Loudstrat
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I cant help feeling that they are real smokies, and flying under the radar that is focussed on Canterbury, Souths, Manly's potential back to back, and Melbourne's continued threat of taking the title legally. Even Brisbane's form under Griffin is dominating discussion.
They are sitting 2 points shy of 4th, with the third best F and A. Below them, Cronulla and Brisbane are tripping over themselves to find finals wining form. They went close to beating Manly in a great game 2 weeks back, and absolutely smashed NZ last weekend. Thurston and Bowen are fit, and their forwards are no longer the turnstiles of recent years.
I reckon the new finals system could be the worst enemy of teams 5-8, but I just cannot see Cronulla, Brisbane or whoever comes 8th getting within 30 points of them on current form.
I give them a huge chance of making the GF.
Their fans are a bit quiet on the subject - but are they confident?
They are sitting 2 points shy of 4th, with the third best F and A. Below them, Cronulla and Brisbane are tripping over themselves to find finals wining form. They went close to beating Manly in a great game 2 weeks back, and absolutely smashed NZ last weekend. Thurston and Bowen are fit, and their forwards are no longer the turnstiles of recent years.
I reckon the new finals system could be the worst enemy of teams 5-8, but I just cannot see Cronulla, Brisbane or whoever comes 8th getting within 30 points of them on current form.
I give them a huge chance of making the GF.
Their fans are a bit quiet on the subject - but are they confident?