Top 4....to get there

[Philip_Smith007]

Turns out we do keep 5th, well by NRL.com

 

[St. Linnane]

According to Gould you keep fifth because even though your differential is equal; you have a better percentage (second criteria for splititng teams on equal points).

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Warriors Percentage 108.2%
Roosters Percentage 107.8%

Nice!

 

[Rovelli]

Yeah...that tiebreaker rewards the better defensive team.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Means sweet-FA with a round still to play though, it all comes down to who can win by the biggest margin next week... and unfortunately for us the Roosters are playing the Cowboys, which probably puts them at the highest likelyhoood of posting a cricket score.

 

[JoeD]

Great final few rounds. A lot of games with plenty of meaning for everyone in top 8 contention.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

So many possibilities.

Titans lose Friday - High as 4th
Titans win Friday - High as 5th

Is the first step on Friday night

Low as 8th if we lose and Raiders put on a score.

Rooster will know how much they have to win by as we play before them (if we win).
Hope this causes a bit of pressure on them!

What a great final round.

 

[Deleted member 10972]

Hopefully the Titans lose on Friday, so your fiery Warriors and our flying Roosters can have a tremendous Saturday night duking it out for the 4th spot!

IF Titans lose, then it is as follows:

For Warriors to be 4th, you need to win, and you need the Roosters to either lose, or win by a lesser margin than your win

For Roosters to be 4th, we need to win, and we need the Warriors to either lose, or win by a lesser margin than our win

You have the out-of-form Parramatta, we have the out-of-form Cowboys.

Lets hope the Titans don't spoil what could potentially be a MASSIVE couple of hours on Saturday when both teams could be making a tremendous push for the top four!

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Well 5th is now the best we can do, which would look like we would play the Titans.
6th would result in us playing Tigers if Panthers get up against the sharkies.

 

[Meth]

6th please

 

[Dr Crane]

bring on the tiges

 

[Philip_Smith007]

7th is techincally the worst we can go unless we take a 34+ point drumming we would go into 8th, if we do, we dont deserve a possible second chances in the finals.

 

[dwats002]

did any of you guys notice the titans use an extra interchange at the end

 

[Philip_Smith007]

did any of you guys notice the titans use an extra interchange at the end

I wasnt counting their interchanges, but Gus had something to say, I think Thompson was already on the feild, he was just set in backline and had to run in for Harrison??? But number 18 O'Dwyer did come on, so not sure if they had 1 up their sleeve.

Gus or Sterlos said something about the interchange guys holding up number 10 or something.:crazy:

 

[dwats002]

I wasnt counting their interchanges, but Gus had something to say, I think Thompson was already on the feild, he was just set in backline and had to run in for Harrison??? But number 18 O'Dwyer did come on, so not sure if they had 1 up their sleeve.

Gus or Sterlos said something about the interchange guys holding up number 10 or something.:crazy:

Yeah the ten was for harrison but then some one else ran on into the backline after harrison's replacement locked in the scrum

 

[Rich102]

Looks like the results may not go our way.

Most important thing now is to win well against the Eels and get a roll on for the finals.

 

[TheFrog]

Yeah...that tiebreaker rewards the better defensive team.

Only if points difference is a positive number.

 

[Philip_Smith007]

ok, nice win, very interesting/entertaining game.
Currently 5th.
Roosters win by 14 or less and we head to Gold Coast
Roosters win by 15 or more we head to Sydney.
(based on the assumption Panthers beat Sharks.)

Would prefer to play the Tigers, but 5th just seems better/safer.

 

[JoeD]

penrith lose by 65 and roosters win by less than 15 and we get 4th!!!!!!!

 

[Philip_Smith007]

Half time,
Panthers looks to have game rapped up.
Roosters up by 2.

Roosters, well if they come 6th they get a default home game against the Tigers at SFS rather than heading to Gold Coast. Hmmmmm