General 2018 NRL Ladder

[Sup42]

Dragons no good.

Penrith Train Wreck

Melbourne goodish ordinary Mortals....awaiting fitness of Smith and NAS

Brisbane inconsistent.

Rabbitohs weak backline.

Warriors boringly stable.

Sharks, (see Warriors).

Roosters due some misfortune.

Lovin it...the NRL is King.

 

[Beastmode]

Looks like the highest we can get is 6th

Penrith are shot, reckon they come 7th, donkies 8th

If so then we play Penrith at home in the preliminary finals

They are definitely beatable

 

[razzrillinger]

Great gains this week, tipped 3/8 haha

 

[dean]

I think we will hold on to 8th, that is a very good result for us given the compact ladder.
I feel more comfortable at 8 than say 4. A home game for us just creates expectation and pressure, something we have yet to master.
Our away record has been pretty good baring the towelling in Melbourne. Playing away with little expectation of winning is our best chance to win a game or two in the finals. We are well capable of that if we play to the best of our ability and the opposition doesn't, we can beat anyone in the finals. I would not be surprised to see us battle our way to a semi final.

 

[bunnyglory]

Warriors not fussed in anymore than 8Th position.. apart from Roger Tuivasa-Sheck

 

[1995Warriorsfan]

Still in the 8 but it could have been so much better if we had won yesterday.

 

[matiunz]

A day after disappointment it’s worth noting we are only 2 wins behind top of the table...

 

[Stalefish540]

A day after disappointment it’s worth noting we are only 2 wins behind top of the table...

Sharks, Titans, Dogs and we would be sitting 1st. Warriors zzzzzz.

 

[matiunz]

Sharks, Titans, Dogs and we would be sitting 1st. Warriors zzzzzz.

Could also say the 2nd storm game was there for the taking too. Isn’t it nicer to say “if only we won a couple of those we’d be top” vs “if only we won a couple of those we might’ve been in the 8” ?

 

[warriors4eva]

could have cemented the spot now we still on the edge of our seat with 2 rounds to go

wouldnt be the warriors though if the season went any differently

most teams are helping us by losing some weeks, we just to to help ourselves, for example titans and dogs !

5 or 6th and a home semi was looking good, now i think im happy to play away 7th or 8th

these last 2 teams are no easy beats at all !!!, we lose, tigers win then its down to points differential

 

[wizards rage]

Big match coming up this weekend...

Grand final playoff for the wooden spoon. Eels vs cowboy 15 vs 16

Expecting a quality game with so much in the line

 

[mt.wellington]

Grand final playoff for the wooden spoon. Eels vs cowboy 15 vs 16

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[FAN]

At the start of the season I would never have picked the COW'S to be where they sit right now, after the year they had before this.......

 

[razzrillinger]

It's statistically possible for an 8-way tie for first place on 32 competition points.

What would need to happen:

ROUND 24

Warriors to beat Panthers

Raiders to beat Rabbitohs

Titans to beat Storm

Broncos to beat Roosters

ROUND 25

Tigers to beat Rabbitohs

Warriors to beat Raiders

Panthers to beat Storm

Eels to beat Roosters

Broncos to beat Sea Eagles

 

[Dave Brough]

It's statistically possible for an 8-way tie for first place on 32 competition points.

What would need to happen:

ROUND 24

Warriors to beat Panthers

Raiders to beat Rabbitohs

Titans to beat Storm

Broncos to beat Roosters

ROUND 25

Tigers to beat Rabbitohs

Warriors to beat Raiders

Panthers to beat Storm

Eels to beat Roosters

Broncos to beat Sea Eagles

That senario,we would likely still finish 8th on for and against.

 

[Miket12]

Just to demonstrate how much more even the top eight is this year over last year: in 2017, the Storm finished on 44 points while the eighth placed Cowboys finished on 30 points: a fourteen point difference.

This year, whoever the Minor premiers are, will finish on either 34 or 36 points while 8th spot will either have 30 or 32 points. The difference between first and eighth could end up being as much as six points or as low as two points.

Whatever way it goes, this has been a very tight competition this year.

 

[Sup42]

It's amazing and it's looking now like we should be grateful to make the eight more than any competition year.....the way the Dogs and Raiders are playing thank God the dogs have clicked too late and the Raiders game is not determinant of our finals Hope's.

Dogs will probably do the Sharks.

As it was the Tigers put in a good chase, got to feel sorry for their fans.

How valuable was a last minute drop goal from Shaun Johnson in Canberra all those months ago ?

Season defining clutch play...give that man Warriors player of the year.

 

[Te Aro]

If the refs hadn't dicked us in the Sharks game then we'd be currently in 4th spot instead of 8th.

 

[eudebrito]

 

[razzrillinger]

Will book my flights for that Warriors vs Roosters game now then...