The top eight
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The top eight
We wont make it. Because we played too many **** games this year.
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Id love see us scrape into the 8, would we play storm twice in a row ?
I'm just as disappointed as much as anyone with this season, and questions need to be asked to the coaching staff, how did it get to this ?
I'm just as disappointed as much as anyone with this season, and questions need to be asked to the coaching staff, how did it get to this ?
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Is that the only question you want to askNeeeegz wrote:Id love see us scrape into the 8, would we play storm twice in a row ?
I'm just as disappointed as much as anyone with this season, and questions need to be asked to the coaching staff, how did it get to this ?
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Re: The top eight
No we wouldn't play the Storm twice in a row. 1 doesn't play 8 anymore in Week 1.
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Re: The top eight
I'd say that we we'll either make it or we won't.
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
Re: The top eight
That's a bold move cotton, let's see if it pays off
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Re: The top eight
Nope, not this yeargreeneyed wrote:Yes we will make it.
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Re: The top eight
Just trying to ease the heartache, we are clinging onto other results, but at least we will peak for finals...
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Re: The top eight
But its not that black and white.reptar wrote:I'd say that we we'll either make it or we won't.
....oh hang on. Yes it is.
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Re: The top eight
If we win all our games we will
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We would come first if we won all our games.The Nickman wrote:If we win all our games we will
Gina Riley: Oh, come on, John. That’s a bit old hat, the corrupt IOC delegate.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
John Clarke: Old hat? Gina, in the scientific world when they see that something is happening again and again and again, repeatedly, they don’t call it old hat. They call it a pattern.
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There must be something wrong with my eyes...greeneyed wrote:Yes we will make it.
I just can't see it happening.
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Re: The top eight
The way the sharks are going we might just have a shot!
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Re: The top eight
You can thank 20 odd rounds of poor game sense, the inability to hold the ball and apply any type of pressure for our current position.
Simple game rugby league.
The opposition can't score points without the ball.
But hey..the door is still ajar.
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Simple game rugby league.
The opposition can't score points without the ball.
But hey..the door is still ajar.
#bleedgreen
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Re: The top eight
Once your chances of finals are in the hands of other teams its a failed season IMO.
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It's infuriating that if we had won just TWO more games earlier in the year we could be pushing for top four still.
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Re: The top eight
If we go on a run and win out, i would put us at third favourites behind the storm and donkeys on current form.
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Re: The top eight
Bulldogs and knights. Simply horrible teams we had no business losing to.CJ42 wrote:It's infuriating that if we had won just TWO more games earlier in the year we could be pushing for top four still.
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Bingo. Add that bloody Bathurst fiasco to the list and we'd be exactly where this team ought to be.The Nickman wrote:Bulldogs and knights. Simply horrible teams we had no business losing to.CJ42 wrote:It's infuriating that if we had won just TWO more games earlier in the year we could be pushing for top four still.
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It's bloody infuriating.
At the end of the day we'll miss the 8 because we played some horrendously dumb football at the worst possible moments. Nobody can convince me this squad wasn't good enough to push for the top 4 and a premiership. We can match any team in this comp if our minds are on the job.
We're good enough to still be competitive in games where we have 40% of the ball...and bad enough to play the sort of dumb football that only gives you 40% of the ball. Frustrating as hell to watch.
The playing group were too arrogant leading into the season and the coaching staff weren't good enough to fix that attitude before it was too late.
Such a **** waste of a season.
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Yes, well, an opportunity wasted. And premiership windows are pretty short if you're not the broncos-rooters-stormSeiffert82 wrote:Bingo. Add that bloody Bathurst fiasco to the list and we'd be exactly where this team ought to be.The Nickman wrote:Bulldogs and knights. Simply horrible teams we had no business losing to.CJ42 wrote:It's infuriating that if we had won just TWO more games earlier in the year we could be pushing for top four still.
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It's bloody infuriating.
At the end of the day we'll miss the 8 because we played some horrendously dumb football at the worst possible moments. Nobody can convince me this squad wasn't good enough to push for the top 4 and a premiership. We can match any team in this comp if our minds are on the job.
We're good enough to still be competitive in games where we have 40% of the ball...and bad enough to play the sort of dumb football that only gives you 40% of the ball. Frustrating as hell to watch.
The playing group were too arrogant leading into the season and the coaching staff weren't good enough to fix that attitude before it was too late.
Such a **** waste of a season.
Re: The top eight
Agree about the loss to the Panthers in Bathurst S82. Given we are vying with the Panthers for a Top 8 spot now, that loss has extra meaning. We simply didn't play out the full 80 minutes and they did. But with only a few minutes to go and the Raiders with an 8 point lead we should have been able to close it out. The 'sense of entitlement' attitude, seen from the pre-season, came to the fore and the game and possibly a finals spot was handed to the Panthers.
The season isn't over for us yet but it has been a disappointment. I think it was Pigman who made a good point some weeks ago when he said (I'll paraphrase) 'in other seasons when we have had limited talent in the squad, not making the finals has not been so hard to take because the quality of the squad wasn't there. But this season we have the squad to be a real threat to the Premiership and have squandered it.'
Imo our ladder position doesn't reflect the quality of the Raiders squad, but it does reflect the performance and attitude of some within the squad.
The season isn't over for us yet but it has been a disappointment. I think it was Pigman who made a good point some weeks ago when he said (I'll paraphrase) 'in other seasons when we have had limited talent in the squad, not making the finals has not been so hard to take because the quality of the squad wasn't there. But this season we have the squad to be a real threat to the Premiership and have squandered it.'
Imo our ladder position doesn't reflect the quality of the Raiders squad, but it does reflect the performance and attitude of some within the squad.
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Re: The top eight
100%.
Our two best and most consistent players have been our wingers this year. Almost every player barring those two and Papalii have regressed this season.
I've never seen anything like it.
Our two best and most consistent players have been our wingers this year. Almost every player barring those two and Papalii have regressed this season.
I've never seen anything like it.
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Re: The top eight
Thats a veeeeeery small fishgangrenous wrote:
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While thats true, the loss to Penny was the worst, and hurts even more now that they are in our way.The Nickman wrote:Bulldogs and knights. Simply horrible teams we had no business losing to.CJ42 wrote:It's infuriating that if we had won just TWO more games earlier in the year we could be pushing for top four still.
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And let's not forget Penrith in Bathurst...carped the bed right there...The Nickman wrote:Bulldogs and knights. Simply horrible teams we had no business losing to.CJ42 wrote:It's infuriating that if we had won just TWO more games earlier in the year we could be pushing for top four still.
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I remember crying like a baby the night that happened.
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Re: The top eight
Anthony Don just gave an absolute genuine post match interview saying exactly what needs to be said and acknowledged from the club to the fans.
It's a pitty our coaching staff and majority of players have been so unprofessional in this regards through-out this year.
It's a pitty our coaching staff and majority of players have been so unprofessional in this regards through-out this year.
Re: The top eight
The second half against the dogs was the start of the rot and the Panthers game was the one where it looked like they had worked their way out of it .Knights just have a style we struggle with and they played well to beat us. They will probably do it again in a couple of weeks.
One thing that also counted against us was the easy draw that Penrith and the Dragons have got. It looks like it ended up the easiest draw that's statistically possible to get.
One thing that also counted against us was the easy draw that Penrith and the Dragons have got. It looks like it ended up the easiest draw that's statistically possible to get.