games your gunna find it hard when you have to play the better sides and you playing for a 8th or 7th spot. We cant leave it to the last second to start playing good. its now or never, otherwise we will fall to far behind the pack.