Your ladder predictions for next year

[Cletus]

:-s :-s :-s

Really?

Sorry, 2004 but it's not hard to lose track of his injuries. You'd be kidding yourself if you thought he was guarenteed of playing the entire season.

 

[Mr Saab]

souths
warriors
raiders
sharks
panthers
knights
broncos
dogs
roosters
dragons
eels
tigers
cowboys
eagles
storm

 

[Jono078]

1. Dragons
2. Eels
3. Knights
4. Roosters
5. Broncos
6. Bulldogs
7. Tigers
8. Sea Eagles
--
9. Sharks
10. Cowboys
11. Storm
12. Rabbitohs
13. Panthers
14. Raiders
15. Warriors

BTW here is one I done in September last year;

1. Eels
2. Broncos
3. Tigers
4. Manly
5. Dragons
6. Sharks
7. Knights
8. Bulldogs
9. Cowboys
10. Roosters
11. Panthers
12. Raiders
13. Rabbitohs
14. Storm
15. Warriors

 

[skeepe]

Time to change the predictions a bit after recent events (trials, salary cap scandal etc).

Original predictions:

1. Parramatta Eels
2. North Queensland Cowboys
3. Wests Tigers
4. South Sydney Rabbitohs
5. New Zealand Warriors
6. St. George-Illawarra Dragons
7. Canberra Raiders
8. Manly Sea Eagles

9. Melbourne Storm
10. Canterbury Bulldogs
11. Penrith Panthers
12. Brisbane Broncos
13. Newcastle Knights
14. Sydney Roosters
15. Cronulla Sharks

New predictions:

1. Parramatta Eels
2. North Queensland Cowboys
3. Canberra Raiders
4. South Sydney Rabbitohs
5. Wests Tigers
6. St. George-Illawarra Dragons
7. Cronulla Sharks
8. Melbourne Storm

9. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
10. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
11. Penrith Panthers
12. Brisbane Broncos
13. Newcastle Knights
14. Sydney Roosters
15. New Zealand Warriors

 

[Sharkie™]

Eels
Knights
Tigers
Dragons
Cowboys
Broncos
Bulldogs
Raiders
Roosters
Warriors
Manly
Storm
Panthers
Souths
Tigers

impressive the tigers are gonna finish 2nd and last..

 

[Sharkie™]

1. EELS- still have a very strong side and could go very well.
2. BULLDOGS- if injuries treat the dogs fairly, they could reign again
3. COWBOYS- should continue to make their mark and maybe take the next step this yr
4. BRONCOS- hopefully a restruction and if lockyer hits some form they could easily become one of the most feared sides
5. TIGERS- now their squad has some big time experience, more improvement should occur
6. SHARKS- if kimmorley can hit so form and there is harmony with the side, they could beat any side on their day with kimmorely running the show, ross leading from the front and Albert and Vagana striking out wide.
7. DRAGONS- who cares...
8. ROOSTERS- should be able to refind some form if not finch could bear the brunt of the scurtiny.

9. SOUTHS- should improve alot but wont make the top 8, its all about taking small achieveable steps
10. CANBERRA- pretty poor squad and should miss the top 8, maybe even lower
11.KNIGHTS- they will be down here if joey gets injured otherwise a top 8 appearance is not out of the question
12. MANLY- i dont know what to think, they have their on and off days
13.STORM- orford leaving will hit them hard and they will lose alot of creativity. they will only make the 8 if gower heads down there or cronk proves me wrong.
14. PANTHERS- too much disturbance in pre season with john lang recieveing the royal screw job, the gower scandel and talk that players are unhappy that big tony got the captancy.
15. WARRIORS- i expected them to make their mark this yr, but the salary cap scandel threatens to sink their season before it begins. they might be the first side in 98 yrs to start the season on a negitive number, which will be more then likely -6.

 

[Jono078]

For anyone interested.. Laurie Daley's ladder:

1. Dragons
2. Tigers
3. Eels
4. Roosters
5. Knights
6. Cowboys
7. Broncos
8. Bulldogs
--
9. Sea Eagles
10. Storm
11. Raiders
12. Panthers
13. Rabbitohs
14. Sharks
15. Warriors

 

[Deacon]

impressive the tigers are gonna finish 2nd and last..

Three spots down isnt that third Sharksman

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Three spots down isnt that third Sharksman

:lol: bet me to it.

I will not do the ladder this year as a result of severe embarrassment in the past

 

[Jono078]

Just thought Id share what I got using Laurie Daley's format from Big League:

 

[Hurriflatch]

Jono: Looking good for a thing done on paper but games are never won on paper but your ratings are a lot better then Daley's

just 1 point

Parra's depth should be 9.5 looking at the trials this weekend in Premier League the side that ran out was

1 Joel Reddy
2 John Williams
3 Ash Graham
4 Kris Inu
5 Jarryd Hayne
6 John Morris
7 Jeremy Smith
8 Michael Vella
9 Drew Dalton
10 Paul Stringer
11 Nathan Hindmarsh
12 Jack Afamasaga
13 Henry Perenara

14 Matt Keating
15 Fuifui Moimoi
16 Weller Hauraki
17 Blake Green
18 Etu Uaisale
19 Junior To'o
20 Junior Paolo
21 Aaron Wood
22 John Frith
23 Tony Parmatangi

Hightlighted players have played at least 1st grade.

Tomorrow in 1st grade the team will be
1 Wade McKinnon
2 Luke Burt
3 Ben Smith
4 Timana Tahu
5 Eric Grothe
6 Brett Delaney
7 Tim Smith
8 Nathen Cayless
9 PJ Marsh
10 Justin Tsolous
11 Chad Robinson
12 Daniel Wagon
13 Glenn Morrison

14 Matt Peterson
15 Dean Widders
16 Josh Cordoba
17 Aaron cannings
18 Luke O'Dwyer
19 Zeb Taia
20 Marcus Perenara
21 Peter Lewis.


again the hightlighted players have at least played 1st grade, still missing from both sides are Mark Riddell and James Storer who likewise both have at least top grade games under their belt.

 

[daslacker]

1.Broncos
2.Roosters
3.Dragons
4.Eels
5.Tigers
6.Bulldogs
7.Knights
8.Manly
9.Cowboys
10.Storm
11.Raiders
12.Warriors
13.Sharks
14.Penrith
15.Souths

 

[Jobdog]

Anyone who DOESN'T have Newcastle in their top 8 is kidding themselves

Agreed. We are long overdue for a relatively injury-free run. If that happens, we WILL make the 8.