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Yeah I reckon this is a poor look for the Raiders. Win this week and they could still finish fourth, but they'd rather be fifth and get a home EF (against us) than face Penrith away. Strategically though they may be right - we will struggle against them anyway, and are no chance when they're at full strength with our outs. If I were a Raiders fan, I think I'd still rather win this week though.Both Coaches have decided to rest a few players and we have a couple out injured. There are ten first choice players missing from this week's game. The result has no bearing on the table but it would be nice to get a win before we play the Raiders again in the finals. We have Shaun Johnson, Katoa and Dugan missing but the Raiders have Williams, Croker, Nicoll-Klokstad, Rapallia, Bateman and Rapana as outs with Wighton listed as a reserve.
Surely they’d prefer to play Penrith then rather than in a prelim? Then again I’d rather play Penrith than Melbourne/Roosters.Yeah I reckon this is a poor look for the Raiders. Win this week and they could still finish fourth, but they'd rather be fifth and get a home EF (against us) than face Penrith away. Strategically though they may be right - we will struggle against them anyway, and are no chance when they're at full strength with our outs. If I were a Raiders fan, I think I'd still rather win this week though.
I guess it's because the most likely outcome is they finish fifth regardless.Surely they’d prefer to play Penrith then rather than in a prelim? Then again I’d rather play Penrith than Melbourne/Roosters.
Yeah I reckon this is a poor look for the Raiders. Win this week and they could still finish fourth, but they'd rather be fifth and get a home EF (against us) than face Penrith away. Strategically though they may be right - we will struggle against them anyway, and are no chance when they're at full strength with our outs. If I were a Raiders fan, I think I'd still rather win this week though.
There's literally no benefit to them coming 5th over 4th, if you come 4th and lose first week it just means you host presumably the Eels (unless we somehow win) in Canberra instead of it being at Bankwest like it would be if they come 5th and beat us.Surely they’d prefer to play Penrith then rather than in a prelim? Then again I’d rather play Penrith than Melbourne/Roosters.
I guess it's because the most likely outcome is they finish fifth regardless.
Thought it was a really spirited effort, actually.
The commentators/media glossed over it but losing Brailey in the first 30 mims was a game killer.
Having his replacement Sorensen go down 10 mins later effectively ended the game as we were 2 rotations short and our starting hooker down by half time.
Lookong forward to next year, and i think BHU at 8, Rudolf at 10 and Talakai at lock has to be our starting lineup next year