Reality is the ladder doesn't matter right now.. we need 8 more wins to just about guarantee top 8. Even then, this year, who knows. With our draw, I don't know where those 8 wins are coming from. We 100% need to beat teams like the phins if we're any chance of doing it though which makes tonight an absolute must win. Big game...
Yah, the more I look at the ladder, the more I realise it means nothing.. 1 loss and ur back into the swirling mess of some very good teams that are down the bottom still... plenty of them will make a run yet.
Our upcoming draw is full of in form and classy teams, including a dogs, 2 raiders and 2 sharks games.. id back us as a fair chance if we were full strength, but weve lost a tonne of our best defensive and high minute forwards, Ryan and Egan the big 2... Sua will be back atleast... and not even counting Sele or Guler who should be (when fit) competing for the last bench spot over Lawrie... our bench this week really worries me.
But lets hope we can jag games like tonight, im not really worried about Top8, I just want things to be respectable this year to help us recruit and really build into what should be a much better roster in 2026... more seasoned, more flexible with atkinson and whoever is still to come.. another batch of duds moved on.. still a couple more will be there in 2026.. but were getting closer and closer to a workable squad.