Round 1 of the NRL is over and boy didn’t some teams say Hello World here we are!!!
The usual suspects did what we all thought but what about South’s, The Bulldogs, the Titans and the Warriors?
I’m gonna throw this one out nice and early, I think the Warriors will win the grand final!!!
Normally I love to get off side with my Kiwi mates and stir them a bit eh bro.. but this time I’m fair dinkum. They’ve now won 7 in a row at home and I cant see anyone beating them over there for sometime..they get an easy-ish path thru Origin and all they have to do is learn to pack their New Zealand form in the bags when they jump on the plane, and this year I predict they will.
Anyway that’s my tip for the grand final....while I’m at it here’s some others..
Melbourne won’t win the minor premiership..they have done for the past 3 years but the odds of them doing it again are very short and they will struggle to be the benchmark.
South’s will make the 8? I’ll repeat that if you didn’t hear me.. Souths will make the 8 maybe even top 6. Don’t forget they still have Craig Wing to come into the side and they were awesome on the weekend. But memo to Russell Crowe, mate lose the thumbs up, thumbs down thing Maximus.
Manly is in trouble..they said the preparation was great leading into the Bulldogs match.. wrong choice of words. Probably better of admitting the dramas had more of an effect than they imagined and then they had an easy out..they will still make the top half dozen but I reckon there is more dramas than meets the eye.
Bulldogs, a magnificent start to 2009 with all the recruits playing outstanding BUT life might get more difficult as the season goes on.
The Titans are now officially my sneaky side.. I am going to tip them everytime Scott Prince plays. He is a fully fledged star as he has showed time and time again but they way they came from behind and over ran the Knights suggests to me that they are a finals team as well.
On Monday night the Tigers and Canberra played tip footy in hot conditions but as entertaining as it was to watch, these guys can all definitely plan for a footy trip in September cos they wont be doing much else. Add Penrith, the Roosters and Newcastle to that list as well. And while I’m at it.. throw in the Eels.
The Dragons went great and will win more than they lose..simply because Wayne Bennett wins more than he loses.
The Cowboys will hardly lose a game at home. They’ve got a very good coach, Matt Bowen and Jonathon Thurston, in fact forget the coach Thurston and Bowen is enough. I just don’t know how many they are gonna win away from home. They don’t like the cold wet winters in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
The Sharks have lost 2 blokes already injury wise and they wont be the prettiest team to watch. The new faster style of footy might not suit them and they have never won the comp before and wont in 09.
Brisbane will be fantastic. How they just keep churning out young kids who are potential stars is beyond me but they do so write them off at your peril.
So here they are sportsfans.. the top 8 as at March 17th 2009 according to little old me.
Warriors
Brisbane
Melbourne
Manly
South’s
Dragons
Titans
Cowboys
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Sharks
Bulldogs
Forget the rest....
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