Tipping

[RedV01]

	Match​	Winner ​	Why​
1.	Gold Coast vs Wests Tigers	GC	I only watch the first half of their game last week. Their rookie halves and fullback are going much better than ours. To be absolutely honest.
2.	Cronulla vs Newscastle	Shonkies	Because last week their forwards dominated ours and Newcastle have a few injured or suspended. (yep, missing Klemmar, Barnett and Saifiti.)
3.	Penrith vs Souths	Penrith	Almost at full strength though Souffs were much improved last week.
4.	New Zealand vs Brisbane	NZ	NZ were atrocious but still won. Will be much better this week.
5.	Manly vs Canberra	Canberra	This is a difficult one.
6.	North Queensland v Canberra Sydney Roosters	NQ	Were obviously very good last week. (yep)
7.	Melbourne vs Canterbury	Melbourne	Grubs might be one of those "bring the opposition down to our level" teams but expect Melbourne to win but not so comfortably.
8.	St George Illawarra vs Parramatta	Parramatta	For the reasons outlined here, I just can't pick Saints as the team is now.

 

[jodragon40]

Titans
Sharks
Souths to cause the upset
Ponies (Bris)
Seagulls
Roosters
Storm
Eels unfortunately

 

[Chris M]

	Match​	Winner ​	Why​
1.	Gold Coast vs Wests Tigers	GC	I only watch the first half of their game last week. Their rookie halves and fullback are going much better than ours. To be absolutely honest.
2.	Cronulla vs Newscastle	Shonkies	Because last week their forwards dominated ours and Newcastle have a few injured or suspended. (yep, missing Klemmar, Barnett and Saifiti.)
3.	Penrith vs Souths	Penrith	Almost at full strength though Souffs were much improved last week.
4.	New Zealand vs Brisbane	NZ	NZ were atrocious but still won. Will be much better this week.
5.	Manly vs Canberra	Canberra	This is a difficult one.
6.	North Queensland v Canberra Sydney Roosters	NQ	Were obviously very good last week. (yep)
7.	Melbourne vs Canterbury	Melbourne	Grubs might be one of those "bring the opposition down to our level" teams but expect Melbourne to win but not so comfortably.
8.	St George Illawarra vs Parramatta	Parramatta	For the reasons outlined here, I just can't pick Saints as the team is now.

1. Gold Coast
2. Sharks (hate tipping them but Newcastle missing a little too much firepower up front)
3. Penrith
4. Donkeys
5. Canberra
6. Cowboys (love tipping against the Rorters)
7. Storm
8. Eels (along with others, unless there are at least 2 or 3 changes to the forward pack named, I can't be optimistic. Pains me to say it.)

 

[Eric]

	Match​	Winner ​	Why​
1.	Gold Coast vs Wests Tigers	GC	I only watch the first half of their game last week. Their rookie halves and fullback are going much better than ours. To be absolutely honest.
2.	Cronulla vs Newscastle	Shonkies	Because last week their forwards dominated ours and Newcastle have a few injured or suspended. (yep, missing Klemmar, Barnett and Saifiti.)
3.	Penrith vs Souths	Penrith	Almost at full strength though Souffs were much improved last week.
4.	New Zealand vs Brisbane	NZ	NZ were atrocious but still won. Will be much better this week.
5.	Manly vs Canberra	Canberra	This is a difficult one.
6.	North Queensland v Canberra Sydney Roosters	NQ	Were obviously very good last week. (yep)
7.	Melbourne vs Canterbury	Melbourne	Grubs might be one of those "bring the opposition down to our level" teams but expect Melbourne to win but not so comfortably.
8.	St George Illawarra vs Parramatta	Parramatta	For the reasons outlined here, I just can't pick Saints as the team is now.

1. Gold Coast
2. Cronulla
3. Penrith
4. New Zealand
5. Canberra
6. North Queensland
7. Melbourne
8. St George Illawarra (in the trials they got off to a quick start, we roared back and were moving away from them before mass changes when the sides were about even.)

 

[Morgan]

Round 5 Tipping​

	Match	Winner	Why
1.	Newcastle v Manly	Newcastle	Manly are rubbish without Tom Trbojevic.
2.	New Zealand vs North QLD	North QLD	Will probably bounce back after a poor game last week.
3.	Brisbane v Sydney Roosters	Sydney	A close game but Brisbane are rubbish.
4.	Canberra v Melbourne	Melbourne	Melbourne have the best team they'll have available this year. Canberra far from it.
5.	South Sydney vs St George Illawarra	St George Illawarra	Sanity is going to prevail. Amone and Sloan are going to start and play well. Give 100% in attack and defence. Finally the ridiculous experiment of Sims and de Belin is over. I hope.....
6.	Gold Coast v Parramatta	Gold Coast	Parra are flat track bullies. Gold Coast played so badly last week. Expect them to bounce back.
7.	Cronulla v Wests Tigers	Cronulla	Wests Tigers are the new Cronulla. Move them to Perth then we only have to relocate Cronulla to Adelaide to have a national competition.
8.	Canterbury v Penrith	Penrith	Obviously! Could be by 50+.

 

[GCRV]

Round 5 Tipping​

	Match	Winner	Why
1.	Newcastle v Manly	Newcastle	Manly are rubbish without Tom Trbojevic.
2.	New Zealand vs North QLD	North QLD	Will probably bounce back after a poor game last week.
3.	Brisbane v Sydney Roosters	Sydney	A close game but Brisbane are rubbish.
4.	Canberra v Melbourne	Melbourne	Melbourne have the best team they'll have available this year. Canberra far from it.
5.	South Sydney vs St George Illawarra	St George Illawarra	Sanity is going to prevail. Amone and Sloan are going to start and play well. Give 100% in attack and defence. Finally the ridiculous experiment of Sims and de Belin is over. I hope.....
6.	Gold Coast v Parramatta	Gold Coast	Parra are flat track bullies. Gold Coast played so badly last week. Expect them to bounce back.
7.	Cronulla v Wests Tigers	Cronulla	Wests Tigers are the new Cronulla. Move them to Perth then we only have to relocate Cronulla to Adelaide to have a national competition.
8.	Canterbury v Penrith	Penrith	Obviously! Could be by 50+.

• Knights
• Cowboys
• Roosters
• Storm
• Dragons (yep. expecting a huge bounce back)
• Eels
• Sharks
• Panthers

 

[Chris M]

Round 5 Tipping​

	Match	Winner	Why
1.	Newcastle v Manly	Newcastle	Manly are rubbish without Tom Trbojevic.
2.	New Zealand vs North QLD	North QLD	Will probably bounce back after a poor game last week.
3.	Brisbane v Sydney Roosters	Sydney	A close game but Brisbane are rubbish.
4.	Canberra v Melbourne	Melbourne	Melbourne have the best team they'll have available this year. Canberra far from it.
5.	South Sydney vs St George Illawarra	St George Illawarra	Sanity is going to prevail. Amone and Sloan are going to start and play well. Give 100% in attack and defence. Finally the ridiculous experiment of Sims and de Belin is over. I hope.....
6.	Gold Coast v Parramatta	Gold Coast	Parra are flat track bullies. Gold Coast played so badly last week. Expect them to bounce back.
7.	Cronulla v Wests Tigers	Cronulla	Wests Tigers are the new Cronulla. Move them to Perth then we only have to relocate Cronulla to Adelaide to have a national competition.
8.	Canterbury v Penrith	Penrith	Obviously! Could be by 50+.

• Knights
• Cowboys
• Roosters
• Storm
• Souths (Sorry to say it. They've also been poor and are talking about a massive improvement. I hope I'm wrong.)
• Eels
• Sharks
• Panthers

 

[RedV01]

1. Newcastle
2. Warriors
3. Donkeys
4. Melbourne
5. Saints
6. Titans
7. Shonkies
8. Penriff

 

[Eric]

	Match​	Winner​	Why​
1.	Newcastle v Manly	Manly	Manly lost Tom Trbojevic but Newcastle are missing several key players, aren't they?
2.	New Zealand vs North QLD	North QLD	Cowboys have more upside. If both teams play close to their best, Cowboys win easily.
3.	Brisbane v Sydney Roosters	Rorters	Is Hass out of this game? If so, Rorters by plenty. If not, close game.
4.	Canberra v Melbourne	Melbourne	Canberra missing quite a few key players.
5.	South Sydney vs St George Illawarra	St George Illawarra	Hope and a prayer.
6.	Gold Coast v Parramatta	Gold Coast	Ditto for Cowboys - Warriors.
7.	Cronulla v Wests Tigers	Cronulla	Wests Tigers are so bad, it's not funny.
8.	Canterbury v Penrith	Penrith	Grubs are so bad, Penrith are so good.

 

[RedV01]

Newcastle - Manly game, they are dropping like flies. Lucky Dragons haven't played either yet.

 

[Chris M]

Newcastle - Manly game, they are dropping like flies. Lucky Dragons haven't played either yet.

I hear you but on shaky ground if Dragons have to rely on injuries other teams to win. I want to be confident of victory no matter who the other teams throw at us.

 

[RedV01]

I hear you but on shaky ground if Dragons have to rely on injuries other teams to win. I want to be confident of victory no matter who the other teams throw at us.

If other clubs have more big name players but less depth, inevitable injuries effect them more.

 

[jodragon40]

Manly
Warriors
Roosters
Storm
Rabbits
Eels
Sharks
Panthers

 

[jodragon40]

I hear you but on shaky ground if Dragons have to rely on injuries other teams to win. I want to be confident of victory no matter who the other teams throw at us.

Unfortunately we are playing with no confidence and I hate tipping against my heart but my wallet says in the wet weather and if the run on team selected plays unchanged we will be flogged once again. It's always a very bitter pill to swallow to admit this.

 

[Morgan]

Unfortunately we are playing with no confidence and I hate tipping against my heart but my wallet says in the wet weather and if the run on team selected plays unchanged we will be flogged once again. It's always a very bitter pill to swallow to admit this.

I find it easier to delude myself.

 

[Chris M]

Unfortunately we are playing with no confidence and I hate tipping against my heart but my wallet says in the wet weather and if the run on team selected plays unchanged we will be flogged once again. It's always a very bitter pill to swallow to admit this.

If the coach firstly picks Amone and tells him to back himself much more and sticks with the starting pack he has already selected, there is no reason wet weather should disadvantage the Dragons. Lawrie and Kerr might both need to spend some time in the NSW Cup rather than the bench. I don't think there is any way Mbye will start at fullback again.

 

[jodragon40]

Gents I live and breath St George. In my lifetime I have been privileged to watch and meet some of the greatest players ever to don the big red V. It saddens me greatly to speak ill of something I love. But facts are facts and I'm a facts man. At the moment this team under the current coach is in a worse form slump than the Tigers and Dogs both thise clubs are looking at coach changes we extended ours. In the last 12 games we have actually won 1 . We have averaged 17 points for and 32 points against. These are facts and last week's 2nd half display to me indicated that there is trouble within the team, they didn't want to be out in the rain. On top of that we have the most inept reserve grade team running around who are currently the whipping boys of that comp hence my belief we have issues throughout the whole club. Tomorrow we will see how those players react to being flogged. Any decent coach, player, and supporter would expect a bounce back the pundits are picking the Rabbitohs by 18, I hope they are wrong. Tomorrow will show the current mindset of the players.

 

[Chris M]

Gents I live and breath St George. In my lifetime I have been privileged to watch and meet some of the greatest players ever to don the big red V. It saddens me greatly to speak ill of something I love. But facts are facts and I'm a facts man. At the moment this team under the current coach is in a worse form slump than the Tigers and Dogs both thise clubs are looking at coach changes we extended ours. In the last 12 games we have actually won 1 . We have averaged 17 points for and 32 points against. These are facts and last week's 2nd half display to me indicated that there is trouble within the team, they didn't want to be out in the rain. On top of that we have the most inept reserve grade team running around who are currently the whipping boys of that comp hence my belief we have issues throughout the whole club. Tomorrow we will see how those players react to being flogged. Any decent coach, player, and supporter would expect a bounce back the pundits are picking the Rabbitohs by 18, I hope they are wrong. Tomorrow will show the current mindset of the players.

Well, this is a very worrying post but hard to say it's not true. Unfortunately. Something bad is going on. The reserve grade team is the canary in the coal mine.

 

[RedV01]

Gents I live and breath St George. In my lifetime I have been privileged to watch and meet some of the greatest players ever to don the big red V. It saddens me greatly to speak ill of something I love. But facts are facts and I'm a facts man. At the moment this team under the current coach is in a worse form slump than the Tigers and Dogs both thise clubs are looking at coach changes we extended ours. In the last 12 games we have actually won 1 . We have averaged 17 points for and 32 points against. These are facts and last week's 2nd half display to me indicated that there is trouble within the team, they didn't want to be out in the rain. On top of that we have the most inept reserve grade team running around who are currently the whipping boys of that comp hence my belief we have issues throughout the whole club. Tomorrow we will see how those players react to being flogged. Any decent coach, player, and supporter would expect a bounce back the pundits are picking the Rabbitohs by 18, I hope they are wrong. Tomorrow will show the current mindset of the players.

Lets wait and see if they bounce back tomorrow. If not, I think we might see fireworks on and off the field next week.

 

[jodragon40]

Lets wait and see if they bounce back tomorrow. If not, I think we might see fireworks on and off the field next week.

Agree but I doubt if the internal issues will resolve themselves win lose or draw