The RCG injury was a blessing in disguise, forcing BA to play Greig as a starter. To his credit, Emu has stepped up. He's looking fit and I heard somewhere he's been doing extra fitness work with Trent Elkin? One of our weaknesses last year was losing momentum in the middle when Junior and RCG went off. Greig can be that weapon we've needed coming off the bench. I've also been happy with Makatoa this year, and Ogden has also been pretty good. Joffa was an astute signing. Just very unlucky he played 10 minutes before getting injured.
In terms of injuries, the NRL site has Matto back in round 16, RCG back in round 17 (but based on BA's comments the other night, before then), Lane back in round 19 and hopefully Joffa just a few weeks out).
It was looking pretty grim after losses to the Titans and the Raiders. But as the boys often do, they pulled out a ripper of a performance - shockingly, against Souths - and put us in a good position coming out of the bye next week.
RD 15 - Bulldogs (with Paulo playing and hopefully RCG. Davey also due back)
RD 16 - Manly (with State of Origin players out - hopefully Matto back)
RD 17 - Dolphins (last year, Paulo backed up after every Origin game, even when there was only 1 rest day)
RD 18 - BYE
You'd hope for at least 2 wins out of that, although given how close the comp is, even the cellar dwellers can pull off upsets in any given week.
Barring any further injuries in that period, we should be at full strength when we play the Warriors at home in round 19.
Things are looking better, but getting at least two wins before the round 18 bye is critical.
