THe Ladder (with no byes counted)

[Hurriflatch]

1. Roosters 24 pts +234
2. Bulldogs 24 pts +100
3. Broncos 22 pts +90
4. Panthers 20 pts -16
5. Dragons 18 pts +183
6. Storm 18 pts +177
7. Raiders 18 pts -12
8. Sharks 18 pts -59

9. Knights 14 pts -32
10. Eels 14 pts -67
11. Tigers 14 pts -75
12. Cowboys 13 pts -10
13. Rabbitohs 11 pts -192
14. Sea Eagles 10 pts -145
15. Warriors 10 pts -174

Gotta pick up some pts still effectivly 4 pts out of the 8.

*Edited to show ladder with NO byes

 

[Redback71]

plus the for and against is a bit of a worry must be a first only 5 teams have a plus

 

[Suitman]

If we keep winning, that will change.

Suity

 

[bartman]

Need to keep beating the teams below us AND the teams above us (where the points will effectively be worth double).

Cowboys, Storm (the big test), Tigers, before the bye...

 

[Utey]

Thats the PLAN!!!

 

[bartman]

Not much space for any stuff-ups though...

 

[Eels Dude]

I don't think that's a fair assesment of the table. If you give every team 2 point for the 2nd bye now then it disadvantages teams who have already have their 2, as they have played one less game, and thus one less chance at 2 points. What's not to say that Souths aren't going to win on the weekend when we have our next bye?

 

[1eyedeel]

Be a much more optimistic situation if it hadn't been for that bloody golden point loss!

 

[Belly in Brisvegas]

Let's just give it a red hot go until the bye and then we will be in a better position to attack the reminaing games.

CARN EELS!!

 

[TheParraboy]

For those of you with a keen eye on statistics ;-)

Since Round 3, Every team that has played Parra, have lost the following week :shock: :alcho:
Melbourne are the only exemption in Rd 11, (though they played us when we were coming off a bye).

As far as Rd2 and Rd3 go......
The Bulldogs almost lost to the sharks in Rd 2 (sharks were damm unlucky). And the broncos in Rd 3 had a toughy win against the tigers (but were initially stripped off 2 points for replacement breach, which should have stood IMO)

So according to form #-o 8) . The dragons should beat the roosters this week. Put your house on it #-o :mrgreen:

 

[Hollywood Jesus]

if everything goes according to form and ladder placement this weekend, we will be two points off sixth position, which is very, very sweet considering how crap we have been going.

The Storm ARE the test. I still reckon we can lose two and have a chance, if we improve our differential (which Suity correctly states will improve if we keep winning which we need to do). But if we beat the Storm or the Roosters (rd 26 I think) then we are looking good for the eight as the other teams are those who we would like to think we have a good chance of beating.

 

[The Engineers Room]

We have lost to the Sharks, Tigers, Cowboys and the Warriors already this year if we won atleast 3 of those 4 that we should have won then the top eight would look a hell of a lot better:

##	Team	Points
01	Sydney               	28
02	Canterbury           	28
03	Brisbane             	26
04	Melbourne            	22
05	Penrith              	22
06	Parramatta           	22
07	St George - Illawarra	20
08	Canberra             	20
09	Cronulla             	18
10	Newcastle            	18
11	Wests                	16
12	North Queensland     	15
13	South Sydney         	15
14	Manly                	12
15	New Zealand          	10

 

[Eels Dude]

There's no point focusing on what could have been. We lost those matches, nothing can change that.

 

[Suitman]

There's no point focusing on what could have been. We lost those matches, nothing can change that.

Unfortunately, they are ALL games we should have won. Why do we put unneccessary pressure on ourselves by losing very winable games?

Suity