Ok so we're four rounds into the competition now and we're 2-2
Over the first month we have played 2 bottom 4 sides and 2 top 4 sides.
Titans Round 1 - We were expected to win easily against a depleted team and ended up winning by 1 point in a game we were pretty scrappy in. We won ugly on the Gold Coast.
Dragons Round 2 - We were expected to just win and ended up winning pretty comfortably in a game that showed how good we can really be. Still not our best performance but in 20 minutes we completely blew the opposition away.
So after the first two rounds we have won both our games in two games the league world was expecting us to win without playing our best footy for extended periods of time.
The next two weeks were sure to be testing playing last years grand finalists within 5 days of each other. We weren't expected to win either and in fact some were expecting us to get touched up in successive rounds.
Souths Round 3 - We tried hard and never gave up against the best team in the comp but still went down 20-6\. Execution was our ultimate downfall but nonetheless the league world was singing our praises after a decent performance defensively and never say die attitude.
Bulldogs Round 4 - Fielded our youngest ever side with 8 players under the age of 22\. Came into this game as heavy underdogs and that was before we lost three experienced campaigners. We played arguably our best game of the season and absolutely gave it to a top 4 side. Got out to an 18 point lead but ran put of puff in the last 20 as our kick chase and defence slackened and let them back into the game. A game we should've won after being 18 points up but again the league world sings our praises as we were probably the better side against last years grand finalists. Absolute heart breaker of a loss but plenty of lessons to be learnt out of this one.
So in four weeks we have beat two teams we were expected to beat and put in two admirable performances against last years grand finalist in games no one gave us a chance in. We sit at 2-2 heading in to some winnable games over the next month against Parramatta, Warriors and Canberra before we can again test ourselves against the Bulldogs and see just how much we have learnt from our first month.
In my opinion we have done extremely well to be where we are right now and if we are to put the heart break of last nights loss to the side surely everyone can acknowledge positively what we have achieved over the first month of 2015.
We sit at 2-2 with a positive for and against after playing last years grand finalists with a much better start to the season than teams expected to make the top 8 - Cowboys, Manly, Sharks, Broncos.
With the teams mentioned above faltering do you think we can make the top 8 ?
I do :sign:
Over the first month we have played 2 bottom 4 sides and 2 top 4 sides.
Titans Round 1 - We were expected to win easily against a depleted team and ended up winning by 1 point in a game we were pretty scrappy in. We won ugly on the Gold Coast.
Dragons Round 2 - We were expected to just win and ended up winning pretty comfortably in a game that showed how good we can really be. Still not our best performance but in 20 minutes we completely blew the opposition away.
So after the first two rounds we have won both our games in two games the league world was expecting us to win without playing our best footy for extended periods of time.
The next two weeks were sure to be testing playing last years grand finalists within 5 days of each other. We weren't expected to win either and in fact some were expecting us to get touched up in successive rounds.
Souths Round 3 - We tried hard and never gave up against the best team in the comp but still went down 20-6\. Execution was our ultimate downfall but nonetheless the league world was singing our praises after a decent performance defensively and never say die attitude.
Bulldogs Round 4 - Fielded our youngest ever side with 8 players under the age of 22\. Came into this game as heavy underdogs and that was before we lost three experienced campaigners. We played arguably our best game of the season and absolutely gave it to a top 4 side. Got out to an 18 point lead but ran put of puff in the last 20 as our kick chase and defence slackened and let them back into the game. A game we should've won after being 18 points up but again the league world sings our praises as we were probably the better side against last years grand finalists. Absolute heart breaker of a loss but plenty of lessons to be learnt out of this one.
So in four weeks we have beat two teams we were expected to beat and put in two admirable performances against last years grand finalist in games no one gave us a chance in. We sit at 2-2 heading in to some winnable games over the next month against Parramatta, Warriors and Canberra before we can again test ourselves against the Bulldogs and see just how much we have learnt from our first month.
In my opinion we have done extremely well to be where we are right now and if we are to put the heart break of last nights loss to the side surely everyone can acknowledge positively what we have achieved over the first month of 2015.
We sit at 2-2 with a positive for and against after playing last years grand finalists with a much better start to the season than teams expected to make the top 8 - Cowboys, Manly, Sharks, Broncos.
With the teams mentioned above faltering do you think we can make the top 8 ?
I do :sign:
