We have scrambled 9 wins together. To be honest we have barely played a good 80 minute game all season. That 2 week patch where we played The Dogs and Melbourne were our only two good efforts on both sides of the ball all year. In 2005 there were plenty of games which the Tigers were brilliant, even since even in our victores, we have been very patchy. Beating alot of sides low on the table , but unable to compete with the Top 4 sides.
Benji and Hodgo have been out for months not weeks. They will be rusty. Plus they are not going to fix the horrible defense that we have had the last 2 months.
Unless Royce wakes up and fixes the defence and all of a sudden the play the ball speed reverts back to 2005, then we will get lapped by a bigger, stronger side in the Semis ( if we make it)
Anyway, It was considered a miricle when we won in 2005, if Sheens can win the comp after losing Prince and Laffranchi in 2007, it would be another miricle of greater proportions. However besides Melbourne, its a mediocre competion up for grabs i suppose.