Pass Mark for 2018

[gordsy]

hahahahaha
Love having him back in reserve grade or maybe at best off the bench but he should be nowhere near 1sts. Agree that he should put a little bit of pressure on the others but if he gets anywhere near a walk up start then our team is a failure. Im happy he is back as a depth signing and to help juniors. If he is a staring 1st grader its a laugh and our team is worse off than it was when he last started for us....

Have you seen what Brooks has dished up the last couple of years. As for Reynolds he hardly lit it up at the Dogs this year either. I hope I end up with egg on my face but a spine of Lolo , Brooks and Reynolds looks like a lot of games where we struggle to score more than 14 points , IMO

 

[Tiger Ted]

Have you seen what Brooks has dished up the last couple of years. As for Reynolds he hardly lit it up at the Dogs this year either. I hope I end up with egg on my face but a spine of Lolo , Brooks and Reynolds looks like a lot of games where we struggle to score more than 14 points , IMO

Our spine is massively sub-standard.We have Buckleys of playing finals footy with this spine !

 

[stryker]

One of the weakest spines in the comp on paper. Hopefully they work well together but dont be surprised if it looks remarably different come round 16 or so.

Still very skinny on strike backrowers as well.

 

[Tiger05]

Our spine does look terrible but 3 of those players could turn into gun players although Brooks has had a lot of time to develop.

Reynolds will also put in but I'd prefer a smart player in the halves rather than one with passion.

Still let's wait and see what happens. If Brooks, LIddle and Tui turn into the players they could be our spine will be good. It's just really unlikely in my opinion those three turn into weapons in the one season.

 

[magpie_man]

We'll need to jump a few teams in order to make the Top 8 next season; I can't see it happening unfortunately.
I think we'll safely finish above Newcastle and Gold Coast again and I can see us jumping Auckland, Canterbury and Canberra.
South Sydney should improve markedly and St George will stay around the same if not improve slightly - both will be pushing for Top 8 finishes.
I imagine the Top 8 will remain much the same for next season with only Penrith and Brisbane a chance of dropping out.

 

[Vic Mackey]

We'll need to jump a few teams in order to make the Top 8 next season; I can't see it happening unfortunately.
I think we'll safely finish above Newcastle and Gold Coast again and I can see us jumping Auckland, Canterbury and Canberra.
South Sydney should improve markedly and St George will stay around the same if not improve slightly - both will be pushing for Top 8 finishes.
I imagine the Top 8 will remain much the same for next season with only Penrith and Brisbane a chance of dropping out.

Out of interest how do you think souths will improve? I think they'll battle for the spoon personally. The only signing they've bought is a guy who's been terrible at club level for 3 years and they're planning on playing him at center where he makes Kev Naquima look like Matt Cooper in defence.

Inglis will be 31 and coming off and ACL where younger guys have taken 12 months to get back to their best.

Apart from Burgess and Crichton their pack is terrible and their 7 hasn't improved, if anything he's gotten worse since his debut year.

The coach is unproven and their 20s/nsw cup have both missed the finals for a number of years.

I struggle to see ANY upside for souths next year.

 

[magpie_man]

Out of interest how do you think souths will improve? I think they'll battle for the spoon personally. The only signing they've bought is a guy who's been terrible at club level for 3 years and they're planning on playing him at center where he makes Kev Naquima look like Matt Cooper in defence.

Inglis will be 31 and coming off and ACL where younger guys have taken 12 months to get back to their best.

Apart from Burgess and Crichton their pack is terrible and their 7 hasn't improved, if anything he's gotten worse since his debut year.

The coach is unproven and their 20s/nsw cup have both missed the finals for a number of years.

I struggle to see ANY upside for souths next year.

All fair points.
Seibold has big wraps on him and I think he may be the breath of fresh air that the roster needs.
There are some genuine game-breakers in that team, some who have been underperforming admittedly, but if utilised effectively it's a Top 8 roster.

 

[simmo1]

FWIW, Tab has us as wooden spoon favourites, and are paying $5.00 to make the 8.

 

[simmo05]

FWIW, Tab has us as wooden spoon favourites, and are paying $5.00 to make the 8.

Lol you beat me to it! Absolute bullshit isnt it? Ill be taking the $5 though, that is unreal

 

[mepelthwack]

I will take your word for it that we are 5/1 just to make the semis. Unbelievable I actually think we are good things for the 8 in 2018.