Round 26 Discussion
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I'm not sure the Storm are going as well as that. They have been beaten by us and Canberra in the last month and even the Sharks last night butchered 4 tries with horrible last pass execution.
Personally I would rate our chances better against them than the cows.
- Feb 27, 2010
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5th is better, pretty sure we play the loser of 1v4 (Cows) in the second game, then the winner of 2v3 (Raiders) in the prelim.
Battler
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The Sharks are cooked, not even a 2014 Souths run sponsored by the NRL will help them. Unfortunately I think Melbourne are going to win it. We have to beat the Titans (God knows shit teams somehow manage to turn into diamonds against us: see the Warriors) and then the cows (probably) in NQ. I think we're a massive chance, probably the best chance a team outside of the four has ever had, of winning the thing, but it's going to be tough, and I don't think any other side apart from the cows (who don't look great tbh) can hang with Melbourne.
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So we could pretty much put up the pre-game thread for week 1 now...
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The Raiders have had a very easy run this year. They have played the Broncos once (during Origin), Cowboys once (Also during origin), and the Storm once. So their 2nd placing on the ladder means they've had wins over the Eels, Manly (2), Bulldogs (2), Panthers, Tigers (2), Warriors (2), Cowboys (During Origin), Sharks (Another easy run), Roosters, Rabbitohs, Titans, Knights and the Storm.
They have lost to the Titans, Eels, Sharks, Panthers, Dragons, Broncos and a draw with the Newcastle fucking Knights. Anyone disagree that they have had an easy draw in 2016?
They have lost to the Titans, Eels, Sharks, Panthers, Dragons, Broncos and a draw with the Newcastle fucking Knights. Anyone disagree that they have had an easy draw in 2016?
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That Wighton shoulder charge was more arms then shoulder really, would be ridiculous if was suspended for that.
You couldn't be more wrong. The NRL and channel 9 hate it when all the Queensland teams/Storm are eliminated because it kills of tv ratings and interest from QLD because the QLD public and league community don't care about games that don't involve QLD teams so almost no one in QLD watches as result bringing in less money and ratings for the networks and game in general.
Also the Raiders dominated the Tigers and the Sharks got beaten by 20 points
You couldn't be more wrong. The NRL and channel 9 hate it when all the Queensland teams/Storm are eliminated because it kills of tv ratings and interest from QLD because the QLD public and league community don't care about games that don't involve QLD teams so almost no one in QLD watches as result bringing in less money and ratings for the networks and game in general.
Also the Raiders dominated the Tigers and the Sharks got beaten by 20 points
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And then a woefully out of form Sharks in week 1 of the finals.
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That Wighton shoulder charge was more arms then shoulder really, would be ridiculous if was suspended for that.
You couldn't be more wrong. The NRL and channel 9 hate it when all the Queensland teams/Storm are eliminated because it kills of tv ratings and interest from QLD because the QLD public and league community don't care about games that don't involve QLD teams so almost no one in QLD watches as result bringing in less money and ratings for the networks and game in general.
Also the Raiders dominated the Tigers and the Sharks got beaten by 20 points
They aren't trying to eliminate QLD teams yet. Has that belief you have helped QLD teams in any year other than 2015 when they were clearly a step above everyone else? Nope. As soon as the Tigers got on the front foot today they copped some bullshit penalties and then the Raiders did the same thing and got away with it. They're the type of team that would run down the Raiders like a few already have this year but weren't given the opportunity.
The Sharks weren't able to be saved because they got dominated but the refs sure as hell tried. Next you'll try and tell me the Rabbitohs and the Bulldogs were the 2 best teams of 2014.
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It looked easy at the start of the season too. There's always articles and conversations about who has easy and hard draws.
How tough is your team's draw? - NRL.com
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You mean when they had a draw with the Knights? Doesn't that kinda prove my point of them not being as good as some will have you believe? Something that I pointed out in my earlier post.
