I'm being realistic champ. We have the Eels twice, Broncos away, Cowboys away, Warriors away and the Tigers, Souths and Manly at home. I'm not confident of winning any away game and of the home games, I think Parra and Wests will be hard to beat.
We may well get the required points to finish in the top eight but our for and against is the worst of all teams in the hunt for the finals. Even Penrith and the Warriors are far better off than us in terms of for and against.
As good as Jason Smith is, we don't have the strike power out wide to finish the job.
BTW, there are only 16 points up for grabs, not 18.