I was just thinking about our chances. By my reckoning I think we could jump into 9th spot after our bye without even playing a game. If things really go our way we could actually be in the 8.
We have a 4 point turnaround after the bye. Currently on 6 points and in 12th and will be on 8 points with a P/D of 17. No side below us can overtake because our P/D is better. All sides below have - 29 or more P/D and they would have to win by 40 or 50 to jump us.
The Dragons in 9th on 8 pts -18 P/D, Warriors 10th on 7 pts +20 p/d and Roosters 11th on 6pts and +31 are ahead of us. Warriors play Titans so should win and be on 9 pts. But Roosters play Dragons so we could technically jump both into 10th if Dragons beat Roosters by no more than 35 points at home. But either way we will jump into 11th.
Cowboys in 8th on 8 pts with -8 p/d and they play Panthers. If the Cowboys lose we can go go to 9th if other results go our way without having played a game. Cowboys would be out of the 8 and the Warriors in.
But then the Raiders in 7th on 8 pts with a +24 p/d play the Sharks and have just lost Fogarty. If the sharks win by 8 points or more we could technically get into the 8 without having played a game by round 9 lol.
Now I may have got things wrong as I was getting excited and its all pinned on a lot of things going our way but when you think about it all that needs to happen is the Dragons at home to beat the Roosters, the Panthers with probably Cleary back to beat the Cowboys and the Sharks to beat the Raiders minus Fogarty.
But at the minimum we will jump into 11th but could be as high as 8th. Thats just unbelievable but if it happens we deserve it and it will inspire us to go on with it. Especially in that we will also be getting back players like Preston, Mann and even Fifita.
