Your points are valid about their inconsistency during the season but i think their as good a chance as any finals teams.
Have beaten Penrith and the Storm(when they were in top nick)but probably do need to make the top 4 which is where their problems may be, they do have a tough run home.They also could bounce back against us in a couple of weeks they were poor that day..Having said that of course I hope we beat them, even kick their arses again.
They went very close to playing Souths in the big dance last year don't forget,
Agree with most of that, they've proven they can beat any side in the comp on their day but the problem is they're not consistent enough.
They look like world beaters sometimes and all their fans come out and say after such a win, "this is our year". Off one or two impressive wins.
They just don't have the strike power across the board against the better teams, they upset one of them but they just can't back it up and it's been a problem for them for a while.
Eels have a fairly solid team when they're on song but they fall short in a few areas, mainly defence, to be any real premiership threat and their overall stats do not make for good reading if anyone believes they're a premiership threat.
Their defence is still the worst of any team currently sitting in the top 8 and even Canberra sitting 9th have had less points scored against them this year.