@helmesy 3 will be the first barrier to get thru… it’s been years hasn’t it since we’ve done 3 ??
Quiz master Yioti has informed me that the last time we won 3 on the trot was R4-6, 2018.
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There’ll be times when we have 2 or 3 losses in a row, I’m confident of that but I think it won’t be worse than that given the experience & leadership at the club now. But you never know.If we get 3 wins in a row I’ll be happy. Even better if we can go the season without back to back loses.
12 wins that year and didn’t make the finals. Most years it’d get you there but those bloody teams above us just kept winning of course.@helmesy 3 will be the first barrier to get thru… it’s been years hasn’t it since we’ve done 3 ??
Quiz master Yioti has informed me that the last time we won 3 on the trot was R4-6, 2018.
I think 3 wins in a row is a good bet and it could happen first 3 rounds although I think later in the season might be best chance. To win 4 they’d have to roll one of the much more favoured teams as well. But if they can show a consistency in their football at some point, probably late season it’d be a true sign that we’re headed in the right direction.
My gut feeling is it’ll be a season of many ups and downs, win 1 or 2, lose 1 or 2, that kind of thing. Just hoping for more ups than downs I guess.
Predicting where we finish, and getting it right, is of course very difficult. The record of wooden spooners bouncing back the next year to play finals is very poor. And our record of playing finals is extremely poor. But how long will our finals drought last? Will it be broken this year, the next year, when? Obviously we don’t know for sure but there is something refreshing about 2023 and a real, long term plan in place. It all seems new again. For that reason perhaps there will not be as great a pressure as there might be if the plan wasn’t in place. I think that helps. So if we can win our first two at Leichhardt I think we’ll get plenty of confidence out of that so I’ll have a go and tip an 8th place finish.
Bottom 8 probably around 11.
7th.
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injuries and depth will play a role, so I vote 10th
I’m going to reserve my answer until after our next trial. What I really want to hear next week is Bateman is here and training.
No chance Bateman will be ready rd 1 in my opinion. Might play off the bench but would be no surprise if he misses a round or two.I’m going to reserve my answer until after our next trial. What I really want to hear next week is Bateman is here and training.
Yes, my hope is we can use 26 players or less during the season, that’s a bit of a magic number as about 75% (it might be higher) of teams who do make the finals.injuries and depth will play a role, so I vote 10th
No chance Bateman will be ready rd 1 in my opinion. Might play off the bench but would be no surprise if he misses a round or two.I’m going to reserve my answer until after our next trial. What I really want to hear next week is Bateman is here and training.
He will be if he’s here next week and I’d be starting him at lock
