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[Dragon David]

Wow, the Storm hitting 60 without Paps and Welch and Reimis Smith. Not bad!

 

[Crush]

Sharks on track to finish 2nd in regular season.
What an embarrassment for our club that we finished last season on almost equal points yet they’ve gone flying up the ladder a year later with fantastic recruitment and coaching appointments and we’ve gone absolutely nowhere. Next year will be even worse, we are heading for spoons whilst they are heading for premierships.
I’ll be surprised if we finish above sharks once in next 10 years.
It’s enough to give it away.

 

[TruSaint]

Some close tussles today

Onya PVL.. Touch footy v2

 

[OneEyedDragon]

This weekends results so far has shown the huge gap between the favoured teams and the also rans. When is the NRL going to do something to level the playing field? Or will the top teams stay there for years continually playing finals and the rest making up the numbers with little relief in sight? The current system is a nightmare for all but the favoured teams!

 

[Crush]

This weekends results so far has shown the huge gap between the favoured teams and the also rans. When is the NRL going to do something to level the playing field? Or will the top teams stay there for years continually playing finals and the rest making up the numbers with little relief in sight? The current system is a nightmare for all but the favoured teams!

Hang on, cowboys and sharks didn’t even play finals last year? In fact, the cows finished bottom 4.

 

[Dragon David]

The Souths v Penrith game is the only close game so far.

 

[Dragon David]

This Roosters/Tigers game is a joke. Same goes for all the other games played today.

They should just start playing finals footy now. Forget about the other games.

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Take the Roosters / Tigers game. Both teams have the same salary cap. Look at the players the Roosters can fit under the same salary cap compared to the players the Tigers have for the same salary cap. I'm not sure what the answer is, but the current system is NOT working!

 

[OneEyedDragon]

Hang on, cowboys and sharks didn’t even play finals last year? In fact, the cows finished bottom 4.

The exceptions, not the rule! Decorations around the edges - neither will win the comp (I hope, or my theory is out the window).

 

[Dragon David]

Take the Roosters / Tigers game. Both teams have the same salary cap. Look at the players the Roosters can fit under the same salary cap compared to the players the Tigers have for the same salary cap. I'm not sure what the answer is, but the current system is NOT working!

There should just be 12 teams in the comp. Several of the clubs should merge. Like us with the Sharks and have Fitzy as our coach. Hahaha! It is just a complete joke having a 17th team and then 18 in a few years time. The current top teams will continue on their merry way each year beating the poorer teams. The salary cap just doesn't work.
72-6 what a terrible thing for league.

I'm giving up folks.

 

[thebigredv]

Anyone else enjoying the tight contests this round?

Yes, we are on the wrong side of it, but it would still appear footy is broken.

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The only good game was the grand final replay. That's saying something about the balance of the comp.

 

[Jeremy Dragon]

Last 5 games 262-34 ave 52-7

 

[Dragon David]

Last 5 games 262-34 ave 52-7

Terrible. Again I say don't play rounds 24 and 25. Just play the bloody finals and get it over with. Not liking this game one bit anymore. Of course if you were fans of the Storm, Roosters, Sharks, Cowboys, Eels whoopey doo. How would you be feeling if you followed the poor losers this weekend. Bunnies can hold their head up but the others, wow,where to next?

 

[blacksafake]

The tigers cop a flogging & will cop it deluxe all week which will no doubt lead to the bounce back factor next week.
Wonder who they play

 

[Kiwi Dragon supporter]

There should just be 12 teams in the comp. Several of the clubs should merge. Like us with the Sharks and have Fitzy as our coach. Hahaha! It is just a complete joke having a 17th team and then 18 in a few years time. The current top teams will continue on their merry way each year beating the poorer teams. The salary cap just doesn't work.
72-6 what a terrible thing for league.

I'm giving up folks.

Agree entirely, the salary cap has too many holes in it. The imbalance in the competition is patently obvious, scores of 60 and 70 points underline this. Adding more teams is not going to work but will end up weakening first grade even further.

 

[Number of the Beath]

There should just be 12 teams in the comp. Several of the clubs should merge. Like us with the Sharks and have Fitzy as our coach. Hahaha! It is just a complete joke having a 17th team and then 18 in a few years time. The current top teams will continue on their merry way each year beating the poorer teams. The salary cap just doesn't work.
72-6 what a terrible thing for league.

I'm giving up folks.

If we won 72-6 ( I know this is pure fantasy, but bear with me ) would it be a terrible thing for league?

I, for one, would be ####ing delighted!

I think we just have our noses out of joint cos it isn't us that is doing the towelling-up. Kindly remember that Parra dusted up Brisbane 58-0 in a semi-final in 2019. And we touched them up in 2018. That isn't an example of haves v have-nots. That's a case of one team not turning up - and it can happen to any side, any time.

 

[Illusion]

If we won 72-6 ( I know this is pure fantasy, but bear with me ) would it be a terrible thing for league?

I, for one, would be ####ing delighted!

I think we just have our noses out of joint cos it isn't us that is doing the towelling-up. Kindly remember that Parra dusted up Brisbane 58-0 in a semi-final in 2019. And we touched them up in 2018. That isn't an example of haves v have-nots. That's a case of one team not turning up - and it can happen to any side, any time.

The problem with our team is they turn up for half a game only , they are too old and too slow ...... but yes anything can happen ..... Just off this for a sec I hear on fox that nobody can win the comp from the bottom 8 ..... Well as you say it's there for history to be made ...... Never say never .....
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[thebigredv]

If we won 72-6 ( I know this is pure fantasy, but bear with me ) would it be a terrible thing for league?

I, for one, would be ####ing delighted!

I think we just have our noses out of joint cos it isn't us that is doing the towelling-up. Kindly remember that Parra dusted up Brisbane 58-0 in a semi-final in 2019. And we touched them up in 2018. That isn't an example of haves v have-nots. That's a case of one team not turning up - and it can happen to any side, any time.

It would just be nice to see a more competitive competition mind you there are a handful of clubs that are an honest chance of holding the trophy aloft. There's a huge gap there between the top and the bottom. I see the Bulldogs scrambling to fight their way back to the bright side as did the Sharks and Cowboys this year. I don't see much from the other also-ran clubs to get back in the mix. It feels to steep a mountain when certain coaches have monopolised things.

Interestingly the afl scores for this round a similarly lop-sided so maybe it's just a case of some teams having nothing to play for.

If Dragons were winning by 50 we wouldn't be having this discussion of course. You got to find something to discuss when your team keeps serving up nothing. When was the last time we won by 50?

 

[Dragon David]

If we won 72-6 ( I know this is pure fantasy, but bear with me ) would it be a terrible thing for league?

I, for one, would be ####ing delighted!

I think we just have our noses out of joint cos it isn't us that is doing the towelling-up. Kindly remember that Parra dusted up Brisbane 58-0 in a semi-final in 2019. And we touched them up in 2018. That isn't an example of haves v have-nots. That's a case of one team not turning up - and it can happen to any side, any time.

That is 100% right NOTB. I would gleefully be rubbing my hands if it were us that won 72-6. It could have been the other way around, unlikely I know, but if the Roosters thought that the Tigers were easy beats and let their guard drop and the Tigers sniff that out and put in their best game, yes it could have been different. Same as all the other big scoring games yesterday.

Even still, I think that there isn't an even playing field and once it is 17 teams next year there will be big margins one way or the other.

The usual suspects will again be in the finals next year, save for a couple of teams in the 7th and 8th spot changing as usual.

 

[Dragon David]

The problem with our team is they turn up for half a game only , they are too old and too slow ...... but yes anything can happen ..... Just off this for a sec I hear on fox that nobody can win the comp from the bottom 8 ..... Well as you say it's there for history to be made ...... Never say never .....
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The Cowboys nearly did it. I think the Roosters have a great chance.