Round 25 Team - what chance of an honourable loss, let alone a win?
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This team is about as likely to win as finding peace in the middle east.
Tiger_heart
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As likely to win as a team taking the two points when they are down by thirty...
jirskyr
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Slightly better than zero I suppose.
It's been a very long time since I've totally written off a match, i.e. Tigers have next to zero chance of winning and I'm just hopeful for something respectable. That was my normal for Balmain in the 90s.
Somehow there are higher expectations these days for being competitive every week, because despite how bad the Tigers run has been, the best sides IMO are not as far ahead as they used to be in the 80s and 90s. Some of those Broncos teams for example were near untouchable. The main difference is back in those days conditions often made it hard to rack up cricket scores, either the speed of the game, leather balls, 5m defences, fewer full-time professional peak athletes, sports technology etc.
These days the game is so fast and professional that teams can certainly destroy their opposition on given days, but you don't see them doing it week in and out. Like how we beat Cowboys by 60 and a few months later they put 74 on us.
Weird vibe this weekend, to hope for respect. The Roosters aren't even really that great a side, compared to Roosters teams of the past.
It's been a very long time since I've totally written off a match, i.e. Tigers have next to zero chance of winning and I'm just hopeful for something respectable. That was my normal for Balmain in the 90s.
Somehow there are higher expectations these days for being competitive every week, because despite how bad the Tigers run has been, the best sides IMO are not as far ahead as they used to be in the 80s and 90s. Some of those Broncos teams for example were near untouchable. The main difference is back in those days conditions often made it hard to rack up cricket scores, either the speed of the game, leather balls, 5m defences, fewer full-time professional peak athletes, sports technology etc.
These days the game is so fast and professional that teams can certainly destroy their opposition on given days, but you don't see them doing it week in and out. Like how we beat Cowboys by 60 and a few months later they put 74 on us.
Weird vibe this weekend, to hope for respect. The Roosters aren't even really that great a side, compared to Roosters teams of the past.
There are some extremely big odds around this game
Oh goody Klein! As if it’s not already stacked against us!
Has Crichton knocked out one of Klein's teeth? There is always good news if you look hard enough.
