Newcastle I feel is the let down for the 8. I think a team like the Tigers would of been better, however thats how the dice is rolled. Good Luck to all!
:lol: A let down?
I think some people forget that the Knights have beaten the Dragons (at home), the Bulldogs, The Titans, the Eagles, the Storm and the Broncos this year. The Knights well and truly deserve their spot in the 8.
Precisely.
gotta agree its like whoever won 2day wud be the dreg team to be put in wit all da other 'contendors'
Get your hand off it. Please?
Makes no sense, the best 8 teams made it the Knights are a much better side then the Tigers and deserve their spot
The Knights made the finals because we won more games than the Tigers. It's a results-driven industry
And lost to just about every team outside the top 8 except the Sharks. I guess interpretation of the Knights depends on the individual and whether or not they're a glass half empty or glass half full kind of person.
At the end of the day the Knights ended up on 30 points, the Tigers 28 so I fail to see how the Tigers deserve to be in the 8 ahead of the Knights.
I can see the Knights pushing the Dogs all the way, and that's if they don't beat them. The Knights have the players to beat the Dogs who look pretty vulnerable without Kimmorley.
Looking at the matches it could be a brutal final series. I think every team outside of the top 2 should be taking the sudden death attitude this week because this year there's no sure thing. Wouldn't be surprised in the least to see the loser of Storm V Manly drop out.
We should be right, because none of those bogey bottom-half of the comp sides will be participating ...
umm cos knights beat tigers or??
i sero rekon dat melb choked da game gainst newwy so they can make top 8 cos they r the laughin stock of nrl
So, remind me, what are the Tigers doing this weekend?
Can no one see how we lift for the big games? Time and time again we have lifted for the big games and won them. Continue to write us off - much prefer we fly under the radar through the finals to be honest...
Agree wholeheartedly.
Maybe in those big games the other teams were below their best because they didn't see Newcastle as a big game? Finals football is a different level and while I can see them beating the Dogs, I don't think the Knights have it in them to lift to that level for 4 straight weeks. A lot of young raw talent that still needs a year or two to be able to do that.
The Knights may have shown they can beat any team on their day, but inconsistency is a killer, plus if De Gois is out then good luck to you.
Keep saying we're no chance. I like it.
Much better? You won one more game than they did and they have a much better F/A. You guys limped into the final 8 on the back of a very impressive first half of the season. I would argue that at the moment the Tigers are a better team. Perhaps they should have been more consistent throughout the season.
At the moment the Tigers are a better team? We've won 3 of our last 4 and the Tigers have won 2 of their last 4 ...
I think this years winners could and should be considered one of the greatest teams ever. Not because of the skill or ability (Melbourne of 2007 for example would beat any team this year IMO) but for the fact they will win one of the most highly contested and toughest finals series of all time.
I think every team besides Newcastle could win it.
Every team besides us, even though we've beaten all the top six sides this year?
Yet you have lost to a heap of the teams outside the 8. So your point is?
I think the point is the teams outside the 8 won't be there for the next month.
