Magic Burton
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@bradyk Correct. It's hard to believe now. Warriors were one of the teams tipped to come 16th. We were tipped to make the 8 or go very close too. We were so over hyped before 2023 started. We bought marquee players. We got new players. We got a coach tipped to be better than Bennett & Gibson. We apparently ripped Penrith apart stealing their real coach. We took what most said was their best forward (proved not to be). We were more widely tipped.Betting odds had us above Warrior for 2023 before the season started. Fact. Dolphin the same.
I found the markets before Round 1 betting of 2023.
Bulldogs - Premiership $23, Top 8 $2.10, Most Losses $26.00
Warriors - Premiership $51, Top 8 $5.50, Most Losses $8.00
We started the premiership market at $21.00 according to the article drifting out to $23.00 after the Sharks trial. A lot of markets changed after that game with our betting.
We were originally 8th equal favourites with Manly and Canberra.
Dragons, Warriors and Knights were same odds to win the premierships but with the markets it was Dragons 14, Warriors 15 and Knights 16. Dragons were best backed of those 3 clubs for Top 8 and Most Losses. They were 2nd for Most Losses at $5.00. Dolphins were originally around $2.00 for Most Losses.
Amazingly Wests Tigers were better backed than Warriors and Knights. No surprise better backed than Dolphins. Dragons took a lot of Most Losses and Spoon bets when it became apparent Griffin was deadman walking reading this article.