If we make the eight from here...

[Jamal's Hamstring]

Right so when we roll the Warriors and the Dogs do the Tigers the ladder looks like thus:

Cowboys 22
Tigers 20
Warriors 18
Titans 18
Dragons 18

But then Melbourne hammer the Cowboys, the Tigers get over Penrith, the Broncos smash the Warriors, Cronulla flog STG and we- of course- belt the Raiders to get a positive point differential it looks like this:

Cowboys 22
Tigers 22
Titans 20
Warriors 18
Dragons 18

And in just three short weeks, we will get over the Broncos by a couple of tries (because derbies are always throwing up funny results!), Newcastle continue their run and get over Unzed, Souths punish the Dragons for their insolence and the Cowboys beat the Tigers in golden point we end up with this:

Cowboys 24
Titans 22 (now ahead of the Tigers on PD)
Tigers 22
Warriors 18
Dragon 18

And from there it looks like Kevvy gets a haircut.

[karnage]

I like your work JH. To hell with all these boring idiots who 'take it one week at a time'!!

[Jamal's Hamstring]

To be honest I don't see what I've outlined above as being too far removed from reality.

[Rage]

All of it does seem plausible except we have a pretty poor history when it comes to derby matches against Broncos so we'll have to wait on that one. Still, a rare bit of optimism is always appreciated

[karnage]

All of it does seem plausible except we have a pretty poor history when it comes to derby matches against Broncos so we'll have to wait on that one. Still, a rare bit of optimism is always appreciated

It's a lot worse than pretty poor... I'd say p!ss poor.

[Jamal's Hamstring]

Well what I've put above has us in the eight within three weeks so I guess optimistic is the key word.

[Toads]

Can't see Flash getting a haircut anytime soon. Simply because we should've easily wrapped up that St George match, but instead they slowly put us to the sword.

As I previously stated, we'll be lucky to bank two or three wins for the remainder of the season, and thats being optimistic.

[DIEHARD]

Bulldogs beating the Wests Tigers helps us. Tigers are sinking down the table.

[Titanic]

Forget this crap you guys ... we should thank our lucky stars if we can avoid the spoon again. We certainly do not deserve to play finals.

[teke]

True to some degree but the 4 players we had out tonight would have had a great bearing on the SOO series if they sat that out.

[Jamal's Hamstring]

I need to check my sums and get back to you.

[Titanic]

lol ... we have had excuses for every game we lose ... just face it, other teams are just better than us, with more depth and a much better idea of how to play.

[Smakked]

Well tonight proved we are not a finals team and i will be glad we dont make it because we would embarrass our selves if we did

[Jamal's Hamstring]

lol ... we have had excuses for every game we lose ... just face it, other teams are just better than us, with more depth and a much better idea of how to play.

Nah. We are going to start our run to glory any moment now.

Any moment....

[teke]

lol ... we have had excuses for every game we lose ... just face it, other teams are just better than us, with more depth and a much better idea of how to play.

You know aswell as I do that losing such players this round gave us a fairly good excuse for a loss.

Look what happens to Storm as soon as they lose 2 players. They lack depth