Luck. Cowboys limped into the playoffs
How is finishing 5th limping in ?
and were completely destroyed in week one by the Tigers.
Agreed 100%
Week two against Melbourne (a team that had become notorius big-game faders under the leadership of Matt Orford) in a match remarkable for its total lack of intensity. It's fair to say the game was more lost by Melbourne than it was won by Nth Qld. A lame intercept try proved decisive.
So the cowboys didn't win it ,the storm lost it. yehhh right. NQ won by 8 pts ,& all tries are decisive in a tight big game no matter how they are scored.
Parramatta simply had to show up to beat you in week 3, luckily for you they didn't show up.
Funny it just must have been my tv ,but it looked like 13 blue &yellow players out there.You can call it not showing up ,i call it not handling the pressure, ( an affliction dragons fans know very well ).
And the Tigers always had the grand final comfortably in control, adding another 30 to the 50+ haul three weeks earlier.
Crap, it was a close game up until the dissallowed try to the Cowboys . After that Thurston went off his game & was more concerned with abusing the touch judge than playing footy. It was all downhill after that & i hope he learnt a lesson from it.
Overrated. Some people are tipping the Cowboys to finish among the top 3 in 2006, despite the following facts: they were lucky in 2005; they've lost their key go-forward man in Rauhihi; they have the slowest centre pairing in the league; they have a still unproven and tenuous halfback.
i am tipping them to finish in the top 4, but it makes little difference where you finish in the 8 if you are going to crack when the pressure is on. (look at Parra 1st after 26 rds ,but didn't help them in the GF qualifier)
Squirm baby squirm
nah i will leave that for the Dragons fans..