Canberra Raiders

What world do you live in? Comparable to their supposed talent, this has been one of the Warriors worst years in memory. Even with RTS they played like dog shit and they're so ordinary now they're putting more effort into a post-match haka. The players are disillusioned, the coach is ready to walk off a bridge, there's no discipline or control. They're a shambles. They need to win 10 from 13 to be any chance at all of making the top 4. At this rate, like I said at the start, the more of a chance of finishing bottom 4.

 

I still can't see the Raiders making the top 4 either tbh. They need to win at least 9 from 13. Their draw is favourable but they play Brisbane at Suncorp and the Sharks in Cronulla.

Rd12 - home vs Bulldogs
Rd13 - home vs Manly
Rd14 - away vs Brisbane
Rd15 - bye
Rd16 - away vs Titans
Rd17 - home vs Knights
Rd18 - home vs Cowboys (no Origin players)
Rd19 - bye
Rd20 - home vs Warriors
Rd21 - away vs Souths
Rd22 - away vs Sharks
Rd23 - home vs Melbourne
Rd24 - home vs Parramatta
Rd25 - away vs Manly
Rd26 - away vs Tigers

The black are games I think they're huge outsiders to win. And the italics are games I think they're a fair chance of losing. The problem for them is that drawn game against Newcastle. It's essentially a loss because it puts them out of contention for points differential if, as happened last year, there's a logjam of teams on 32. 8 wins gets them to 31, which will not be good enough. Especially when you consider that the current top 4 teams can go 7 from 13 and still hit 34 or 36.

They've just given the top 4 too big a gap this early into the season.

 

Yeah, back to back wins only once so far. And back to back losses, twice. If they finish any lower than 6th, given their ridiculously favourable draw, Stuart should be sacked immediately. You watch them take 7th though and the media congratulate the cunt endlessly for the improvement on 2015.