Next 6 Games - All Away

[Poss]

This part of the draw is toughest if the season.

Rd 5 - Canberra at Canberra
Rd 6 - Manly at Perth
Rd 7 - Knights at Newcastle
Rd 8 - Tigers at Leichhardt
Rd 9 - Eels at Suncorp
Rd 10 - Manly at Brookvale

That’s on top of early season trips to Vegas and North Queensland

Then a home game vs Storm in Rd 11.

That’s a brutal period. What’s realistic in terms of W/L?

 

[Frenzy.]

This part of the draw is toughest if the season.

Rd 5 - Canberra at Canberra
Rd 6 - Manly at Perth
Rd 7 - Knights at Newcastle
Rd 8 - Tigers at Leichhardt
Rd 9 - Eels at Suncorp
Rd 10 - Manly at Brookvale

That’s on top of early season trips to Vegas and North Queensland

Then a home game vs Storm in Rd 11.

That’s a brutal period. What’s realistic in terms of W/L?

Well, that is a tough run but teams who aspire to win things would embrace the challenge and make the most of what's in front of them. They'll just go about competing and hopefully winning most of the games. Take out that these are away games and look at the opposition none of them should be a worry to a supposed contender whether the games are at home, away or on Uranus.

If the Sharks of 29 March 2025 present for duty we will struggle to win any of them.

Even going back to the old days of the O Forum I would rant and rave about the softcock underbelly that has pervaded in this joint since 1967. Acceptance of mediocrity, or at best accepting that close enough is good enough is still evident unfortunately.

 

[Weaponhead]

Is playing at home even an advantage for Cronulla?

Ground is a shit hole. No real atmosphere. Small crowd that doesn't create the intimidation to get the extra couple of calls from a dopey ref.

 

[shadowboxer]

Is playing at home even an advantage for Cronulla?

Ground is a shit hole. No real atmosphere. Small crowd that doesn't create the intimidation to get the extra couple of calls from a dopey ref.

Can’t argue with that - Dogs fans were into it last night as always.
Sharks fan meh for meh ground

 

[Bookie]

Do you expect much from a crowd in person that is 70% Liberal Party voters and 30% teenagers looking for a root?

 

[Ozzi_78]

4-2

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

d 5 - Canberra at Canberra Win
Rd 6 - Manly at Perth Loss
Rd 7 - Knights at Newcastle Win
Rd 8 - Tigers at Leichhardt Win
Rd 9 - Eels at Suncorp Win
Rd 10 - Manly at Brookvale Loss

 

[jc155776]

We will win the so called easy unimportant games.

We will shit the bed in any game that becomes talked up (maybe Manly if on a winning streak etc) or where a win cements our credentials.

we will lose any game where any player is talked up as an origin hopeful that week, most likely because that player shits the bed and plays shitty panic football.

probably go 4-2 which will paper over the real issues of not being able to win games that really matter.

 

[SharkShocked]

Rd 5 - Canberra at Canberra Loss
Rd 6 - Manly at Perth Loss
Rd 7 - Knights at Newcastle Loss
Rd 8 - Tigers at Leichhardt Win
Rd 9 - Eels at Suncorp Win
Rd 10 - Manly at Brookvale Loss

Might change a bit dependent on a few injury/returns. But I think the next 6 rounds are going to super tough after the start of the season travel / injuries.

 

[Ozzi_78]

This kind of thread after losing usually dictates the vibe. If we beat the dogs we’d be first or second and we’d be all 6-0 let’s goooooo

 

[Poss]

Manly will be without turbo?
Moses back for eels?

who knows what happens

 

[Quicksilver]

Do you expect much from a crowd in person that is 70% Liberal Party voters and 30% teenagers looking for a root?

Does the venn diagram overlap?