NRL 2018
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Looking ahead to the last 4 rounds, plenty of reasons to be optimistic the Warriors can go up the ladder.
For a start heres their last 4 games before the finals.Rd 22 - Home vs Knights (11th)
Rd 23 - Away vs Bulldogs (13th)
Rd 24 - Home vs Panthers (5th)
Rd 25 - Home vs Raiders (10th)Those are the teams current positions, obviously they will change as each round is completed.
Also the Warriors havent been winning at home as they should be.Also positive is that alot of the current 7 teams above the Warriors will be playing each other, given how spots 5 - 8 are only separated by 2 points theres plenty of time to swap places. (though points differential is against them)
The Broncos have a tough run in with 3 of their last 4 games vs top 8 teams, with a number of other top 8 teams facing off.
Stupid prediction time, think we will finish 6th
@virgil very winnable games with the Panthers the real test. Our points diff isn’t as bad as I thought given we’ve been on the end of a couple of hidings. It really is amazing to think that we are below .500 at home but have the best away record in the comp! Strange season
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Yeah the congested table shows if we won a couple of games that we should have ( sharks few weeks back, Titans the other week) we could have been in the top 4
Looking through the remaining draw there’s a few banana skins for teams in the top 8
Need some upsets to really help our cause too -
Looking ahead to the last 4 rounds, plenty of reasons to be optimistic the Warriors can go up the ladder.
For a start heres their last 4 games before the finals.Rd 22 - Home vs Knights (11th)
Rd 23 - Away vs Bulldogs (13th)
Rd 24 - Home vs Panthers (5th)
Rd 25 - Home vs Raiders (10th)Those are the teams current positions, obviously they will change as each round is completed.
Also the Warriors havent been winning at home as they should be.Also positive is that alot of the current 7 teams above the Warriors will be playing each other, given how spots 5 - 8 are only separated by 2 points theres plenty of time to swap places. (though points differential is against them)
The Broncos have a tough run in with 3 of their last 4 games vs top 8 teams, with a number of other top 8 teams facing off.
Stupid prediction time, think we will finish 6th
Looking ahead to the last 4 rounds, plenty of reasons to be optimistic the Warriors can go up the ladder.
For a start heres their last 4 games before the finals.Rd 22 - Home vs Knights (11th)
Rd 23 - Away vs Bulldogs (13th)
Rd 24 - Home vs Panthers (5th)
Rd 25 - Home vs Raiders (10th)Those are the teams current positions, obviously they will change as each round is completed.
Also the Warriors havent been winning at home as they should be.Also positive is that alot of the current 7 teams above the Warriors will be playing each other, given how spots 5 - 8 are only separated by 2 points theres plenty of time to swap places. (though points differential is against them)
The Broncos have a tough run in with 3 of their last 4 games vs top 8 teams, with a number of other top 8 teams facing off.
Stupid prediction time, think we will finish 6th
The run in means little to me. This is the warriors we're talking about; we could win them all win none
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well well. Anthony Griffen sacked by Penrith. A month from finals. What the actual?
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well well. Anthony Griffen sacked by Penrith. A month from finals. What the actual?
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
well well. Anthony Griffen sacked by Penrith. A month from finals. What the actual?
Probably another player revolt. He suffered a similar fate in Brisbane? Still odd to do it a month out from the playoffs.
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well well. Anthony Griffen sacked by Penrith. A month from finals. What the actual?
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Heard Nato talking to Andrew Voss this morning. Sounds like that player stuff kicked off earlier in the year, but perhaps has just hit critical mass. Voss said he's tight with Gould and would back his judgement, but Gould has never shied away from doing whatever the fuck he wants, well that's how it seems at least!!
Maybe the tension between players and coach was helping them! they are doing pretty bloody well at the moment. Would be interesting if they suddenly turned shite for the rest of the season.
ps Ivan Cleary should stay well clear of any return to the Panthers imo - once burned by Gould is enough I think!!
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The chat around Cleary going back to the Panthers keeps getting louder (Bennett isn't going).
I got back with an ex once, it was a terrible move.
I assume they only want Cleary to keep his son? that seems a move fraught with danger. Cleary isn't that good a coach.
However, if Cleary leaves the Tigers, is it any coincidence it is a couple of weeks after Farah rejoined the club?
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The chat around Cleary going back to the Panthers keeps getting louder (Bennett isn't going).
I got back with an ex once, it was a terrible move.
I assume they only want Cleary to keep his son? that seems a move fraught with danger. Cleary isn't that good a coach.
However, if Cleary leaves the Tigers, is it any coincidence it is a couple of weeks after Farah rejoined the club?
@mariner4life I heard some NRL talking heads suggesting that Cleary would go back to Penrith but that's more Phil Gould getting mates in the media to put the pressure on Wests to give him up.
But the ball is still in both Ivan & Nathan Cleary's court.
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@mariner4life I heard some NRL talking heads suggesting that Cleary would go back to Penrith but that's more Phil Gould getting mates in the media to put the pressure on Wests to give him up.
But the ball is still in both Ivan & Nathan Cleary's court.
@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life I heard some NRL talking heads suggesting rumours that Cleary would go back to Penrith. That's more Phil Gould getting mates in the media to put the pressure on Wests to give him up.
why would either of them go back?
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@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life I heard some NRL talking heads suggesting rumours that Cleary would go back to Penrith. That's more Phil Gould getting mates in the media to put the pressure on Wests to give him up.
why would either of them go back?
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
@mariner4life I heard some NRL talking heads suggesting rumours that Cleary would go back to Penrith. That's more Phil Gould getting mates in the media to put the pressure on Wests to give him up.
why would either of them go back?
I wouldn't if I was Ivan. Just do your own thing at Wests (where the club has handed him the full reins, unlike Penrith) and wait for Nathan to become a free agent in 2020.
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@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
well well. Anthony Griffen sacked by Penrith. A month from finals. What the actual?
Phil Gould?
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
well well. Anthony Griffen sacked by Penrith. A month from finals. What the actual?
Phil Gould?
Basically. Saw an interview clip on Crowd Goes Wild, he basically said Griffen wasn't up to winning premierships.
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That's pretty straight up from Gould, and probably a sugar coated version. Not a great reference for an outgoing coach though!
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Billy the Kid to retire at end of season.
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/08/08/billy-slater-set-to-announce-retirement-from-rugby-league/
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Billy the Kid to retire at end of season.
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/08/08/billy-slater-set-to-announce-retirement-from-rugby-league/
@sneakdefreak said in NRL 2018:
Billy the Kid to retire at end of season.
Not a bad career for a trackwork jockey!
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Cowboys do the Warriors a favour and win yet another cracker of a Queensland derby.
Taumalolo ran for approx 1,000 metres last night. When he is on (which is ridiculously often) he's pretty much unstoppable. I'm still battling to see how that Cowboys roster is battling for the wooden spoon.
The Broncos are a painfully limited side.
Oh and the Gould/Griffen shitfight is getting unseemly.
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Cowboys do the Warriors a favour and win yet another cracker of a Queensland derby.
Taumalolo ran for approx 1,000 metres last night. When he is on (which is ridiculously often) he's pretty much unstoppable. I'm still battling to see how that Cowboys roster is battling for the wooden spoon.
The Broncos are a painfully limited side.
Oh and the Gould/Griffen shitfight is getting unseemly.
@mariner4life said in NRL 2018:
Cowboys do the Warriors a favour and win yet another cracker of a Queensland derby.
Taumalolo ran for approx 1,000 metres last night. When he is on (which is ridiculously often) he's pretty much unstoppable. I'm still battling to see how that Cowboys roster is battling for the wooden spoon.
The Broncos are a painfully limited side.
Oh and the Gould/Griffen shitfight is getting unseemly.
I think Gould's the only unseemly one involved - what I've seen of Griffen he's handled himself bloody well.
Taumalolo is awesome, but also dead to me. The Judas.
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Warriors are facing the Knights tonight at Mt Smart. Haven't been good at home this season but a win here would guarantee them a spot in the playoffs.
VODAFONE WARRIORS
1 ROGER TUIVASA-SHECK (c)
2 DAVID FUSITU’A
3 GERARD BEALE
4 SOLOMONE KATA
5 KEN MAUMALO
6 BLAKE GREEN
7 SHAUN JOHNSON
8 JAMES GAVET
9 ISSAC LUKE
10 AGNATIUS PAASI
11 ISAIAH PAPALI’I
12 ADAM BLAIR
13 SIMON MANNERING
Interchange:
14 JAZZ TEVAGA
15 LEIVAHA PULU
16 BUNTY AFOA
17 PETA HIKU
20 JOSEPH VUNA
22 KARL LAWTONhttps://www.nrl.com/news/2018/08/07/round-22-nrl-team-lists/
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fuck guys... words like 'guarantee' and 'should' really get me worried when it comes to the Warriors
